The Cold War: Causes and Key Concepts

Which of the following was a primary cause of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union?

• A competition for political influence over other countries

• Direct, armed conflict between the two nations

• The founding of the United Nations

Which of these is the main reason that Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and Romania became satellites of the Soviet Union?

• These areas were given to the Soviet Union by a League of Nations mandate

• Hitler surrendered control of these areas to the Soviet Union at the end of the war

• The Soviets army occupied these areas at the end of World War II

The Marshall Plan:

• Intended to rebuild European prosperity and stability

• Was viewed by Western Europe as capitalist imperialism

• Was not considered a success

The foreign policy called “containment” was aimed at containing the spread of:

• Communism

• Nuclear weapons

• Cold War hostilities

NATO was created in order to:

• Develop goodwill between Eastern and Western Europe

• Encourage diplomatic solutions to regional problems in North Africa

• Create a unified military defense between the U.S. and Western Europe

The thought or idea of one nation becoming communist would then lead to the fall of its neighbors to communism is known as:

• Epimenides’ Paradox

• Domino Theory

• Hollow Theory

What was the goal of student protestors in Tiananmen Square in 1989?

• Democratic reforms

• Removal of troops from South Korea

• Independence in Taiwan

The goal of Mao Zedong’s policy known as the Great Leap Forward was to:

• Develop foreign export industries in China

• Eliminate state-owned industries in rural China

• Modernize China’s economics

China’s Cultural Revolution was aimed at destroying what Mao saw as:

• Capitalistic influence

• Communist policies

• Excessive government controls on daily life

The quote above describes student fear and motivation during which of the following:

• The Tiananmen Square Massacre

• The Cultural Revolution

• The Boxer Rebellion