Foreign Policy Quiz

What is the best definition of the American policy of containment?

• overturning communism where it exists
• not allowing communism to spread
• actively supporting the overthrow of the USSR
• building up massive weapons in South Korea

How did the Marshall Plan intend to help Europe?

• By giving them military aid
• By giving them political advice
• By giving them financial aid
• By giving them a massive weapon defense system

Why did the US get involved in Korea and Vietnam?

• To help the USSR
• Containment Policy
• To build allies in the region
• To fight human rights violations

How did Carter respond to the Iranian Hostage Crisis?

• immediate sanctions and a military rescue
• military intervention to topple the Iranian gov.
• immediate sanctions, a failed military operation, and negotiations
• exchanging military weapons for hostages

The Camp David Accords...

• were a peace agreement between the US and Israel
• were an attempt to establish peace in the Middle East
• was an arms deal between the US and Lebanon
• gave military aid to Israel.

What was a result of the Vietnam War at home in the US?

• people across the political spectrum were unified in support of the war
• there were many anti-war protests
• there was a strong decline in the economy
• supporter of the war converged on Washington D.C. to voice their approval after the Tet Offensive

What was the term 'iron curtain' used  to describe the division of?

• North and South Vietnam
• East and West Asia
• North and South Korea
• East and West Europr

President Truman adopted a new foreign policy during the Cold War know as the Truman Doctrine. What was the main goal of the Truman Doctrine?

• To expand trade with Europe
• To limit the build up of nuclear weapons
• To stop the spread of communism
• to send financial aid to Europe

An "arms race" can be described as ...

• a race between countries to defeat another country in war
• a race between nations to acquire the most powerful weapons
• a race between states to build up their own militias
• a race between nations to see who can have the largest military

The Cuban Missile Crisis occurred when ...

• Cuba attempted to invade the U.S. with the Soviet Union's help.
• the Soviet Union fired missiles at Cuba.
• the U.S. learned that the Soviet Union had built missile launching pads in Cuba (just 90 miles away from Florida!)
• the Soviet Union fired missiles at the U.S. from Cuba.