Spring ACP - World History

Which of the following phrases best defines the term Cold War?

• conflict between armed opponents
• competition between two superpowers for economic and political power
• conflict that involves exchange of atomic weapons
• competition for petroleum resources in the Arctic

How did the United States respond to the Soviet Union’s Berlin blockade?

• airlifted supplies to the people of Berlin
• withdrew its troops from Germany
• sent troops into the Soviet zone of Germany
• built a wall between East Berlin and West Berlin

What program aided the rebuilding of Western Europe?

• Truman Doctrine
• NATO
• Warsaw Pact
• Marshall Plan

What was the Imaginary line that separated the Western Europe from the Communist Nations of Eastern Europe

• Marshall Plan
• Conatinment
• Facism
• Iron Curtain

The Truman Doctrine's main goal was to:

• Contain communism
• Provide weapons to democratic countries
• Destroy communism
• Provide collective security

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

The United Nations was formed as a ...

• New World Power
• New form of Dictatorship
• International Peace Keeper
• Communist Regime

Why did the wartime alliance between the United States and the Soviet Union unravel?

• Stalin refused to allow elections in Poland and other countries of eastern Europe
• The United States and the Soviet Union differed in their response to Nazi Germany.
• The United States sought control over the satellite states.
• The Soviet Union wanted a strong and united Germany.

What is Genocide?

• Mass murder of puppies
• an extreme declaration of war
• mass killing of political leaders
• the mass killing of a specific group of people mostly do to their ethnicity.

The term referring to giving into some of the demands of the aggressor is called (France and Britain handled Germany/Hitler this way)

• appeasement
  
•  alliances
  
•  advancement.
  
• arms control