The Cold War Test Study Guide

What did Winston Churchill call the division of Europe into democratic and communist states?

• Iron Curtain

• Domino Theory

• Policy of Containment

Building up nuclear weapons with the goal of convincing the enemy not to attack best represents which concept?

• propaganda

• deterrence

• mutually assured destruction

Which country launched Sputnik 1?

• Soviet Union

• United States

Which leader caused a large migration of people from Cuba to the United States in the 1950s and 1960s?

• Benito Mussolini

• Fidel Castro

• Augusto Pinochet

During the Chinese Civil War, what event caused Communist and Nationalist parties in China temporarily stop fighting?

• Invasion by Japan

• D-Day

• Nazi Invasion

Why do historians usually consider the Great Leap Forward to be a failure?

• They don't, it was a success

• It caused a famine

• It made China more democratic

Which event displayed that Chinese citizens wanted democratic reforms but the Chinese government wanted to remain authoritarian?

• Cult of Personality

• Great Leap Forward

• Tiananmen Square Massacre

What do historians call the event where an Islamic theocracy replaced a pro-Western monarchy.

• 1979 Iranian Revolution

• 1st Intifada

• Soviet-Afghan War