8R Unit 7 Test: The Cold War- Period 4

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The below excerpt was most likely designed to

• provide economic assistance to struggling European nations
• allow European workers to settle in the United States
• install democratic governments in the nations of Western Europe
• strengthen European military defenses

The situation in Europe described by Secretary of State George Marshall (in the below excerpt) was the result of the

• failure of the United Nations to help people in need
• destruction caused by fighting in World War II
• construction of the Berlin Wall by the Soviet Union
• takeover of Greece and Turkey by communist forces

The situation below most directly resulted from which of the following Soviet actions?

• blockade of Berlin
• creation of the Warsaw Pact
• reunification of Germany
• invasion of democratic South Korea

Congress responded to the situation in this passage by

• sending combat troops to the Mediterranean region
• calling for creation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• sending military and economic aid (money) to Greece and Turkey
• supplying troops to a peacekeeping organization

As a result of the situation shown on the map, the foreign policy of the United States during the administration of President Harry Truman was dominated by the belief that

• communist expansion in Europe should be contained
• cooperation with the Soviet Union should be increased
• satellite nations of the Soviet Union should not be recognized as legal states
• economic aid was not likely to help nations in Western Europe

One action taken by the United States in response to the situation shown on the map was to

• return to a foreign policy of isolationism
• attack Soviet-controlled territories
• help form the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
• sign trade agreements with nations taken over by the Soviet Union

What was the purpose of the Berlin Airlift?

• supplying West Berlin with necessities during the Soviet blockade
• helping defeat the German military
• assisting people trying to escape from East Berlin
• forcing the Soviet Union to end its occupation of East Germany

Which of the following choices would be most likely to support the information seen on the map below?

• The United Nations could have won the war by sending its troops across the Yalu River.
• South Korea was never in danger of being defeated by North Korea.
• The war did little to alter [change] the territorial division of Korea.
• China refused to aid [help] North Korea.