Cold War Test Review

What was the name of the American foreign policy designed to stop the spread of communism?

• Appeasement

• Deterrence

• Containment

• Detente

What was the American foreign policy designed to provide military and economic aid to free nations threatened by internal and external threats?

• Monroe Doctrine

• Detente

• Containment

• Truman Doctrine

What was the name of the American foreign policy designed to give economic aid to help European countries rebuild after World War II?

• Treaty of Versailles

• Containment

• Marshall Plan

• Monroe Doctrine

Which statement was true about Germany following World War II?

• The Treaty of Versailles blamed the war on Germany and charged heavy reparations

• Hitler was exiled to Argentina, and Stalin took over the country

• Germany was divided between France and Britain, and ceased to be a country

• Both the country and the city of Berlin were divided into four occupation zones

What was the nuclear arms race?

• The competition to have as many "arms," or children, in each nuclear familiy

• The competition to stockpile large quantities of more powerful weapons

• The newest event at the Olympics, to try and ease Cold War tensions

• The race to reduce the number of nuclear weapons around the world

What was the period of tension and rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union following World War 2?

• The Iron Curtain

• The Cultural Revolution

• The Cold War

• The Superpower Showdown

What divides North and South Korea and is known today as a DMZ (demilitarized zone)?

• The Korean Wall

• The Death Strip

• The 17th Parallel

• The 38th Parallel

Did the U.S. and the Soviet Union ever directly declare war on each other and fight?

• Yes

• No

• Maybe, it's still debated

On June 24, 1948, the Soviet Union blockaded West Berlin from the rest of West Germany. How did the United States and the western Europeans respond?

• They drove unarmed truck convoys to the city.

• They fired missiles into the territory of the Soviet Union.

• They airlifted food and other supplies to the city.

• They left the city, allowing it to join East Germany.

Base your answers to the following question on the passage below and on your knowledge of social studies.

. . . I mention all these details, which I remember so clearly, in order [to] give a sense of the shock that we suffered when The Wall came upon us one night. There we were in Berlin, at the crossroads between East and West, at the juncture of two fundamentally different cultures, and suddenly we were locked up like canaries in a cage.... — Jens Reich, “Reflections on becoming an East German dissident, on losing the Wall and a country,” in Gwyn Prins, ed., Spring in Winter: The 1989 Revolutions

Which historical event is directly reflected in this passage?

• building of a barrier between East and West Berlin

• formation of the Warsaw Pact

• occupation of Germany

• Berlin Airlift