Attempts at world peace (Monarch 8th gr)

What was a goal of the Allied occupation of Japan?

• to seize Japanese-owned businesses and resources

• to divide Japan into four military zones controlled by the Allies

• to help the Japanese learn the ways of democratic self-government

• to punish Emperor Hirohito and the Japanese militarists

The Marshall Plan gave economic aid to Western Europe to help the nations recover from the devastation of World War II.

• true

• false

The ______ was established in 1945 to provide a meeting place where nations can solve their problems.

• United Nations

• Warsaw Pact

• League of Nations

• North Atlantic Treaty Organization

After World War II, which nations came under Communist domination?

• East Germany

• Czechoslovakia

• West Germany

• Poland

In 1956, the Soviet Union sent tanks into ________

to restore the Communists to power.

• Bulgaria

• Romania

• Hungary

What became the most vivid symbol of the Cold War?

• containment

• Berlin War

• arms race

• Iron Curtain

In 1949, the Communists came to power in China under the leadership of:

.

• Chou En-lai

• Mao Tse-tung

• Chiang Kai-shek

During the Korean War, North Korea received support from the ______.

• United Nations

• Republic of China

• People's Republic of China

• US

At the end of the Korean War, North Korea and South Korea ______.

• were recognized as separate nations

• signed an economic and military alliance

• united to become one nation

________ gained territory in the Six-Day War in 1967.

• Jordan

• Egypt

• Syria

• Israel