Cold War EOC

Truman's policy of preventing the expansion of communism was -

• containment

• deterrence

• militarism

• perestroika

US military spending rose after World War II when they entered which war?

• World War I

• Gulf War

• Vietnam War

• Korean War

Mikhail Gorbachev agreed to arms reduction treaties with the United States in the 1980s because

• Soviet economy couldn't handle another arms race

• He wanted to compete against STAR WARS

• The Soviet Union wanted to become democratic

Who is this prime minister of Great Britain, who supported free trade, support for the military and cooperation with the United States?

• Indira Gandhi

• Margaret Thatcher

• Golda Meir

• Marie La Pene

Who led the Nationalists in a civil war in China and was forced to retreat to Taiwan?

• Chiang Kai-shek

• Mao Tse-tung

Which quote by Mikhail Gorbachev best defends his policies of glasnost and perestroika?

• "More socialism means more democracy, openness and collectivism in everyday life."

• "America must be the teacher of democracy, not the advertiser of the consumer society."

Which leader promoted communism in North Vietnam?

• Ho Chi Minh

• Mao Zedong

Images like this one refer to what theory about the spread of Communism in Asia (China, Korea, Vietnam)?

• The Mar$hall Plan

• The Domino Theory

• Proxy Wars

• Flexible Response

Leader of communism in China

• Mao Zedong
• Hirohito Showa
• Xi Jinping
• Pu Yi

What was the name for the 1955 alliance of Soviet-dominated countries of Eastern Europe  that were the counterpart to the western alliance?

• NATO
• Warsaw Pact
• European Alliance
• Iron Curtain

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