W. History Exam Review 23-24

Stalin prevents aid from reaching west Berlin. America and British will drop thousands of supplies from planes. (a)  

• Berlin Airlift
• Nato
• Warsaw Pact
• Truman Doctrine

Plan after WWII to give billions of dollars to Western Europe in an effort to stop the spread of Communism. (a)  

• Truman Doctrine
• Marshall Plan
• Nato
• Iron curtain

Policy of providing economic and military aid to any country threatened by communism, mainly to help Greece and Turkey. (a)  

• Truman Doctrine
• Marshal Plan
• Eisenhower Doctrine
• Domino Theory

A competition between the United States and the Soviet Union on who can supple their arsenal with more weapons? (a)  

• Arms Race
• Domino Theory
• Massive Retaliation
• Cold War

A military and defense alliance formed by 12 countries in Western Europe and North America. And the first peace time alliance in US History and the most important for the past 60 years. (a)  

• NATO
• WARSAW
• Marshall Plan
• Truman Doctrine

U.S. Policy to prevent the spread of communism (a)  

• Containment
• Truman Doctrine
• Marshall Plan
• NATO

This economic system America uses today. (a)  

• Socialism
• Communism
• Capitalism

What is Capitalism?

• A system where the government controls business
• Capitalism is an economic system where the means of production are privately owned and operated for profit! 
• A economic system in which the people have limited rights
• An economic system in which most property and resources, such as factories or farms, are publicly owned or controlled.

An economic system in which the means of production is owned by the government and private ownership doesn't exist. (a)  

• Capitalism
• Imperialism 
• Socialism
• Communism 

What did the Soviets first Launch into Space in 1957? (a)  

• A rocket
• A U.F.O.
• They flew an Airplane
• Sputnik I