4.6 Post Test Review

Which form of government did the United States encourage after World War II?

• Democracy

• Socialist

• Communist

• Monarchy

The unofficial boundary that formed at the end of World War II and divided Europe into two sections was known as the ____.

• The Occupied Zone

• Iron Curtain

• No Man's Land

• The Demilitarized Zone

Which of the following statements describes the command economy of the Soviet Union?

• The government ensured high wages for workers.

• The government allowed workers to own the means of production.

• The government allowed private businesses to produce goods and services demanded by the market.

• The government decided what goods and services would be produced and supplied to the market.

Why were nations such as Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, and Poland called satellite states of the Soviet Union?

• They were part of the Allied group during World War I.

• They provided financial aid to the Soviet Union during World War II.

• They were dependent on and controlled by the nearby Soviet Union.

• They were a threat to the Soviet Union’s policy of expansion.

Which of the following nations had a command economy?

• France

• the Soviet Union

• Britain

• Belgium

What led to the communist guerilla forces being defeated during the Greek Civil War?

• A military attack by Soviet armed forces

• Support from non-communist neighboring countries

• Depleting reserves of the Greek government

• An intervention by the United Nations

What were the two primary causes of the Cold War?

• The inclusion of China in the Security Council of the United Nations

• Differing political systems as well as disagreements over the rebuilding of Europe and Berlin

• The United States and the Soviet Union disliked that their political systems were so similar

• Mistrust between the Soviet Union and the Western democracies

Why were the Soviets reluctant to attack the Allied planes during the Berlin airlift?

• The Soviet Union would have lost the support of its satellite states.

• The action would have led to a war with the Western Allies.

• The action would have threatened trade relations with Western Europe.

• The Soviet Union lacked sufficient military resources to shoot down the planes.

Why can it be argued that the Warsaw Pact was less of a defensive alliance and more of a means to control the Soviet satellite states?

• Most member nations were forced into signing the pact, despite their resistance to communism.

• The Soviet Union was already in control of the military forces of all its satellite states before the pact was signed.

• A clause in the pact gave the Soviet Union greater authority over its satellite states.

• The Soviet Union would have abandoned the satellite states to protect its own interest during a major conflict.

Which of the following countries are the five permanent members of the Security Council of the United Nations?

 

• Britain, Belgium, France, Italy, and Russia

• France, Germany, Russia, Japan, and the United States

• Britain, China, France, Russia, and the United States

• Australia, Britain, Denmark, France, and Germany