Cold War Final Exam

How did the Soviet Union respond when the United States, Britain, and France merged their zones in Germany?

• threatened to declare war
• building the Berlin Wall
• organized a military alliance
• blockaded West Berlin

Throughout the Cold War, most United States foreign policy was based on the belief that the United States had which of the following responsibilities?

• preventing the spread of communism

• providing economic aid to the nations of the Warsaw Pact

• supporting worldwide government overthrows

• avoiding all foreign entanglements

For collective security, the U.S. created __A__, and the Soviet Union responded by creating the __B__.

• A = Truman Doctrine  B = Iron Curtain
• A = Berlin Wall  B = Marshall Plan
• A = GI Bill  B = atomic bomb
• A = NATO  B = Warsaw Pact

In this economic system, the government owns all property and means of production.

• communism
• capitalism
• socialism
• democracy

Why is the Cold War called a "cold" war?

• The areas affected were in the polar regions of the world

• The war was fought during winter months only

• Leaders of the superpowers were sick with coughs and fevers

• There was never direct fighting between the two superpowers

An alliance between the Soviet Union and other Eastern European nations.

• League of Nations

• Warsaw Pact

• United Nations

• NATO

A 1949 defense alliance initiated by the US, Canada, and 10 Western European nations

• Warsaw Pact

• NATO

• UNIA

• AFL

Communist nations in Eastern Europe on friendly terms with the USSR and thought of as under the USSR's control

• Satellite Nations

• League of Nations

• United Nations

What was Truman's response to Stalin's blockade of West Berlin?

• leave Berlin and allow reunification of the city

• airlift supplies in to West Berlin

• break through the blockade with tans

• do nothing and hope for the best

What began the space race?

• Sputnik
• the Berlin Wall
• the Berlin Blockade
• the Cuban Missile Crisis