Review

A form of economy that promotes free trade, reduced government intervention and entrepreneurism is ________

• Capitalism
• Communism
• Socialism
• Marxism

A form of government that allows no personal freedom and citizens have little choice in leaders of their government or policy is called ______

• Capitalism
• Communism
• Marxism
• Socialism

The leader of the communist revolution in Cuba during the 1950's, who became an anti-American dictator.

• Fidel Castro

• Lech Walesa

• Mikhail Gorbachev

• Ho Chi Minh

An attempt by the Soviet Union in 1962 to place nuclear missiles in Cuba directed toward the United States.

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Iron Curtain

• Berlin Airlift

• Detente

A competition between superpowers to develop new, more deadly nuclear and controversial weapons.

• Arms Race

• Domino Theory

• Glasnost

• Warsaw Pact

Where was Korea divided?

• 18 parallel
• 34 parallel
• 38 parallel
• 15 parallel

In 1950, Korea fought a civil war over the spread of communism.  Communists from the north tried to take over the south.  What role did he US play in this war?

• The US and its allies went to Vietnam to fight Korean Communists.
• The US and its allies join the fight to keep communism from spreading.
• The US and its allies did not join the Korean War.
• The US and its allies fought to defend the North.

What does NATO stand for? 

• North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• North American Treaty Organization
• North American Truce Organization
• North Asian Trust Order

The domino theory, which proved the basis for US 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 UNmilitary bases in Asia

• the rise of China as a dominant economic power

What was the immediate cause of WW1?

• Assassination of Woodrow Wilson

• Assassination of Franz Ferdinand

• Assassination of Gavriel Princip

• Assassination of JFK