Ch13 Cold War Test

What country put the first human-made space satellite into orbit around Earth?

• The U.S.

• China

• The Soviet Union

• France

After liberating Eastern Europe from Nazi control, the USSR __________.

• remained in the conquered areas

• withdrew its forces

• established a new government

• declared war on Germany

The twentieth-century conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union is known as

• WWI

• WWII

• Civil War

• The Cold War

The United States and the Soviet Union became rivals after World War II because

• the Soviet Union began developing nuclear weapons

• the Marshall Plan failed to rebuild war-torn Europe

• Communists and Western capitalists distrusted each other

• the United States threatened to invade Soviet satellite states

arms race

• competition between two or more countries to gain political parties

• economic competition between two or more countries

• diplomatic efforts to reduce military tensions

• strategy that built up the United States’s and the Soviet Union’s nuclear arsenals

The United States and Great Britain believed that the liberated nations of eastern Europe should

• become mandates of the Allies

• join the Soviet Union

• hold free elections to determine their futures

• restore their prewar monarchies

The Soviet Union and the United states were involved in ____ when they used substitutes to fight each other.

• Diplomatic negotiations

• Proxy wars

• Economic sanctions

• Military alliances

The Marshall Plan was based on the idea that

• North and South Korea should be unified

• communism succeeded only in countries with economic problems

• military force was the best way to contain communism

• nations should maintain large arsenals of nuclear weapons

The Marshall Plan was designed to

• restore the economic stability of European nations after World War II

• prevent Soviet involvement in Angola

• develop a comprehensive military strategy for the defense of Canada

• make Western European nations stronger than nations under Soviet control

The Truman Doctrine stated that the United States would provide _____ to nations threatened by Communist expansion.

• money

• cars

• communications technology

• political support in the United Nations