Cold War Test Review

the power struggle between the Soviet Union and the United States after World War II

• Cold War

• World War III

• Korean War

• Vietnam War

A ____________ is a dominant country that plays a big role in world politics, economics, and military, where a __________ is a country under control of a more powerful country.

• satellite state, superpower

• satellite state, dictatorship

• superpower, satellite state

• superpower, democracy

The ________ is an imaginary border between the democratic nations and communist nations in Europe, whereas the __________ is the border that seperated North and South Korea

• iron curtain, 38th parallel

• iron curtain, Caucus Mountain Range

• 38th parallel, iron curtain

• 39th parallel, Mediterranean Sea

American policy of resisting further expansion of communism around the world

• Truman Doctrine

• Eisenhower Doctrine

• Marshall Plan

• containment

aid to help European nations recover World War II in order to stabilize their economies, rebuild their countries and prevent the spread of communism

• containment

• Truman Doctrine

• Eisenhower Doctrine

• Marshall Plan

All of these countries controlled West Germany & West Berlin EXCEPT

• United States

• Soviet Union

• France

• United Kingdom

Which one of these countries is NOT part of NATO alliance?

• United States

• East Germany

• West Germany

• United Kingdom

Which one of these countries IS part of the Warsaw Pact alliance?

• Italy

• France

• West Germany

• Soviet Union

________ was the Nationalist leader of China, forced out of China by the Communists, whereas ________ was a Communist leader of China who gained power from 1949-1976

• Chiang Kai-Shek, Josef Stalin

• Chiang Kai-Shek, Mao Zedong

• Mao Zedong, Chiang Kai-Shek

• Mao Zedong, Dwight Eisenhower

This was a war only fought to obtain specific goals.

• limited war

• Cold War

• nuclear war

• World War II