Cold War Quiz 1

Which term describes India’s foreign policy during the Cold War?

• militarism

• containment

• appeasement

• nonalignment

What was the purpose behind the construction of the Berlin Wall?

• safeguarding industrial secrets

• protecting the power of a regime

• discouraging the movement of pastoral herders

• testing the viability of technological innovations

Which nation’s ongoing efforts to develop nuclear weapons in the early 21st century has caused international concern?

• France

• China

• North Korea

• Soviet Union

The Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan were established to

• put down the Hungarian Revolution

• contain communism

• end the Soviet blockade of Berlin

• destroy the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

Which areas were separated by the Iron Curtain?

• Europe from Asia

• Eastern Europe from Western Europe

• Iberian Peninsula from Northern Europe

• Europe from the Middle East

The Soviet Union’s response to the formation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was to create the

• Marshall Plan

• Warsaw Pact

• Truman Doctrine

• European Union

During the Cold War, India’s decision to support neither the United States nor the Soviet Union was based on its policy of

• nonalignment

• isolationism

• containment

• separatism

What is the main idea of this cartoon?

• The United Nations is usually successful in freeing nations from communist control.

• Western nations are frustrated by the strength of communist control in Eastern Europe.

• Nations of the West are willing to negotiate with the Soviet Union

• The Soviet Union will usually cooperate with the United Nations.

What is one way post–World War II North Korea and post–World War II East Germany are similar?

• Monarchies were reestablished in both countries.

• Democratic principles flourished in both countries.

• Both communist governments faced economic stagnation.

• Both countries threatened to use chemical weapons against China.

The Truman Doctrine and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) were United States responses to the

• threat of the Nazis in the 1930s

• fear of economic depression after World War I

• concern about the partition of India in 1947

• communist threat after World War II