The Cold War

What was the purpose of the Marshall Plan?

• to start a Cold War

• to punish Germany for building the Berlin Wall

• to fund the rebuilding of Europe

• to increase support for South Korea

The Allied Power who refused to give up control of its German zone was ________________________.

• the United States

• Great Britain

• France

• the Soviet Union

What solution did the Western powers pursue to undermine the Soviet blockade of West Berlin?

• an airlift

• NATO

• the Marshall Plan

• a policy of containment

Which country was a founding member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization?

• Greece

• Turkey

• the United States

• West Germany

What country put the first human-made space satellite into orbit around Earth?

• the United States

• Great Britain

• the Soviet Union

• France

To stem the flow of refugees from East Germany through West Berlin, the leader of the Soviet Union ________________________.

• began a war with Korea

• sent missiles to Cuba

• put down a revolution in Hungary

• built a wall in Berlin

What event signaled the arrival of the Cold War in Asia?

• the Korean War

• the Cultural Revolution

• the Great Leap Forward

• Nixon’s visit to China

The left-wing revolutionary Fidel Castro overthrew the dictator Fulgencio Batista in which Latin American country?

• Mexico

• Cuba

• Guatemala

• Brazil

What was the domino theory?

• A theory used to predict East German actions.

• A theory that explained the outcome of World War II.

• A theory that predicted the growth of the anti-war movement.

• A theory about the way communism might spread.

Which TWO nations were the main rivals during the Cold War?

• Germany

• Soviet Union

• Italy

• United States

• Japan