Cold War Exam Review

Which is an example of a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization?

• Estonia

• France

• Hungary

• Poland

What was the Warsaw Pact?

• An economic trade alliance between communist nations

• A defensive military alliance between communist nations

• An agreement signed at the end of WWII determining borders

• An agreement between the East and West not to attack each other directly during the Cold War

Which is an example of the US pursuing a policy of containment?

• The Truman Doctrine promises to aid those resisting communism

• NATO is formed as a defensive military alliance to protect countries from communism

• The UN sends military forces to aid South Korea against invading North Koreans

• All options listed are examples of containment

Communist countries employed a ______ economy, while non-communist, western countries employed a ______ economy.

• command, market

• command, democratic

• totalitarian, democratic

• communist, command

During the Berlin Airlift, the Soviets blockaded West Berlin, cutting off supplies. But then they did not prevent the West from flying those supplies in via plane. Why?

• They didn't care if the west used planes, as long as they didn't touch down in communist territory

• They did everything possible to stop the planes, but the west still got through

• Any attempt to stop the planes by force would have been a direct attack and resulted in war

• Stalin wanted them to use planes so he could gauge the strength of the west's air power

What made the Cuban Missile Crisis so noteworthy?

• It seemed that neither side would back down, and that both might use nuclear weapons

• It was a long, protracted proxy war which only ended after a decline in US public opinion

• It was a major nuclear accident on the island of Cuba that resulted in radioactive fallout and pollution

• It never truly ended, and is still going on today

Which of the following terms refers to an intentional lessening of tensions between the two superpowers?

• brinkmanship

• entente

• detente

• laissez-faire

Why did Mikhail Gorbachev introduce his reforms for more openness and a restructuring of the Soviet economic and political system?

• To increase military spending to compete with and surpass the US

• To continue a long tradition of reform leading back to Lenin

• To improve the Soviet economy, which was inefficient and stagnant

• He wanted to dissolve the Soviet Union and replace it with the Russian Federation

Which of the following is a key factor that brought the US out of Vietnam?

• Our military was crippled by the losses in Vietnam

• The US was changing its view on communism and no longer pursued containment

• Low US public opinion of the war forced leaders to withdraw

• The US soldiers in Vietnam began refusing to fight a war they did not believe in

What is the significance of Taiwan to the Cold War?

• Chiang Kai-Shek set up his nationalist government there after the Chinese Civil War

• Mao Zedong set up his communist government there after the Chinese Civil War

• It's the site of Mao Zedong's destructive Cultural Revolution

• It's the site of Mao Zedong's failed "Great Leap Forward"