Cold War

What did the United States and its allies do after the Berlin Blockade had ended?

• They allowed East German citizens to cross into West Berlin.

• They created NATO (alliance of non-communist countries)

• The U.S. decided to no longer occupy West Berlin.

• The Berlin Wall was partially destroyed to allow East Germans to enter West Berlin.

Why did the U.S. go to war with North Korea?

• To prevent South Korea from becoming capitalist

• To prevent North Korea from becoming communist

• To prevent South Korea from becoming communist

• To free South Korea from Japanese control

The main purpose of the Truman Doctrine was:

• to help Europe recover from WWII

• to divide Germany in West and East Berlin

• to occupy Japan and help it recover from WWII

• to stop the spread of communism in the world

What was the Imaginary line that separated the West from the Communist Naitons

• Marshall Plan
• Conatinment
• Facism
• Iron Curtain

The domino theory, which provided the basis for U.S. entry into the Vietnam War, was the belief that intervention was necessary to prevent —

• the expansion of communism across Southeast Asia
• the inclusion of Taiwan in the Warsaw Pact
• the loss of UN military bases in Asia
• the rise of China as a dominant economic power

Which of the following best describes the results of the Korean War?

• North Korea defeated South Korea, and now all of Korea is under Communist rule.
• China defeated Korea, and now all of Korea is under Chinese rule.
• The Korean War ended in a stalemate.  Today, North Korea is still a Communist nation, and South Korea is a free nation.
• The United States defeated Korea, and today Korea is a territory of the U.S.

The diplomatic initiative to relax Cold War tension around the globe was

• the policy of detente

• the Brezhnev doctrine

• the Warsaw Pact

• the Pentagon Papers

Which event signaled the end of the Cold War?

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• end of the Vietnam War

• collapse of the Soviet Union

• fall of the Berlin Wall

This was called the willingness to go the edge of war.

• Brinkmanship
• Containment
• Cold War
• Marshall Plan

The policies of perestroika and glasnost were turning points in Soviet history because they led to

• war between Argentina and Great Britain

• ethnic conflict in the Balkan states.

• decreased tension with the United States

• European intervention in Afghanistan.