Unit 7&8 Exam Review

Which best describes the role of NATO?

• a military alliance to contain the spread of communism in Western Europe

• an umbrella agency to coordinate the efforts of relief groups after World War II

• an economic alliance of Asian nations to promote trade and technology exchanges

• a political pact formed by the countries of Eastern Europe under Soviet domination

Which characteristic defined the United States and the Soviet Union as “superpowers” between 1945 and 1975?

• strong alliances

• nuclear arsenals

• competing ideologies

• imperialistic ambitions

President Eisenhower supported the establishment of the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) as an attempt to

• assist nationalist movements in Asian countries

• counter British attempts to establish colonies in Asia

• restrict communist aggression in Asian countries

• initiate programs for protection of human rights in Asia

The Marshall Plan

• provided money and food to help western European nations

• gave more power to the president to identify communist spies in the US

• was the plan to feed starving Berliners

• united the American armed forces

How did Truman help the people of West Berlin?

• By airlifting supplies, such as fuel and food, into the city

• He didn't

• He sent American troops and tanks to break into the city

• He protested in the United Nations

The Truman Doctrine was a pledge on the part of the United States to help Greece and Turkey

• avoid engaging in a war over oil reserves

• recover land they had lost during World War II

• resist the spread of communism in the region

• prosecute captured military leaders for war crimes

Which event increased American fears of encroaching communism and triggered the Red Scare after World War II?

• the Korean War

• the Cuban Missile Crisis

• the building of the Berlin Wall

• the fall of China to the communists

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg...

• helped the CIA break a Soviet spy ring

• supported Senator McCarthy in exposing communists

• were executed for passing atomic secrets to the Soviet Union

• Opposed the Soviet blockade of Berlin

According to the source and using your knowledge of US History, which of the following is most correct regarding the conflict in Korea?

• Both sides at one point made strong advances into their opposition at certain points but fought the war to a stalemate.

• Neither side was able to advance very much and the war was essentially a stalemate in the end.

• North Korea was able to make a strong push far into South Korea early into the war and nearly captured the southern city of Pusan . South Korea with the help of China was able to push them back.

• South Korea was able to make a strong push far into North Korea with the help of the Soviet Union.

What essential element made brinkmanship a “risky strategy”?

• both sides had nuclear weapons

• both sides were exploring space

• both sides were economic giants

• both sides had alliances to protect