Cold War Review

Which term refers to the alliance between the US and Western European countries?

• NATO
• Warsaw Pact
• United Nations
• Satellite Nations

A contest to build more and better weapons than those of your enemy.

• Amazing Race

• Space Race

• Arms Race

• Continental Race

The primary goal of Mikhail Gorbachev’s policy of perestroika for the Soviet Union was the

• restriction of trade

• establishment of five-year plans

• restructuring of the economy

• censorship of the press

Why did the US fight in Korea and Vietnam?

• to reconquer land that had been theirs before.

• to support the Allies in their struggle against Japan.

• to stop the spread of Communism.

• to build an alliance with China.

The Korean War and the Cuban missile crisis are most closely associated with

• the failure of the Kyoto Protocol

• communist aggression

• the overthrow of monarchies

• religious tensions

The Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan were established to

• contain communism

• put down the Hungarian Revolution

• end the Soviet blockade of Berlin

• destroy the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

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

Which term describes India’s foreign policy during the Cold War?

• Militarism

• Containment

• Appeasement

• Nonalignment

The Soviet Union’s response to the formation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was to create the

• Marshall Plan

• Warsaw Pact

• Truman Doctrine

• European Union

Which Cold War event happened last?

• Korean War

• Communist Revolution in China

• Fall of the Berlin Wall

• Cuban missile crisis