Cold War

Which was a major result of the Vietnam War?

• North and South Vietnam were politically reunited

• Relations between Vietnam and China declined significantly

• The United States increased its political influence in Southeast Asia

• Most Southeast Asian nations adopted a democratic form of government

On difference between the war in Korea in the early 1950's and the war in Vietnam in the late 1960's is that

• The United Nations played a major role in ending the war in Vietnam, but a minor role in ending the war in Korea

• tactical nuclear weapons were used in Korea, but not in Vietnam

• after the wars ended, Korea remained a divided nation, but Vietnam was reunited under a communist government

• United States forces played a minor role in the was in Korea, but a major role in the was in Vietnam

A major development in relations between the Soviet Union and the United States occurred in the late 1980's when two nations agreed to

• purchase all their oil from Mexico

• withdraw from the United Nations

• eliminate a group of nuclear missiles

• ban arms sales to developing nations

During the Cold War Era(1945-1990), the United States and the Soviet Union were reluctant to become involved in direct military conflict mainly because of

• the peacekeeping role of the United Nations

• pressure from nonaligned nations

• the potential for global nuclear destruction

• increased tensions in the Middle east

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the Korean War are examples of

• attempts to prevent the spread of communist power

• United States efforts to gain foreign territory

• the failure of capitalism and free market economies

• United Nations interference in the internal affairs of member nations

The expansion of communism into Eastern Europe was a direct result of

• the Crimean War

• the Napoleonic Wars

• World War I

• World War II

United States involvement in the Vietnam War and the Soviet Union's involvement in Afghanistan were motivated mainly by a desire to

• exploit the mineral resources of the regions

• support governments that would remain strong allies

• stop the expansion of Japan into the Middle East

• establish independent nation-states in the regions

After World War II, the Soviet Union established satellites in Eastern Europe primarily to

• promote constitutional democracy

• expand its own political power

• prevent the rise of new socialist regimes

• persuaded Western Europe to abandon military alliances

During the 1960's and 1970's,the primary reason for the United States involvement in Southeast Asia was to

• gain new markets for exports

• search for new sources of oil

• look for nee colonies

• stop the spread of communism

The formation of the North Atantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the division of Germany into East Germany and West Germany, and the Korean War were immediate reactions to

• Japanese military aggression in the 1930's

• the rise of German nationalism after World War I

• ethnic conflict and civil war in Africa in the 1950s

• communist expansion after World War II