Cold War Unit

What were the Truman Doctrine and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) of the United States' responses to?

• The threat of the Nazis in the 1930's.

• The fear of economic depression after WWI.

• The concern about the partition of India in 1947.

• Communist threat after World War II.

After World War II, why did the Soviet Union maintain control of many Eastern European nations?

• Wanted a source of technology and skilled labor

• Wanted warm‐water ports on the Sea

• They wanted to extend communist power

• The countries were members of NATO

What is a key principle of the economic theory of communism/command economy?

• Restoration of a bartering system

• Organization of workers’ unions

• Government ownership of property

• Privatization of business

Why did the Soviet Union and America compete for influence in the Middle East?

• strategic location and valuable resources

• vast fertile farmlands and rivers

• large, well-educated population

Which statement about the spread of nuclear weapons is a fact, not an opinion?

• Nations possessing nuclear weapons should not have to limit the production of weapons.

• The spread of nuclear weapons was a smaller problem in the 1990s than it was in the 1970s.

• America and Russia signed the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaties during the 1970s.

• Only developing nations are concerned about the spread of nuclear weapons.

What was the motivation for the United States' involvement in the Vietnam War and the Soviet Union’s involvement in Afghanistan?

• To exploit the mineral resources of the regions

• To support governments that would remain strong allies

• To stop the expansion of Japan into the Middle East

• To establish independent nation‐states in the regions

Speaker A: Steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world.

Speaker B: The United States will give economic aid to needy countries anywhere in the world, but will not provide military aid.

Speaker C: The United States must prevent the growth of communism.

Speaker D: The United States can take over other countries to help them become more like us.

The Korean and Vietnam conflicts were attempts to carry out the foreign policy described by which speaker?

• Speaker A

• Speaker B

• Speaker C

• Speaker D

Which is generally a characteristic of a communist/command economy?

• investment is encouraged by the promise of large profits

• the role of government in the economy is restricted by law

• government agencies are heavily involved in production planning

• entrepreneurs sell shares in their companies to the government

What was one reason the Soviet Union formed the Warsaw Pact?

• To ease the transition to democracy

• To help institute capitalism in Eastern Europe

• To limit the threat of NATO from Western Europe

Why were Communist governments established in most nations of Eastern Europe shortly after World War II?

• The region had a long tradition of strong communist parties

• Communist governments were able to significantly increase agricultural productivity

• The Soviet Union used military and diplomatic pressures to install their governments

• Members of the Communist party won free elections in these nations