WH Unit 6 (W.57-W.65)

The Chinese Civil War began

• in 1946 when an effort to form a coalition government between the Nationalists and the Communists failed

• in 1950 when the Communists attacked the Nationalists

• in 1945 between those that supported the Communists and those that supported the Japanese who had ruled during World War II

• in 1949 over control of the Korean Peninsula

Which of the following was a purpose of Chairman Mao's Great Leap Forward?

• to increase the amount of privately farmed land

• to collectivize farms and therefore allow more people to work in industry

• to help people start more privately owned businesses

• most industry was privatized

The Soviet Union and the United States became super power rivals after World War II primarily because of which of the following?

• the communists and capitalists distrusted each other

• the Marshall Plan would not help any Soviet satellite nations

• the United States under the Truman Doctrine wanted to invade the Soviet satellite nations

• Great Britain developed nuclear weapons and shared them with the United States

Great Britain and the United States agreed that the liberated nations of Eastern Europe should:

• join the Soviet Union

• hold free elections to determine their new governments

• restore their prewar governments

• be occupied by the allies

In what way were the Cold War alliances (NATO, Warsaw Pact) similar and different from the alliances that existed prior to World War I?

• they were similar in that most of Europe was involved in an alliance, they were different in that they were mostly about economic affairs

• they were similar in the Russia was involved both times, they were different in that they were mostly about economic affairs

• they were similar in that nations agreed to defend one another if attacked, they were different in that there were superpowers in both alliances that dominated the other nations

• they were similar in that there were no superpowers involved, they were different in that multiple wars broke out because of the alliances

Which of the following was the main purpose of NATO?

• to promote free trade between the nations of Europe

• to provide mutual help if a member nation was attacked

• to promote democracy

• to go to war against the Warsaw Pact

The Soviet Union was able to control many of the nations of Eastern Europe by

• establishing Soviet controlled governments after the Soviet invasion and occupation after World War II

• providing significant financial aid to support the nations of Eastern Europe

• allowing free elections

• massive use of propaganda

The Berlin Blockade was ended by which of the following?

• the Berlin Airlift

• the Berlin Plan

• an effort by the western allies to break through the blockade lines

• the Battle for Berlin

The Berlin Blockade was a Soviet response to which action by the other allies?

• the end of the occupation of Germany

• the Berlin Airlift

• placing nuclear weapons in Germany

• the efforts by the allies to combine German zones and create a west German government

The policy created by George Kennan in 1947 became the official policy of the United States toward the Soviet Union. What did this policy include?

• preventing the Eastern European nations from seeking independence from the Soviet Union

• making every effort to keep communism within its existing boundaries and preventing Soviet aggression

• producing fewer nuclear weapons to avoid aggression

• destroying communism by any means possible