The Cold War Exam

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was initially formed to–

• Defend Western Europe from Soviet aggression

• Stop the flow of immigration between member nations

• Promote religious freedom

• Isolate member nations from the rest of the world

Which was a significant social change Mao Zedong brought to China?

• Requiring arranged marriages

• Adopting the practice of foot binding

• Eliminating wealthy landowners

• Mandating Confucianism as the state philosophy

How did the outcome of World War II contribute to the start of the Cold War?

• Germany convinced U.S. leaders to oppose the Soviet Union

• The US and Soviet Union emerged as Superpowers.

• Germans resented the division and occupation of Germany

• The US and Soviet Union competed to annex territory in Europe

U.S. fears about the spread of communism were increased when _______ became a Communist nation in 1949.

• Yugoslavia

• East Germany

• South Korea

• China

When the Soviet Union launched Sputnik in 1957, many Americans feared that the Soviet Union—

• was ahead of North Korea in the production of missiles.

• could use satellite technology to steal secrets from America.

• could now use satellites to form an alliance with the United States.

• would become the first nation to place astronauts on Mars.

The “Bay of Pigs” refers to

• the Russian city in which Eastern nations met to form the CENTO alliance.

• the Soviet Union’s invasion of Hungary.

• a U.S. attempt to overthrow the Cuban government.

• the Soviet Union’s attempt to install nuclear weapons in Haiti.

The Truman Doctrine stated that the U.S. would provide _________ to nations threatened by Communist expansion.

• military aid

• political support

• technology

• information

The Berlin Wall was built in order to

• prevent food from entering Poland.

• prevent East Germans from escaping to West Germany.

• prevent the smuggling of arms to anti-Soviet forces.

• stop the flow of supplies to the United States.

The United States and its allies did not want ___________ to spread after the end of WWII.

• economics

• communism

• capitalism

• polio

In democratic, capitalist nations, the government and economy are run by the __________.

• military

• children

• people

•  dictator