Topic 10 Practice Test - The Cold War Era

Without Red Army intervention in postwar Eastern Europe,

• noncommunist parties could have been elected.
• Soviet-sponsored governments could have been imposed.
• rebels in Poland would not have had an ally.
• Czechoslovakia would not have been divided.

NATO and the Warsaw Pact were important in maintaining the “balance of power” in Cold War Europe because...?

• fear of the other’s military capability kept each superpower from attacking.
• the member countries could attack each other at will.
• there were no longer any neutral countries in continental Europe.
• each superpower had the same number of countries in its military alliance.

One way the Warsaw Pact enforced its authority was by...?

• continually occupying capitals with the Red Army.
• intervening in revolts.
• giving all communist parties equal funding.
• spying on noncommunist members.

Despite the “balance of terror,” why did people still fear nuclear war?

• Head-to-head conflict between the superpowers never happened.
• Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD) was inevitable.
• The superpowers had entered into détente.
• The superpowers continued to develop new nuclear weapons.

What types of local conflicts became Cold War conflicts?

• only conflicts where a U.S. ally was a participant
• conflicts where NATO members were participants
• only conflicts where there was a shared border with a U.S. ally
• conflicts where the United States and the Soviet Union had competing interests

How did Khruschev’s policies differ from those of earlier Soviet leaders?

• Khrushchev sought to put down revolts.
• Khrushchev was harsher on political prisoners.
• Khrushchev was more secretive about party politics.
• Khrushchev lessened censorship rules.

How did America respond to the threat of communism at home and overseas?

• The United States sought to remove communist influences at home and contain communism abroad.
• Americans tolerated communism at home and abroad.
• The United States outlawed communism at home, while the Warsaw Pact addressed communism overseas
• NATO removed communism in the United States, while the Marshall Plan addressed communism overseas.

The Eastern bloc became dominated by the Soviets...?

• when their governments chose to participate in the Marshall Plan.
• because the United States cut the lines of supplies to them.
• as a result of democratic elections administered by the Soviets.
• when the Red Army supported their communist governments

When Eastern Europeans revolted in the 1950s and 1960s...?

• the Soviets responded with military force.
• they were able to break away and form their own governments.
• the Soviets responded by sending political advisors.
• the Americans built a wall in Berlin.

Look at the graphic provided, which statement best describes the arms control agreements of the Cold War era?

• They got broader and more general.
• They got more regional and weaker.
• They got stronger and more limiting.
• They got less specific and broader.