WH_L29_Conflcits of the Cold War_Quiz

The 1964 riot in the Panama Canal Zone was incited partly by

• the sudden withdrawal of U.S. support to Panama.

• longstanding resentment of U.S. imperialism in Panama.

• the Soviet Union's promise to offer aid if Panama became independent.

• the United States' refusal to fund the maintenance of the Panama Canal.

A nation was considered a developed country if it was

• capitalist with advanced industrial economies.

• impoverished with little or no industrialization.

• communist with great economic and political power.

• ruled by a nationalist leader rejecting influence of foreign powers.

The movement for Third World countries to remain nonaligned failed partly because

• these nations were too narrow minded in their goals.

• superpowers continued to exert control and power over poor nations.

• these nations were not industrialized enough to support their policies.

• superpowers refused to give economic or political support to these nations.

Which of these was an incentive for Third World nations to become a part of the capitalist bloc?

• They would form democracies instead of dictatorships.

• They would be aligned with countries that were anti-imperialist.

• They would have access to loans from powerful financial institutions.

• They would be safe from countries targeting them with covert actions.

The United States sought to remove Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán from power for all of the following reasons EXCEPT

• he distributed land belonging to the United Fruit Company to poor peasants

• the United States discovered that he planned to impose a trade embargo on it.

• the United States feared his policies would allow the Soviets to influence Central America

• he refused to revise his policies after U.S. officials accused him of siding with communism

How did the United States respond after Fidel Castro began building a communist state?

• It prohibited the World Bank from providing loans to Cuba.

• It placed missiles on the coast of Florida that aimed at Cuba.

• It tried to organize a rebel army to invade Cuba at the Bay of Pigs.

• It convinced the Soviets to pull out their economic support of Cuba.

Which of these was true of General Augusto Pinochet's military dictatorship over Chile?

• It implemented a trade and arms embargo on the United States.

• It promoted communism and supported economic and social equality.

• It imposed a drastic free market policy that eventually helped Chile prosper.

• It created a partially democratic system where Chileans could vote in local elections.

Nationalism in French Indochina is BEST described as a reaction to

• genocide in Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge.

• widespread destruction after the Vietnam War.

• the United States' domination over world affairs.

• French imperialism and exploitation of resources.

The United States got involved with the Vietnam War to

• gain access to oil wells in North Vietnam.

• prevent South Vietnam from falling to communism.

• help out the French in exchange for control over Haiti.

• create a military base in Asia to fight conflicts in Laos.

Which of these BEST describes the result of the Vietnam War?

• The conflict was peacefully settled after the United States intervened.

• Vietnam was placed under the control of France.

• It was a deadly conflict that remained contained within the borders of Vietnam.

• After U.S. troops left, Vietnam was united under a communist government.