Cold War Foreign Policy Review

NATO was founded to ______________

• Balance the Warsaw Pact

• Counter Soviet expansion and protect Western European countries

• Fight and destroy the Soviet Union

• Promote the economic and political security of countries in Western Europe

Which of the following best describes the term, "satellite state"?

• A country that has advanced satellite technology

• A country that is in debt to another country

• A country that is broken into separate states

• A weak country under the influence of a strong country

Which of the following organizations tried to contain the spread of communism in Southeast Asia?

• NATO

• ARVN

• NLF

• SEATO

Which of the following conditions was an economic cause of the Cold War in Europe?

• Stalin resented the fact that the Western Allies had delayed the invasion of France during WWII

• Truman failed to share the secrets of the atomic bomb at the Potsdam Conference

• The United States had a capitalist system while the Soviet Union had a Communist System with central planning

• Stalin felt the Soviet Union had the right to establish a "sphere of influence" in Europe

How was the Marshall Plan designed to discourage the spread of Communism in Europe?

• By joining European nations together into the European Union

• By restoring economic stability to the nations of Western Europe

• By providing military assistance to France and Great Britain

• By establishing freely elected governments in Poland and Czechoslovakia

The military alliance formed to counterbalance NATO was called?

• The Warsaw Pact

• Potsdam

• SEATO

• Soviet Union

Which foreign policy did American leaders follow in response to the spread of Communism and the Cold War?

• Imperialism

• Isolationism

• Containment

• Détente

Americans were unsettled by the Soviet launch of Sputnik in part because

• American scientists had been trying for so long to launch a satellite and had been unsuccessful

• They worried the Soviet could now use rockets to send bombs to American cities

• This meant the Soviets now had atomic weapons

• This was evidence of Soviet spying and infiltration at US scientific institutions

Which statement best summarizes the outcome of the Korean War?

• North Korea made minor gains in the south but lost territory in the North to China

• A majority of North Koreans fled southward causing the collapse of North Korea

• North and South Korea remained divided at the 38th Parallel, just as they had been before the war.

• Korea was reunited under a coalition of Soviet, Chinese, and American forces

Which event sparked the following changes?

> The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was created.

> Federal spending was increased to improve schools, especially for math and science.

> Congress appropriated more money fo research and development

• The Soviet Union launched a satellite into space called Sputnik

• Mao Zedong led a successful revolution in China causing it to turn Communist

• North Korea crossed the 38th Parallel and broke the armistice

• Senator Joseph McCarthy announced the discovery of "Reds" in the State Department