The Cold War Mastery Connect Test Study Guide

This was the United States overall policy to help prevent the spread of communism.

• Arms Race

• Détente

• Red Scare

• Containment

This man was the first president of Russia.

• Boris Yeltsin

• Vladimir Putin

• Vladimir Lenin

• Mikhail Gorbachev

“An attack on one shall be considered an attack on all.” In the early stages of the Cold War, this statement would have most likely been made by which organization or plan?

• The Berlin Blockade

• The Berlin Airlift

• NATO

• The Marshall Plan

Who was the first Communist leader of China?

• Mao Zedong

• Qing Taipei

• Vladimir Lenin

• Joseph the Hun

Which event of 1948–1949 is illustrated in picture A showing planes delivering supplies over Berlin?

• Berlin Blockade

• Berlin Airlift

• Berlin Wall

• Prague Spring

What event was when the Soviet Union attempted to cut off land and river transit between West Berlin and West Germany

• Berlin Blockade

• Berlin Airlift

• Berlin Wall

• Prague Spring

Which leader of China was responsible for transforming the country’s economy into a more capitalistic system?

• Mao Zedong

• Deng Xiaoping

• Qing Taipei

• Emperor Yongle

Which weapon was not used during either the Korean or Vietnam Wars?

• Carpet bombing

• Agent Orange

• Napalm

• Nuclear bombs

This was the herbicide used in the Vietnam War shown in figure B.

• Carpet bombing

• Agent Orange

• Napalm

• SALT I

Which 1962 event placed Soviet nuclear missiles less than 90 miles from the United States?

• Soviet–Afghan War

• Vietnam War

• Korean War

• Cuban Missile Crisis