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Cold War & Communist China

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

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Class
Date
1.

Use of the term Iron Curtain is meant to symbolize and highlight differences in

a)

religious philosophy

b)

political ideology

c)

art and architecture

d)

resources and climate

2.

The Soviet Union’s response to the formation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was to create the

a)

Marshall Plan

b)

Warsaw Pact

c)

Truman Doctrine

d)

European Union

3.

Which sequence of 20th-century Cold War events is in the correct chronological order?

a)

fall of the Berlin Wall → Cuban missile crisis → adoption of the Marshall Plan

b)

Cuban missile crisis → fall of the Berlin Wall → adoption of the Marshall Plan

c)

fall of the Berlin Wall → adoption of the Marshall Plan → Cuban missile crisis

d)

adoption of the Marshall Plan → Cuban missile crisis → fall of the Berlin Wall

4.

The 38th parallel in Korea and the 17th parallel in Vietnam were used to mark

a)

boundaries created by mountain ranges

b)

demarcation lines instituted by papal authority

c)

territorial claims disputed between ethnic minorities

d)

political divisions established between communist and noncommunist territories

5.

What was one concern associated with both the Korean War and the Vietnam War?

a)

Kim Jong Il and Ho Chi Minh possessed nuclear weapons

b)

French colonial rule would continue to influence the region

c)

Renewed Japanese imperialism would trigger another world war

d)

Communism would spread through eastern and southeastern Asia

6.

The goal of Mikhail Gorbachev’s policies of perestroika and glasnost was to

a)

expand collectivization and communes

b)

resume development of Soviet nuclear weapons

c)

stimulate economic growth and political discussion

d)

stop expansion of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) into Eastern Europe

7.

The purpose of both the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan was to

a)

support the construction of the Iron Curtain

b)

increase membership in the United Nations

c)

prevent the spread of communism

d)

attempt to solve world hunger

8.

During the Cold War, which event occurred last?

a)

Cuban missile crisis

b)

destruction of the Berlin Wall

c)

Berlin airlift

d)

launch of Sputnik by the Soviet Union

9.

Which leader’s policies included glasnost and perestroika?

a)

Fidel Castro

b)

Nikita Khrushchev

c)

Mikhail Gorbachev

d)

Deng Xiaoping

10.

Which Chinese leader is most closely associated with leading the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution?

a)

Sun Yixian (Sun Yat-sen)

b)

Jiang Jieshi (Chiang Kai-shek)

c)

Mao Zedong

d)

Deng Xiaoping

11.

By the late 1970s in China, the growing size of its population influenced the government’s decision to

a)

encourage people to migrate to other countries

b)

force families to work on communes

c)

engage in wars to gain territory

d)

institute a one-child policy

12.

One way in which Joseph Stalin’s five-year plans and Mao Zedong’s Great Leap Forward are similar is that both plans were

a)

efforts to reduce human rights violations

b)

policies to improve relations with the West

c)

methods used to control population growth

d)

attempts to increase agricultural and industrial production

13.

Which development took place in China under Mao Zedong?

a)

The family became the dominant force in society.

b)

The Four Modernizations became the basis for economic reform.

c)

The people adopted the practice of ancestor worship

d)

Communist teachings became required learning in all schools and universities.

14.

What policy did Mao Zedong implement?

a)

Capitalism

b)

Communism

c)

Confuciusism

d)

Taoism

15.

Communist China is known for the book

a)

The Prince

b)

The Little Red Book

c)

Mein Kampf

d)

95 Thesis