NEW
Font size
WorksheetsCold War & Communist China
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Use of the term Iron Curtain is meant to symbolize and highlight differences in
religious philosophy
political ideology
art and architecture
resources and climate
The Soviet Union’s response to the formation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was to create the
Marshall Plan
Warsaw Pact
Truman Doctrine
European Union
Which sequence of 20th-century Cold War events is in the correct chronological order?
fall of the Berlin Wall → Cuban missile crisis → adoption of the Marshall Plan
Cuban missile crisis → fall of the Berlin Wall → adoption of the Marshall Plan
fall of the Berlin Wall → adoption of the Marshall Plan → Cuban missile crisis
adoption of the Marshall Plan → Cuban missile crisis → fall of the Berlin Wall
The 38th parallel in Korea and the 17th parallel in Vietnam were used to mark
boundaries created by mountain ranges
demarcation lines instituted by papal authority
territorial claims disputed between ethnic minorities
political divisions established between communist and noncommunist territories
What was one concern associated with both the Korean War and the Vietnam War?
Kim Jong Il and Ho Chi Minh possessed nuclear weapons
French colonial rule would continue to influence the region
Renewed Japanese imperialism would trigger another world war
Communism would spread through eastern and southeastern Asia
The goal of Mikhail Gorbachev’s policies of perestroika and glasnost was to
expand collectivization and communes
resume development of Soviet nuclear weapons
stimulate economic growth and political discussion
stop expansion of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) into Eastern Europe
The purpose of both the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan was to
support the construction of the Iron Curtain
increase membership in the United Nations
prevent the spread of communism
attempt to solve world hunger
During the Cold War, which event occurred last?
Cuban missile crisis
destruction of the Berlin Wall
Berlin airlift
launch of Sputnik by the Soviet Union
Which leader’s policies included glasnost and perestroika?
Fidel Castro
Nikita Khrushchev
Mikhail Gorbachev
Deng Xiaoping
Which Chinese leader is most closely associated with leading the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution?
Sun Yixian (Sun Yat-sen)
Jiang Jieshi (Chiang Kai-shek)
Mao Zedong
Deng Xiaoping
By the late 1970s in China, the growing size of its population influenced the government’s decision to
encourage people to migrate to other countries
force families to work on communes
engage in wars to gain territory
institute a one-child policy
One way in which Joseph Stalin’s five-year plans and Mao Zedong’s Great Leap Forward are similar is that both plans were
efforts to reduce human rights violations
policies to improve relations with the West
methods used to control population growth
attempts to increase agricultural and industrial production
Which development took place in China under Mao Zedong?
The family became the dominant force in society.
The Four Modernizations became the basis for economic reform.
The people adopted the practice of ancestor worship
Communist teachings became required learning in all schools and universities.
What policy did Mao Zedong implement?
Capitalism
Communism
Confuciusism
Taoism
Communist China is known for the book
The Prince
The Little Red Book
Mein Kampf
95 Thesis
