cold war key terms

This "figurative" wall divided communist countries from democratic counties--

• Great Wall of China
• Berlin Wall
• Iron Curtain
• Wall of Democracy

Which of the following foreign policies gave financial aid to European nations to rebuild after WWII?

• Truman Doctrine
• Marshall Plan
• Warsaw Pact
• Domino Theory

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

• containment

• deterrence

• militarism

• perestroika

What American policy provided Western European countries financial assistance so they could recover from WWII?

• Marshall Plan

• Domino Theory

• Truman Doctrine

• Big Stick Policy

What was the conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union that was a struggle between their ideologies of democracy and communism?

• World War III
• The Cold War
• The Marshall Plan
• Russian American War

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What policy implemented in the Cold War said the U.S. would give military aid to a country that needed to resist communism?

• Marshall Plan

• Truman Doctrine

• Domino Theory

• Open Door Policy

Mikhail Gorbachev’s reforms of Perestroika and Glasnost resulted in

• an era of world peace and Soviet prosperity

• conditions that helped lead to the breakup of the Soviet Union

• a successful transition to a command economy in Russia

• censorship of the news media in Russia

The policy of détente pursued by President Richard Nixon was an effort to

• increase foreign aid to African nations

• maintain access to East Asian markets

• reduce conflict with the Soviet Union

• end trade barriers among Western Hemisphere nations

One reason Mikhail Gorbachev implemented the policies of Glasnost and Perestroika in the Soviet Union was to

• eliminate freedom of speech and press

• destroy the power of the opposition party

• dominate the governments of Eastern Europe

• encourage political discussion and economic reform

During the Cold War Era, many Asian and African nations followed a policy of nonalignment because they

• had the same goals and needs as the Soviet Union

• needed the natural resources of Western European nations

• wished to receive aid from the Soviet Union and the United States

• were afraid of losing their vote in the United Nations