Cold War and Modern World Test Review

One reason for the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961 was to

• promote reunification of East Germany and West Germany

• keep East Germans from fleeing to the Western sector of Berlin

• complete the post–World War II rebuilding of Berlin

• meet the requirements of the North Atlantic  Treaty Organization (NATO)

1. One reason Mikhail Gorbachev implemented the policies of glasnost and perestroika in the Soviet Union was to:

• eliminate freedom of speech and press

•  destroy the power of the opposition party

• dominate the governments of Eastern Europe

• encourage political discussion and economic reform

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was initially formed to:

•  promote religious freedom

• defend Western Europe from Soviet aggression and communism

•  isolate member nations from the rest of the world

•   spread communism to each member nation

 What was one social change Mao Zedong instituted in China after 1949?

• granting legal equality for men and women

• requiring arranged marriages

• adopting the practice of foot binding

• mandating Confucianism as the state Philosophy

“A Jewish State Is Created”

“Six-Day War Results in Major Arab Losses”

“Egypt and Israel sign the Camp David Accords”

Which situation is referred to in these headlines?

• Persian Gulf War

• Scramble for Africa

• conflict between Israelis and Palestinians

• collapse of the Ottoman Empire

One way in which the Korean War and the Vietnam War are similar is that both:

• resulted in unification of two formerly independent nations

• reflected the success of the Western policy of containment

•  attempted to remove French imperialists from power

• developed from Cold War tensions

The primary purpose of the United Nations is to:

• control world grain prices

• promote democratic governments

•    resolve conflicts between nations peacefully

•  unite all nations militarily through alliances

 One way in which the Great Leap Forward and the Four Modernizations are similar is that each

  was an attempt to:

• increase farm and factory output

•  develop a democratic government

• strengthen economic ties with communist neighbors

• reduce the gap between rich and poor

The destruction of the Berlin Wall and the breakup of the Soviet Union signify the:

• end of the Cold War

• collapse of the Taliban

•  strength of the Warsaw Pact

• power of the European Union

 Between 1945 and 1947, the differences between the Hindus and the Muslims in India led to the

• Sepoy Mutiny

• Salt March

• policy of nonalignment

• partitioning of the subcontinent