Global 10 Cold War

The Truman Doctrine and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) were United States responses to the

• threat of the Nazis in the 1930s

• fear of economic depression after World War I

• concern about the partition of India in 1947

• communist threat after World War II

The purpose of both the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan was to

• support the construction of the Iron Curtain

• increase membership in the United Nations

• prevent the spread of communism

• attempt to solve world hunger

During the Cold War, which event occurred last?

• Cuban missile crisis

• destruction of the Berlin Wall

• Berlin airlift

• launch of Sputnik by the Soviet Union

In the post-World War II time period, the purpose of both the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the Warsaw Pact was to

• discourage religious toleration

• establish a military alliance

• promote economic self-sufficiency

• eliminate political corruption

In the 1950s, what was the status of most countries in Eastern Europe?

• members of the Common Market

• participants in the Marshall Plan

• allies of the United States

• satellites of the Soviet Union

The imaginary line that divided the Western European countries from the Eastern European countries after World War II was known as the

• prime meridian

• line of demarcation

• Iron Curtain

• Berlin Wall

Which leader’s policies included glasnost and perestroika?

• Fidel Castro

• Nikita Khrushchev

• Mikhail Gorbachev

• Deng Xiaoping

The goal of Mikhail Gorbachev’s policies of perestroika and glasnost was to

• expand collectivization and communes

• resume development of Soviet nuclear weapons

• stimulate economic growth and political discussion

• stop expansion of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) into Eastern Europe

Which group of countries became Soviet satellites after World War II?

• France, Spain, Great Britain

• Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary

• Switzerland, Austria, Belgium

• Turkey, Greece, Italy

Which period of history is depicted in this cartoon?

• Industrial Revolution

• Age of Enlightenment

• Age of Imperialism

• Cold War