Cold War

After liberating Eastern Europe from Nazi control, the USSR __________.

• remained in the conquered areas

• encouraged free elections

• returned to its historic borders

• began to expand into western Germany and France

What was the purpose of the Marshall Plan?

• to start a Cold War

• to punish Germany for building the Berlin Wall

• to fund the rebuilding of Europe

• to increase support for South Korea

The Allied Power who refused to give up control of its German zone was ________________________.

• the United States

• Great Britain

• France

• the Soviet Union

What solution did the Western powers pursue to undermine the Soviet blockade of West Berlin?

• an airlift

• NATO

• the Marshall Plan

• a policy of containment

Which country was a founding member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization?

• Greece

• Turkey

• the United States

• West Germany

What country put the first human-made space satellite into orbit around Earth?

• the United States

• Great Britain

• the Soviet Union

• France

To stem the flow of refugees from East Germany through West Berlin, the leader of the Soviet Union ________________________.

• began a war with Korea

• sent missiles to Cuba

• put down a revolution in Hungary

• built a wall in Berlin

The military arm of Mao Zedong’s Communist organization was the __________.

• the People’s Liberation Army

• the Nationalist Army

• the Occupied Shanghai Army

• the Taiwan Army

What did Mao write in his Little Red Book?

• strategies for defeating Japan

• his thoughts on Communism

• rules for Chinese dignitaries

• appropriate lessons for children

What was China’s Great Leap Forward in the late 1950s?

• an attempt in China to jump-start Socialism

• an attempt in China to cut ties with the USSR

• an attempt in China to invade Taiwan

• an attempt in China to build a democracy