Cold War

What was a main cause of the Cold War between the US and Soviet Union?

• a competition for political influence over other countries.

• direct, armed conflict between the two nations.

• a deep reduction in military expenditures.

• the founding of the United Nations.

What was Stalin's goal when he established a blockade of Berlin?

• Stalin hoped to kill or force all people living in West Germany to leave in order to build a nuclear bomb.

• Frighten Western powers into surrendering West Germany and give up their hopes of reunifying Germany.

• Stalin wanted to display his military might in a showdown with the West.

• The Soviets intended to divide Germany into many small new nations.

In reaction to the Berlin Blockade by the Soviets, how did the West respond?

• Attacked Soviet tanks and troops in order to free up highway traffic.

• Retreated and sent all troops home.

• Fly planes into West Berlin day and night delivering supplies.

• Allowed West Berlin to starve, but remained in West Germany.

Which of these is the main reason that Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and Romania became satellites of the Soviet Union?

• These areas were given to the Soviet Union by a League of Nations mandate.

• The people in each country voted in free elections to ally with the Soviets.

• The Soviet army occupied these areas at the end of World War II.

• Hitler surrendered control of these areas to the Soviet Union at the end of the war.

This presidential doctrine that said America will always support freedom and always fight against communism was the

• Monroe Doctrine.

• New Frontier.

• Truman Doctrine.

• Good Neighbor Policy.

What crisis brought the Soviet Union and the United States to the brink of nuclear war in 1962?

• An attempt by leaders in communist Hungary to withdraw from the Warsaw Pact.

• The creation of East Germany as a separate Soviet military occupation zone.

• An invasion of South Korea by armed communist forces from North Korea.

• The installation in Cuba of Soviet offensive intermediate-range missiles.

The Soviet Union dealt with uprisings in Poland, Hungary and Czechoslovakia during the 1950's and 1960's by

• taking over direct rule of these countries.

• crushing the uprisings with military force.

• permitting greater democratic reforms in government.

• privatizing industrial enterprises.

The Warsaw Pact was developed in 1955 as a response to the

• formation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

• start of the Communist revolution in Cuba.

• U.S. development of the hydrogen bomb.

• UN intervention in Korea.

NATO was created in order to

• develop goodwill between Eastern and Western Europe.

• encourage diplomatic solutions to regional problems in North Africa.

• facilitate regional economic development in North America.

• create a unified military defense between the US and Western Europe.

What is meant by the term 'satellite nation' with regards to the Soviet Union?

• The plan to build new countries in outer space.

• A series of nations along the border of the Soviet Union that change their boundaries every tow years.

• Countries with communist governments controlled by the Soviet Union.

• Both B and C Are correct.