US History Practice Final Exam 3

The policy of containment meant that

• The U.S.S.R. would not let democracy spread.
• The U.S. would not let Islam spread.
• The U.S.S.R. would not let Communism spread.
• The U.S. would not let Communism spread.

The Truman Doctrine said the United States would support any country 

• that is fighting Communism.
• that is fighting Democracy.
• that is fighting evil monkeys.
• that is fighting the Soviet Union.

The Marshall Plan gave money to 

• Eastern European countries.
• Asian countries.
• Latin American countries.
• Western European countries.

The Iron Curtain cut off

• Eastern Europe to the rest of the world
• Western Europe to the rest of the world.
• The United States to the rest of the world.
• Russia to the rest of the world.

Why was the United States involved in the Berlin Airlift?

• to airlift food to the people of West Berlin
• to bomb East Berlin
• to demolish the Berlin Wall
• to transport people out of East Berlin

What was the name of the first satellite in space launched by the Soviet Union?

• Gagarin
• Apollo 11
• Sputnik
• Apollo 13

A competition between nations to build powerful weapons is called ___________.

• Arms Race
• Blockade
• Space Race
• Atomic Bomb

What major historical event is represented in this map?

• Attack on Pearl Harbor
• The Cuban Missile Crisis
• The Wright Brother's first flight
• The building of the Panama Canel

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

According to most historians, what was the foreign policy of the United States at the start of the Cold War?

• Isolationism

• Militarism

• Expansionism

• Containment