Cold War

1. After World War II, the United States provided financial aid to West Germany, Turkey, and Greece because these nations were

• 1. beginning their industrial development

• facing possible communist threats

• newly independent

• major military partners of the United States

1. The Soviet Union’s response to the formation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was to create the

• Marshall Plan

• European Union

• Warsaw Pact

• Truman Doctrine

1. During the Cold War Era (1945 – 1990), the United States and the Soviet Union were reluctant to become involved in direct military conflict mainly because of

• the potential for global nuclear destruction

• the peacekeeping role of the United Nations

• pressure from nonaligned nations

• increased tensions in the Middle East

1. Which sequence of 20th-century Cold War events is in the correct chronological order?

• Fall of the Berlin Wall → Cuban missile crisis →adoption of the Marshall Plan

• Cuban missile crisis → fall of the Berlin Wall →adoption of the Marshall Plan

•  Fall of the Berlin Wall → adoption of the Marshall Plan → Cuban missile crisis

• Adoption of the Marshall Plan → Cuban missile crisis → fall of the Berlin Wall

1. One reason for the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961 was to

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  1. promote reunification of East Germany and West Germany

• keep East Germans from fleeing to the Western sector of Berlin

• complete the post-World War II rebuilding of Berlin

• meet the requirements of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

1. One reason Mikhail Gorbachev implemented the policies of glasnost and perestroika in the Soviet Union was to

•  eliminate freedom of speech and press

• destroy the power of the opposition party

•  encourage political and economic reform

• dominate the governments of Eastern Europe

1. After World War II, the Soviet Union maintained control of many Eastern European nations 

mainly because these nations were

• Extensions of communist power

• A source of new technology and skilled labor

• Near warm-water ports on the Mediterranean Sea

• Members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

1. Nations such as Hungary, that were dominated by the Soviet Union after World War II, were most often referred to as 

• districts 

• mandates

• satellites

• cartels

1. The organizations represented on the map were formed as a direct result of

• 1. a need to improve the economy of Europe by limiting trade restrictions 

• 1. environmental concerns that resulted from rapid industrialization 

• conflicts caused by the Cold War

• the collapse of the Soviet Union

 Based on this cartoon, which statement best describes the author’s point of view?

•  Proliferation of military weapons could destroy the world.

• The world's population is growing faster than its food supply.

•  The land masses of the Northern and Southern Hemispheres are shifting.

• Military technology is making the world a smaller place.