Worksheets3A Quarterly Review
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 8mins
1. What is the purpose of a "coup d'etat?"
To provide economic relief to the poor citizens of a country
To improve economic ties between two countries
To overthrow a national government by a military revolt
To build and improve infrastructure throughout a nation
2. Out of fear of the spread of communism in Latin America, in 1954 the United States C.I.A. helped to lead the overthrow of the government in what country?
Mexico
Canada
Guatemala
Peru
3. Read the excerpt from the following document and answer the question: What event is President Arbenz referring to in his speech?
The C.I.A. and American businesses helping to support a violent overthrow of the Guatemalan government.
The aid and support given by the U.S. government to support democratic reforms in Guatemala.
His announcement about his plans to run for President in the next election
The benefits of the recent economic treaty between the U.S. and Guatemala
4. Why did President Truman and the U.N. send troops to Korea?
Truman wanted to change South Korea's government and make it communist.
Truman wanted control of both North and South Korea.
Truman wanted the dividing line that divided Korea moved from the 38th parallel to the 40th parallel.
After the North Korean army invaded South Korea, Truman wanted to help South Korea without declaring war.
5. What was the outcome of the Korean War?
The North was victorious and the Korean peninsula had become a communist stronghold.
The war did not result in a gain for either side, and the division in Korea at the 38th parallel still remains today.
The South was victorious, and the Korean peninsula was united in 1953.
China led an invasion into the South from the north, and South Korea is now a territory of China.
6. Which of the following best represents the Domino Theory?
The rise of the Nazi Party and totalitarian governments using military force to invade other countries in the 1930s.
U.S. intervention in Asia to prevent communism from spreading to other territories throughout the world.
The Imperial Japanese military's attempt to invade the United States at Pearl Harbor in 1941.
The fear of nuclear warfare after to the use of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the U.S. in 1945
7. Which of the following is the best definition of the U.S. policy of containment?
Create permanent peacetime alliances with other nations
Keep communism and Soviet influence from spreading to new areas
Using military force to defeat the Soviet Union in a military conflict.
Using economic aid to keep capitalism limited to countries it was already in
8. The Soviet Union responded to the formation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) by...
Invading West Germany
Placing nuclear missiles in Cuba
Forming the Warsaw Pact
Enacting domestic reforms
9. Use the cartoon to answer the question: The main consequence of the Bay of Pigs Invasion was...
That President Kennedy was proven to be very effective in foreign policy.
That President Kennedy was able to strengthen the alliance between United States and Cuba.
That President Kennedy's invasion backfired and Cuba became an ally to the Soviet Union
That Cuba was able to continue as a strong trading partner to the U.S.
10. Use the quote to answer the following question: What is Kennedy's answer to Soviet Missiles being placed in Cuba?
Stop all incoming ships and planes entering Cuba and check all passengers for disease
Create a naval blockade around the island of Cuba, and stop any Soviet Ship from crossing
Stopping all trade lines from Cuba to Florida
Strike the Cuban Missiles by air, and hope they don't fire back.
