Unit 6 Cold War Assessment Review

One reason the Soviet Union formed the Warsaw Pact was to

• ease the transition to democracy.

• help institute capitalism in Eastern Europe.

• limit the threat of invasion from Western Europe.

• challenge the economic successes of the Common Market.

Which statement best describes most Eastern European countries immediately after World War II?

• They adopted democratic reforms in their political systems.

• They became satellite states of the Soviet Union.

• They became dependent on aid provided by the Marshall Plan.

• They emerged as world economic powers.

The U.S. View at Potsdam was that Germany’s economy should be allowed to recover. What was the Soviet’s view?

• Germany must be communist

• Germany must be divided

• Germany must make reparations

• Berlin must be placed under Soviet control

The result of the Marshall Plan aid to the countries of Western Europe was that

• the recipient nations underwent a remarkable economic recovery.

• Communist influence increased in the countries receiving the aid.

• the United States economy was nearly bankrupted by this program.

• Communism would be contained to certain countries.

Use of the term Iron Curtain is meant to symbolize and highlight differences in

• Religion and culture

• Political Ideology

• Society and Nature

• None of the Above

• Great Leap Forward

• Cultural Revolution

• Four Modernizations

• India

• China

• Chile

• VIetnam

The 38th parallel in Korea and the 17th parallel in Vietnam were used to mark

• boundaries created by mountain ranges

• demarcation lines instituted by papal authority

• territorial claims disputed between ethnic minorities

• political divisions established between communist and noncommunist territories

When the Soviet Union fell, what is the name of the organization that is created by former satellite states?

• Commonwealth of Independent States

• NATO

• Warsaw Pact

• European Union

What was an immediate result of the Great Leap Forward (1958)?

• independence of Kenya from Great Britain

• the breakup of the Soviet Union

• the relocation of Bosnian refugees

• increased famine in China

During the Cold War, the Soviet War in Afghanistan was similar to the ___________________________ in the United States.

• Korean War

• Vietnam War

• Desert Storm

• Invasion of Grenada