Chapter18 The Cold War

Following World War II, the United States and the Soviet Union tried to dominate each other through involvement in what?

• Trade agreements

• Conflicts

• Scientific research

• Cultural exchanges

Who encouraged the spread of democracy through his position as American president?

• Ronald Reagan

• Charles de Gaulle

• Mikhail Gorbachev

• Konrad Adenauer

Which Eastern European country was not able to remove Communist rule peacefully?

• Czechoslovakia

• East Germany

• Poland

• Romania

What term describes indirect involvement in wars through economic or military aid?

• détente

• proxy conflicts

• 38th parallel

• Viet Cong

Who established the Fifth Republic in France in 1958?

• Leonid Brezhnev

• Charles de Gaulle

• Ho Chi Minh

• Konrad Adenauer

The ______ Declaration was the first official recognition by a world power that the Jews needed their own land.

• Balfour

• Versailles

• Munich

• Geneva

The Warsaw Pact was a military alliance that committed the Soviet Union and its Eastern European allies to what?

• Economic cooperation

• Mutual defense

• Cultural exchange

• Scientific research

The republics of the Soviet Union began declaring their independence in 1991 after some Soviet leaders tried to remove _____ from power.

• Mikhail Gorbachev

• Leonid Brezhnev

• Nikita Khrushchev

• Boris Yeltsin

NATO was a military alliance that committed which countries to mutual defense?

• Soviet Union and Eastern European allies

• United States and Western European allies

• China and Southeast Asian allies

• United Kingdom and Commonwealth nations

Following World War II, the United States and the Soviet Union tried to dominate each other through involvement in what between other nations?

• Trade agreements

• Conflicts

• Scientific research

• Cultural exchanges