Unit 8 - Cold War and Decolonization

The dividing line between the democracies in blue and the Communist in red was referred to as what?

• The line of demarkation
• The DeMilitarized Zone
• The Iron Curtain
• The 38th Parallel

Images like this one refer to what theory about the spread of Communism?

• The Marshall Plan
• The Domino Theory
• Proxy Wars
• Flexible Response

What was the strategy adopted that attempted to stop the spread of Communism?

• Containment
• MAD
• Domino Theory
• Brinksmanship

Who was the leader who founded the Peoples' Republic of China after the Chinese Revolution?

• Chiang Kai-shek
  
• Deng Xiaoping
• Mao Zedong
• Jiang Zemin

The Cuban Missile Crisis occurred when ...

• The United States attempted to invade Cuba and create a revolution to overthrow Fidel Castro, but it failed.

• the Soviet Union fired missiles at Cuba a long held ally of the United States.

• the U.S. learned that the Soviet Union had built missile launching pads in Cuba, very close to the state of Florida.

• the Soviet Union fired missiles at the U.S. from Cuba.

What was one reason that India was divided into two nations in 1947?

• Indian leaders disagreed about India’s role in the United Nations.

• Great Britain feared a unified India would be a military threat.

• The Soviet Union insisted that India should have a communist government.

• Differences between the Hindus and the Muslims created religious conflict.

The destruction of the Berlin Wall and the breakup of the Soviet Union signified the:

• End of the Cold War
• Collapse of Taliban
• Strength of the Warsaw Pact
• Power of the European 
  Union

The term "Pan–Africanism" can best be defined as a movement whose purpose is to

• promote African unity

• support cultural diversity

• encourage European investment in Africa

• advocate a return to colonial conditions

In China, Deng Xiaoping’s Four Modernizations led to

• a decrease in industrialization

• a decreased interest in investments by foreign businesses

• an increase in the emphasis on collective farming

• an increased use of free-market practices

The boundaries of new African countries were often based upon what?

• existing tribal settlement patterns
  
• divisions imposed under European imperialism
• Mandates created by the United Nations
  
• Location of natural resources.