Topic 15 Quiz (Part 1) (PD 6)

After the defeat of the Axis powers, what mainly caused the Cold War to begin?

• Ideological and political rivalry between the two largest world powers

• Racism

• The Truman Doctrine

• Hitler's Death

What did the Truman Doctrine establish?

• Pancakes would not be served in the White House

• The formation of NATO

• The war against Russia

• The U.S. providing assistance to democratic countries in order to prevent the spread of Communism

Which is not a reason that the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union collapsed and led to the Cold War?

• Disagreements about communism

• Division on how Germany should be restored

• McCarthyism in the U.S.

• The rise of the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. as world powers

What event demonstrated how far non-communists would go to contain communism?

• The creation of NATO

• The Berlin Airlift

• The Warsaw Pact

• The Marshall Plan

What does NATO stand for?

• North Aquatic Technical Organization

• National Atlantic Treaty Organization

• North Atlantic Treaty Organization

• National Aquatic Tectonic Organization

Who led the communists during the revolution in China?

• Josef Stalin

• Mao Zedong

• Chiang Kai-shek

• Jiang Jieshi

What was China renamed after the communist revolution?

• Communist Party of China

• Communist China

• People's Republic of China

• The name remained the same

What type of state was North Korea?

• Socialist

• Fascist

• Capitalist

• Communist

What type of threat did Eisenhower use to scare North Korea?

• Nuclear weapons

• More UN involvement

• More bombings of cities

• An invasion of North Korea

What event began the conflict on the Korean peninsula?

• U.N. forces fought off the invading army from the North.

• The Chinese army invaded south of the 38th parallel.

• The South Korean army invaded north of the 38th parallel.

• The North Korean army invaded south of the 38th parallel.