Cold War Review

When the US, Britain, and France merged their zones of Germany in 1948, the Soviet Union responded by

• Threatening to declare war

• Trying to undermine Germany’s economy

• Blockading West Berlin

• Organizing a military alliance

Islamic revolutionaries held more than 60 Americans hostage for over a year in

• Iraq

• Iran

• Turkey

• Afghanistan

In 1979, the Soviet Union invaded

• Iraq

• Cuba

• China

• Afghanistan

The program called "Star Wars" was backed by

• Jimmy Carter

• Ronald Reagan

• Leonid Brezhnev

• Nikita Krushchev

The goal of the Soviet policy known as destalinization was to

• criticize Stalin's abuses of power.

• try to change the world's impression of Stalin.

• deny that Stalin had done what he was believed to have done.

• release satellite nations from political controls imposed by Stalin.

What was the purpose of the Truman Doctrine?

• to raise funds for Communist activities in Europe

• to create a Communist party in the United States

• to judge political parties that favored communism

• to support countries that rejected communism

What was the name of the alliance established by European Communist nations in response to NATO?

• Iron curtain

• Warsaw Pact

• Second World

• Union of Soviet Socialist Republic

Which two groups fought a civil war in China both before and after World War II?

• the peasants and the middle class

• the warlords and the emperor

• the nationalists and the Communists

• the socialists and the nationalists

When did Chinese troops enter the war in Korea?

• when the UN voted to intervene

• when the fighting neared China's border

• when MacArthur's troops landed at Inchon

• when North Korean troops crossed the 38th parallel

What led the Soviets to blockade West Berlin?

• the formation of NATO

• a reunification of the three Western zones of Germany

• Marshall Plan aid to West Germany

• the crash of a U2 spy flight over Soviet territory