Cold War

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

• religious philosophy

• political ideology

• art and architecture

• resources and climate

After World War II, a key reason the Soviet Union established satellite nations in Eastern Europe was to

• ease tensions with the Chinese government

• expand trade opportunities with Western Europe

• protect its western border from attack

• maintain freedom of the seas

During the Cold War, India’s decision to support neither the United States nor the Soviet Union was based on its policy of

• nonalignment

• isolationism

• containment

• separatism

The Soviet Union’s response to the formation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was to create the

• Marshall Plan

• Warsaw Pact

• Truman Doctrine

• European Union

Which sequence of 20th-century Cold War events is in the correct chronological order?

• fall of the Berlin Wall → Cuban missile crisis → adoption of the Marshall Plan

• Cuban missile crisis → fall of the Berlin Wall → adoption of the Marshall Plan

• fall of the Berlin Wall → adoption of the Marshall Plan → Cuban missile crisis

• adoption of the Marshall Plan → Cuban missile crisis → fall of the Berlin Wall

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

What was one concern associated with both the Korean War and the Vietnam War?

• Kim Jong Il and Ho Chi Minh possessed nuclear weapons

• French colonial rule would continue to influence the region

• Renewed Japanese imperialism would trigger another world war

• Communism would spread through eastern and southeastern Asia

What is one way post–World War II North Korea and post–World War II East Germany are similar?

• Monarchies were reestablished in both countries.

• Democratic principles flourished in both countries

• Both communist governments faced economic stagnation

• Both countries threatened to use chemical weapons against China

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

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