WorksheetsCold War Chapter 19 Pearson Review
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who was a prominent leader of the Civil Rights Movement?
a)
Martin Luther
b)
JFK
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
Martin Luther King Jr.
2.
What were the main reasons for the failure of Mao's Great Leap Forward?
a)
Counterrevolutionaries seized control of China's farmland.
b)
Too many Chinese belonged to the middle class, or bourgeoisie.
c)
Industries turned out useless goods and communes removed incentives.
d)
He was horrible at Leap Frog as a child.
3.
What conclusion can be drawn about the significance of the creation of the European Coal and Steel Community?
a)
It was the last attempt by the nations of Western Europe to cooperate economically until the creation of the European Union.
b)
It spurred economic growth and led to further regional cooperation such as the creation of the European Community.
c)
It led to increased tariffs and trade barriers that plagued Europe into the 1980s and 1990s.
d)
They caused many people to have the Black Lung.
4.
What was the significance of the formation in 1955 of the Southeast-Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO)?
a)
Its formation was part of the United States plan to stop the spread of nuclear weapons.
b)
Its formation was part of the Soviet Union's strategy to contain Western power by forming alliances.
c)
People were tired of standing and finally got to sit down.
d)
Its formation was part of the United States strategy to contain Soviet power by forming alliances.
5.
Ho Chi Minh was a significant figure in the history of Southeast Asia because
a)
he led his people against French control and later against the U.S.-backed South Vietnamese government.
b)
supported by the French, he led the North Vietnamese in their fight against South Vietnam.
c)
supported by the United States, he led the non-communist South Vietnamese government.
d)
he created Pokemon
6.
What events did John F. Kennedy not foresee when he made this statement in 1963? “I don't think that unless a greater effort is made by the Government to win popular support that the war can be won out there. . . .We can help them, we can give them equipment, we can send our men out there as advisors, but they have to win it, the people of Vietnam, against the Communists.”
a)
that the United States would never be able to aid the non-communist government of South Vietnam.
b)
that the United States government would side with the communist guerrillas of North Vietnam
c)
that the United States would play no role in the Vietnam War
d)
that the United States would become involved in a full-scale war in Vietnam
7.
What is the significance of Lech Walesa's election as president of Poland and Václav Havel's election as president of Czechoslovakia?
a)
These elections signified the changes in Eastern Europe brought about by the increased dominance of the Soviet Union.
b)
These elections signified the power that Mikhail Gorbachev had to put his puppets into positions of power in Eastern Europe.
c)
This was the first time they didn't vote by a show of hands.
d)
These elections signified the transformation of Eastern Europe from dominance by the Soviet Union to new democracies.
8.
What policy is Gorbachev calling for in this statement? “Without glasnost there is not, and there cannot be, democratism, the political creativity of the masses and their participation in management.” —Mikhail Gorbachev
a)
restructuring of the economy
b)
lessening restraints on emigration
c)
resisting political oppression
d)
greater openness
9.
This statement refers to what initiative following World War II? “The truth of the matter is that Europe’s requirements for the next three or four years of foreign food and other essential products - principally from America - are so much greater than her present ability to pay that she must have substantial additional help or face economic, social, and political deterioration of a very grave character.”
a)
Marshall Plan
b)
Solidarity Movement
c)
Warsaw Pact
d)
Tet Offensive
10.
To what American policy does this excerpt refer? “Wherever it is considered timely and promising, efforts will be made to advance official limits of Soviet power.”
a)
Glasnost
b)
collectivization
c)
suburbanization
d)
containment
11.
What is the mostly likely reason 1940s Hollywood celebrities would be marching in protest?
a)
They are protesting against the House Un-American Activities Committee's efforts to identify supposed communist sympathizers in the movie industry.
b)
They are protesting against Cold War policies that limited the power of the movie industry's actors' unions.
c)
They are protesting against censorship rules that forbade the inclusion of Cold War themes in Hollywood movies.
d)
They hated the Wizard of Oz
12.
Following World War II, Germany was divided into East and West sectors. An "_______ _________" divided Eastern and Western Europe.
a)
Iron Fist
b)
Amazing River
c)
Electric Fence
d)
Iron Curtain
13.
Fidel Castro
a)
Led the Soviet Union
b)
Served as leader of Cuba
c)
Led the Chinese Communist Party
d)
Served as the first chancellor of West Germany
14.
The Domino theory refers to the belief that ________.
a)
a communist victory in South Vietnam would cause North Vietnam to declare war on the United States
b)
a South Vietnamese victory would cause communist governments in Asia to declare war on the United States
c)
a communist victory in South Vietnam would cause the people of Vietnam to rebel against the communist government
d)
a communist victory in South Vietnam would cause noncommunist governments across Southeast Asia to fall to communism
15.
Who delivered the famous “I Have a Dream” speech?
a)
Dwight Eisenhower
b)
Ronald Reagan
c)
Martin Luther King, Jr.
d)
Rosa Parks
16.
With which country did the United States negotiate the agreement referred to in the text? His successor, President Richard Nixon, eventually arranged a cease-fire agreement in 1973.
a)
North Vietnam
b)
North Korea
c)
Cambodia
d)
Thailand
17.
Containment was the strategy America used to ________.
a)
limit communism to the areas already under Soviet control
b)
offer financial incentives to communist countries to adopt democracy
c)
impose economic sanctions on communist countries until they adopted democracy
d)
ensure that communism did not gain a foothold in the United States
18.
What is the best description of the context for this statement by Harry Truman? “I believe that it must be the policy of the United States to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures.”
a)
Soviet aggression toward Europe was mounting.
b)
Churchill and Stalin were behaving aggressively toward Eastern Europe.
c)
The United States was ready to execute the Marshall Plan
d)
Germany was divided into East Germany and West Germany.
19.
The U.S. economy is different from the former Soviet Union’s economy because in the United States,
a)
there is more economic freedom
b)
there is less economic freedom.
c)
the state makes all the decisions.
d)
there are fewer goods available.
20.
The Marshall Plan was part of an American strategy to ______.
a)
help European countries rebuild after World War II
b)
promote free elections in Europe after World War II
c)
convince European countries to join NATO
d)
build lots of Marshall stores
21.
Who first used the term "iron curtain" in the text below to describe what happened in Europe at the end of World War II? “An ‘iron curtain’ has descended across the Continent. Behind that line all of the capitals of the ancient states of Central and Eastern Europe . . . all these famous cities . . . lie in what I must call the Soviet sphere, and are subject . . . to a very high measure of control from Moscow.”
a)
Franklin Roosevelt
b)
Harry Truman
c)
Joseph Stalin
d)
Winston Churchill
22.
The Great Leap Forward was a program designed to ________.
a)
spread Chinese communism throughout Asia
b)
help athletes succeed in the long jump event
c)
purge China of bourgeois tendencies
d)
increase farm and industrial output in China
23.
To what policy does the text below refer? "I believe that it must be the policy of the United States to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures."
a)
The Truman Doctrine
b)
The Marshall Plan
c)
The Four Freedoms
d)
The Domino Theory
24.
Why did the Vietnamese fight the French in Indochina?
a)
The Viet Minh wanted independence.
b)
The Viet Minh wanted to be ruled by the Soviet Union.
c)
Ho Chi Minh’s forces were backed by China.
d)
Ngo Dinh Diem had American support.
25.
What prompted the passing of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution referred to in the text? President Lyndon Johnson used the attacks to win Congressional approval for the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution. It authorized the President to take all necessary measures to prevent further aggression.
a)
attacks on the Vietnamese refugees known as the "boat people"
b)
attacks on American gunboats in the Mekong Delta
c)
attacks on American troops during the Tet Offensive
d)
attacks on an American warship, the Maddox
26.
What was one result from the theory discussed in the accompanying quotation? “Finally, you have broader considerations that might follow what you would call the “falling domino” principle. You have a row of dominoes set up, you knock over the first one, and what will happen to the last one is the certainty that it will go over very quickly. So you could have a beginning of a disintegration that would have the most profound influences.” —U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower
a)
the U.S. supported the noncommunist government of South Vietnam
b)
the U.S. occupied Cambodia during the Vietnam War
c)
North Vietnam installed communist governments in Cambodia and Laos
d)
China invaded North Korea
27.
The accompanying text refers to a landmark ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court which ____________________. The plaintiffs in Brown asserted that this system of racial separation, while masquerading as providing separate but equal treatment of both white and black Americans, instead perpetuated inferior accommodations, services, and treatment for black Americans.
a)
declared that segregated schools were unconstitutional
b)
declared that busing students to achieve racial balance was unconstitutional
c)
declared that discrimination against black teachers was unconstitutional
d)
declared that segregation in housing was unconstitutional
28.
Mao's "little red book" was widely used during the Cultural Revolution, a program designed to ________.
a)
increase industrial productivity
b)
educate China's peasants
c)
challenge Soviet style communism
d)
purge China of "bourgeois" tendencies
29.
Which court ruling resulted in the landmark decision ending separate but equal?
a)
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
b)
Cumming v. Richmond County Board of Education
c)
West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette
d)
Everson v. Board of Education
30.
Which set of letters shows the correct chronological sequence of the events in the chart?
a)
a)-c)-d)-b)
b)
b)-a)-c)-d)
c)
c)-d)-b)-a)
d)
d)-b)-a)-c)
31.
When China's alliance with the Soviet Union collapsed, the United States
a)
"played the China card" to isolate the Soviets.
b)
grew closer to the Soviets because of the situation in Korea.
c)
stayed neutral and uninvolved with China.
d)
joined with the Chinese in an alliance against the Soviets.
32.
Mutual-defense alliance between the Soviet Union and seven satellites in Eastern Europe
a)
SEATO
b)
NATO
c)
GATO
d)
PATIO
33.
State of tension/hostility between nations aligned with the US and others the Soviet Union
a)
Recession
b)
Containment
c)
Detente
d)
Cold War
34.
Forced separation between by race, sex, religion, or ethnicity
a)
Recession
b)
Warsaw Pact
c)
Containment
d)
Segregation
35.
US policy trying to contain the spread of communism
a)
Truman Doctrine
b)
Warsaw Pact
c)
NATO
d)
Cold War
36.
The relaxation of the Cold War tensions during the 1970’s
a)
Containment
b)
Segregation
c)
NATO
d)
Détente
37.
The US strategy of keeping communism within its existing boundaries and preventing further expansion
a)
Containment
b)
Recession
c)
Marshall Plan
d)
Domino Theory
38.
The belief that a communist victory in South Vietnam would cause noncommunist governments across Southeast Asia to fall to communism
a)
Containment
b)
Domino Theory
c)
Truman Doctrine
d)
Warsaw Pact
39.
Massive aid package offered by the US to Europe to help countries rebuild after WWII
a)
Warsaw Pact
b)
Marshall Plan
c)
NATO
d)
Truman Doctrine
40.
Periods of reduced economic activity
a)
Containment
b)
Recession
c)
Detente
d)
Segregation
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