WH Unit 11

1 How did the United States respond to communist revolutions in Cuba and Nicaragua?

• The United States used covert actions within each country to undermine communist influences.

• Financial aid by the United States to impoverished cultures

• European democracies formed the North Atlantic Treaty Organization with the United States.

• The United States requested United Nations' assistance to encourage democratic reforms through diplomacy.

Which factor most contributed to the creation of new nations in the decades immediately following the Second World War?

• The growing military strength of both the United States and Soviet

• The Soviet Union refused to permit self-determination

• Independence movements among people within European colonies

• Independence movements among people

Which event at the conclusion of the Second World War initiated the Cold War?

• nations re-establish free market practices

• Chinese communists argued for collective leadership while Soviet communism was led by a dictator.

• Liberated nations were able to limit immigration

• The Soviet Union refused to permit self-determination in nations liberated from German control.

Which historical event resulted from the 1948 Soviet blockade of the French, U.S., and U.K. sectors of Berlin?

• Berlin Airlift

• Marshall Plan for Berlin

• Reunification of Berlin

• Building of the Berlin Wall

Which is one factor that contributed to the collapse of the Soviet command economy in the late twentieth century?

• Free trade agreements resulted in widespread unemployment

• Widespread inflation led to high prices and scarcity

• Germany was reorganized into two separate nations

• Building of the Berlin Wall

How did European nations benefit from the Marshall Plan?

• It helped nations re-establish free market practices and strengthen democratic government.

• It helped nations improve medical technology

• It helped nations improve protections from natural hazards

• Central planning resulted in low wages and inefficiencies.

How did communist policies in China differ from communist policies in the Soviet Union?

• Chinese communists did not pursue the development of atomic weapons while Soviet communists successfully created an atomic arsenal.

• Soviet communism focused on confrontation with Western democracies

• Soviet communism emphasized industrialization while Chinese communism focused on agricultural workers.

• Liberated nations were able to limit immigration by war refugees

How have decolonization and independence for many African nations after the Second World War affected their government and society?

• Many of the newly independent nations have struggled with ethnic conflict and corrupt leadership.

• H Many of the newly independent nations have returned to tribal leadership and rejected industrialization.

• Many of the newly independent nations have created Islamic theocracies

• Liberated nations implemented strict regulations of business and industry.

How did European nations liberated by the United States in the Second World War benefit from American occupation?

• Liberated nations were able to limit immigration by war refugees

• Liberated nations did not have to repay loans to the United States.

• Liberated nations implemented strict regulations of business and industry

• Liberated nations were able to re-establish and strengthen democracy

Which of the following is one factor contributing to ongoing tensions and conflict between most Arab states and Israel?

• Most Arab states object to British interference in Arab-Israeli diplomacy.

• Most Arab states have not accepted the establishment of Israel.

• Most Arab states consider Israeli democracy a threat to Islamic theocracy.

• Most Arab states are not members of the United Nations.