Topic 19 Cold War Review

The Baltic states of _______________________ regained full independence from the Soviet Union in 1991.

• Ukraine, Georgia, and Azerbaijan

• Uzbekistan, Belarus, and Moldova

• Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan

• Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania

The Domino theory refers to the belief that ___________________________________.

• a South Vietnamese victory would cause communist governments in Asia to declare war on the United States

• a communist victory in South Vietnam would cause North Vietnam to declare war on the United States

• a communist victory in South Vietnam would cause noncommunist governments across Southeast Asia to fall to communism

• a communist victory in South Vietnam would cause the people of Vietnam to rebel against the communist government

The Great Leap Forward was a program designed to _______________________________.

• increase farm and industrial output in China

• spread Chinese communism throughout Asia

• protect North Korea from South Korea

• purge China of bourgeois tendencies

The U.S. economy is different from the former Soviet Union’s economy because in the United States,

• there is more economic freedom.

• there is less economic freedom.

• the state makes all the decisions.

• there are fewer goods available.

Who first used the term "iron curtain" in the text below to describe what happened in Europe at the end of World War II?

• Franklin Roosevelt

• Winston Churchill

• Joseph Stalin

• Harry Truman

Gorbachev instituted all of the following reforms except...

• got rid of the communist style of government

• reduced the size of the bureaucracy

• ended censorship

• allowed limited private enterprise

Why did the Vietnamese fight the French in Indochina?

• Ho Chi Minh’s forces were backed by China.

• The Viet Minh wanted to be ruled by the Soviet Union.

• Ngo Dinh Diem had American support.

• The Vietnamese wanted independence.

After Saigon fell to the North Vietnamese they changed the name of the city to…

• Hanoi

• Ho Chi Minh City

• Ngo Dien Diem City

• Minh Chi Trail City

Mikhail Gorbachev introduced glasnost to the Soviet Union which means...

• Restructuring of the government

• Censorship

• Openness

• Closeness

Which of the following was a reason for Yugoslavia breaking apart in the 1990s?

• Rise of nationalism

• Ethnic cleansing

• Refusal to sign the Warsaw Pact

• Soviet invasion of Yugoslavia