A.P. World History

What was the main goal of the Truman Doctrine?

• Reconstruction of Western Europe after World War II

• The elimination of Communism.

• The implementation of the Domino Theory.

• Containment of communism

All of the following satellite nations protested communist rule throughout the Cold War EXCEPT

• Italy

• Hungary

• Poland

• Cechoslovakia

What launch started the Space Race between the United States and the Soviet Union?

• Apollo 13

• Sputnik

• Vostok

• Challenger

The Cold War turned hot with proxy wars in all of the following nations EXCEPT

• Vietnam

• Korea

• Germany

• Afghanistan

Many historians agree that the closest the United States and the Soviet Union came to nuclear war was which event?

• The Cuban Missile Crisis

• Berlin Airift

• Korean War

• Bay of Pigs

The term the "Iron Curtain" was used to define the separation between

• East and West Germany

• Eastern and Western Europe

• North and South Korea

• North and South Vietnam

The Berlin Airlift was undertaken by

• the Soviet Union in response to the Marshall Plan.

• remaining Nazi's to escape war crime trials.

• the East Germans to unify with West Germany.

• the United States to deliver food to the people of East Berlin during the blockade.

The end of the Cold War is best symbolized by?

• The establishment of the Marshall Plan.

• The formation of NATO

• Destruction of the Berlin Wall and the re-unification of Germany.

• The United States claiming the moon for mankind.

Mikhail Gorbachev is best remembered for his attempts to

• conquer Eastern Europe.

• reduce travel and trade.

• increase the size of the Soviet military.

• Increase economic and political freedom.

During the 1980s, Gorbachev introduced Perestroika in the Soviet Union to

• Suppress the growing nationalist movements in Europe.

• Tighten government control of the media.

• Abandon arms treaties with the U.S. and Western Europe.

• Improve the economy and decentralize decision making.