WorksheetsContainment/Domino Theory
Total questions: 5
Worksheet time: 10mins
8(A)
Which sentence best completes this diagram?
The president authorizes a military strike against forces threatening the borders of Western Europe.
Congress appropriates funding for nuclear arms facilities in Western Europe.
The president signs a treaty requiring reparations to be paid to Western European countries.
Congress passes a bill to provide financial assistance to Western European countries.
8(A)
This is a cross-sectional diagram of a major operation ordered by President Harry S. Truman in 1948. The flight pattern illustrated in the diagram was designed was to allow an airplane to land every three minutes. Why was this operation undertaken?
To enable a rapid withdrawal of troops from a war-torn city.
To deploy substantial invasion forces.
To provide supplies to a blockaded city.
To rescue thousands of stranded political refugees.
8(A)
As a result of the Berlin airlift, the United States was able to -
bypass a Soviet blockade without provoking a military conflict
transport Polish refugees to safety
prevent the Nazi Party from reorganizing
intimidate Soviet leaders by demonstrating superior military power
8(A)
Which statement correctly completes this time line?
The Allied powers divide Germany and Berlin into four sectors.
German citizens vote to reunite East and West Germany.
The United States and Great Britain airlift supplies to West Berlin.
The United Nations sends troops into Eastern Europe.
8(A)
Which action best explains the differences shown in these photographs?
The United States gave economic assistance through the Marshall Plan.
The United States and the Soviet Union created an alliance after World War II.
U.S. leaders created the United Nations.
The Soviet Union established the "Iron Curtain" after World War II.
