Cold War APWH

The situation shown in this cartoon resulted most directly from which of the following?

• A)

  refusal of the United Nations to allow communist members

• B) 

  building of the Berlin Wall

• C) 

  Soviet takeover of Eastern Europe after World War II

• D) 

  OPEC oil embargo

Which claim is best supported by these headlines?

• A) 

  The United States and Soviet Union regularly engaged in direct military combat.

• B)

  The alliances of World War II continued throughout the 20th century.

• C) 

  Cold War confrontations were not limited to events in the United States and Soviet Union.

• D) 

  The Soviet Union was not successful in spreading communism to other countries

This image shows a label used on aid packages to post-World War II Europe as a result of the

• A) 

  Geneva Convention

• B) 

  SALT Agreements

• C) 

  Helsinki Agreement

• D) 

  Marshall Plan

Which sequence of 20th-century Cold War events is in the correct chronological order?

• A) 

  fall of the Berlin Wall --> Cuban missile crisis--> adoption of the Marshall Plan

• B) 

  Cuban missile crisis--> fall of the Berlin Wall--> adoption of the Marshall Plan

• C) 

  fall of the Berlin Wall--> adoption of the Marshall Plan --> Cuban missile crisis

• D) 

  adoption of the Marshall Plan -->Cuban missile crisis -->fall of the Berlin Wall

The situation illustrated by this map was resolved when

• A) 

  Joseph Stalin ordered the end of the blockade

• B) 

  Winston Churchill delivered the "Iron Curtain" speech

• C) 

  the United Nations negotiated on behalf of East Germany

• D) 

  the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) threatened to use atomic weapons

In 1968, the area east of the bold black boundary included members of the

• A) Triple Alliance

• B) Warsaw Pact

• C) European Union (EU)

• D) North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

What is the main idea of this cartoon?

• A) 

  Proliferation of military weapons could destroy the world.

• B) 

  The world's population is growing faster than its food supply.

• C) 

  The land masses of the Northern and Southern Hemispheres are shifting.

• D) 

  Military technology is making the world a smaller place.

Complete the following analogy:

• A) 

  Detente

• B) 

  Glastnost

• C) 

  Police action

• D) 

  Domino theory

Which historical development is most closely associated with this poster?

• A) 

  establishment of special economic zones

• B) 

  efforts to confront the opium crisis

• C) 

  nationalist rebellions against Qing rule

• D) 

  the Cultural Revolution

The policies of which 20th-century leader helped to create the situation shown in this 2006 cartoon?

• A) 

  Deng Xiaoping

• B) 

  Kim Jong II

• C) 

  Aung San Suu Kyi

• D) 

  Ho Chi Minh