The Cold War Era World History Test Study Guide

Czechoslovakia, Romania, Hungary, and Bulgaria had what in common after World War II?

• They participated in the Marshall Plan.

• They lost territory.

• They became subjects of the Soviet Union.

• They were divided into occupation zones.

Yugoslavia differed from other Communist states in Eastern Europe in that it . . .

• had been allied with the Axis powers.

• joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

• was made an integral part of the Russian empire.

• maintained a greater degree of independence from Moscow.

Who kept Yugoslavia from Soviet invasion?

• Mikhail Gorbachev

• Marshal Tito

• Boris Yeltsin

• Lech Walesa

What was the U.S. policy after World War II that determined to keep communism within its set borders?

• the Marshall Plan

• the Warsaw Pact

• the Camp David Accords

• containment

The announced purpose of the Marshall Plan was to . . .

• check the spread of communism.

• form a defensive alliance.

• strengthen the United Nations.

• hasten European economic recovery.

In 1948 a serious crisis broke out over Western access to

• Berlin

• Bulgaria

• Korea

• Poland

• Greece

Which non-european state joined NATO?

• Israel

• India

• Egypt

• Turkey

What organization was created as a response to the founding of NATO?

• EEC

• Marshall Plan

• SEATO

• Warsaw Pact

The limited wars of the Cold War were . . .

• short battles between the United States and the Soviet Union.

• espionage activities of the United States and the Soviet Union.

• heated diplomatic discussions.

• conflicts between two small powers each backed by either the Soviet Union or the United States.

What began in 1949 when the Soviets developed their first atomic bomb?

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• violent, antiwar protests

• Berlin airlift

• arms race