Unit 8 AP World History

What was the (1966-1976) Political policy in started in China by Mao Zedong to eliminate his rivals and train a new generation in the revolutionary spirit that created communist China; an attack on traditional Chinese cultural values. The Cultural Revolution resulted in beatings, terror, mass jailing, and the deaths of thousands?

• Cultural Revolution

• Communism

• Capitalism

• White Revolution

Who created the Truman Doctrine in 1947 in hopes of providing economic and military aid to any country threatened by communism or totalitarian ideology?

• Nelson Mandela

• President Truman

• Joseph Stalin

• MLK

What was Winston Churchill's term for the Cold War division between the Soviet-dominated East and the U.S.-dominated West?

• Apartheid

• Containment Theory

• The Iron Curtain

• Marshall Plan

What is the name of the theory described below? And state who this theory belonged to.

If Communism in Asia could be contained in the area the system would eventually die out.

In what year did the "Great Leap Forward" take place?

• 2020 to 2023

• 1957 to 1951

• 1919 to 2000

• 1958 to 1961

Which defines the Marshall Plan?

• A plan by the U.S. to send over 13 billion dollars in aid to Western Europe to help them rebuild their economy

• United States would provide political, military and economic assistance to all democratic nations around the world under threat from authoritarian forces

• U.S. foreign policy that stated that further efforts by European nations to colonize land or interfere with states in North or South America would be viewed as acts of aggression, requiring U.S. intervention

• A policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other groups, especially the political affairs of other countries

In what year did the Yalta Conference occur?

• 1921

• 1987

• 1900

• 1945

Which of the following were Soviet satellite states? (SELECT ALL THAT APPLY)

• East Germany

• Poland

• Romania

• Bulgaria

• Hungary

Which of the following was used as a response to NATO?

• Warsaw Pact

• Bay of Pigs Invasion

• Vietnam War

• Suez Crisis

Which revolution led to the rise of Napoleon?

• Mexican

• Spanish

• French

• White