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Topic 10 Practice Test - The Cold War Era

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Topic 10 Practice Test - The Cold War Era
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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.

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