World History Second Semester Final

The United States and the Soviet Union became rivals after World War II because

• A. the Soviet Union began developing nuclear weapons.

• B. the Marshall Plan failed to rebuild war-torn Europe.

• C. Communists and Western capitalists distrusted each other.

• D. the United States threatened to invade Soviet satellite states.

The Truman Doctrine promised to

• A. restore control of satellite states to the Soviet Union.

• B. use military force to fight Communist expansion in Asia.

• C. give economic aid to countries threatened by communism.

• D. end the civil war in Greece and rid the country of Communists.

The Marshall Plan was based on the idea that

• A. North and South Korea should be unified.

• B. military force was the best way to contain communism.

• C. nations should maintain large arsenals of nuclear weapons.

• D. communism succeeded only in countries with economic problems.

The Berlin Wall was erected in order to

• A. stop the flow of refugees from East Germany.

• B. prevent the spread of communism.

• C. protect Soviet military supplies.

• D. retaliate against U.S. aggression.

Mao Zedong, the leader of the Communists in China’s civil war, was victorious in the civil war.

• True

• False

The huge communes in China were a great success because they produced record amounts of food.

• True

• False

Permanent revolution was Mao’s belief that an atmosphere of constant revolutionary fervor would destroy his idea of Chinese communism.

• True

• False

The Red Guards’ purpose was to force the Chinese people to obey the new ideas and eliminate the old ones.

• True

• False

Americans feared the spread of communism to China because the United States worried that the Communists wanted to dominate the world.

• True

• False

After Mao’s forces claimed victory in the civil war,

• A. Mao gave up the presidency and invited the south to join his forces.

• B. Chiang Kai-shek and 2 million followers fled to Taiwan.

• C. the Communists overturned Mao and took away his leadership.

• D. the Chinese people voted overwhelmingly to follow Chiang Kai-shek.