WorksheetsUnit 9 Review - Cold War and Modern Era-
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
Which of the following best represents Mao Zedong's efforts to improve China?
Mao was very cautious and only made minor changes
Mao cared greatly for his people, but his changes usually ended poorly
Mao's changes were identical to changes being made in the United States
Mao supported the expansion of rights for all people in China
Which of the following events occurred during the Cold War?
-Choose all that apply-
The Korean War
The Vietnam War
The Nuclear Arms Race
The fall of Nazi Germany
Which of the following events led to increased tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union in the 1950's?
Russia was slowly overtaking the United States as the global superpower
The Soviet Union finally obtained their own nuclear weapons
The Soviet Union became the first nation to build a space station
The Soviet Union began to collapse as member nations declared independence
Which of the following are examples of government sponsored mass murder?
-Choose all that apply-
The North against the South in the Civil War
The Turks against the Armenians in World War I
Stalin against his own people in the Soviet Union
Mao's Red Guard against his own people in China
Which of the following best defines the main issue in India's recent history?
The establishment of a communist government after their independence from Britain
Widespread suppression of freedoms
Violence between Muslims and Hindus
The lack of modern infrastructure
How are communist China and the communist Soviets different?
China has always focused more on heavy industry
Russia has always focused more on agriculture
China has always focused more on agriculture
Russia has always focused more on technological innovations
Which of the following are important policy changes that occurred in the US as a result of the 9/11 terrorist attacks?
-Choose all that apply-
Creation of Department of Homeland Security
Passage of the USA Patriot Act
Increased security at US airports
Restrictions on free elections
Which of the following did George W. Bush believe was the most significant threat to peace in the 21st century?
Non-state terrorist organizations
Nuclear weapons from communist countries
Missile attacks from North Korea
Biological warfare
Based on the image, what can you assume about globalization?
It establishes barriers between countries
It makes it more difficult to trade across the world
It limits the production of goods
It increases economic activity between nations
What is one reason the Soviet Union collapsed?
Improper farming techniques led to widespread famine
Open borders with neighboring communist countries led to widespread unemployment
Collectivization led to a decrease in production and low pay
An increase in democratic freedoms led to widespread rebellion
Which of the following occurred after WWII was won?
The Soviet Union and the USA increased their cooperation, leading to a booming economy
Communist and Democratic nations banded together to ensue world peace
A tense situation developed between America and the Soviet Union due to ideological differences
The Russians and the Americans reunited their two halves of Germany into one country
Why did the United States get involved in the Korean War?
To stop the spread of communism
To stop the reunification of North and South Korea
To remove the communist government in South Korea
To take advantage of South Korean oil supplies
What can you infer from this map?
That most African nations achieved independence from European powers
That most European nations refused to grant their colonies independence
That during the 1950's, many European nations established new colonies in Africa
That the United States intervened in colonial affairs to ensure the freedom of African nations
Between April and July of 1994, between 200,000 - 800,000 Tutsi were murdered by Hutus in Rwanda. What is this an example of?
Communism
Globalization
The Holocaust
Genocide
Mikhail Gorbachev, leader of the Soviet Union, implemented widespread reforms in order to...
Prevent communism from failing in Europe
Turn the Soviet Union into a fascist country
Ensure the end of communism in Europe
Turn the Soviet Union into a democracy
The Soviet Union built a wall separating what?
East and West Germany
East and West Berlin
Eastern and Western Europe
North and South Korea
Which of the following people have been the victims of genocide?
-Choose all that apply-
Tutsi's in Rwanda
Muslims in Kosovo
Armenians in Turkey
Russians in France
This cartoon represents which event of the Cold War?
The Berlin Airlift
The Korean War
The Cuban Missile Crisis
The Vietnam War
What was the purpose of the Marshall Plan?
Provide aid to Western Europe in order to build allies against communism
Provide aid to the Soviet Union to get them to abandon communism
Force Western Europe to pay back its debt to the US for World War II
Build a wall between East and West Berlin to keep communists out
What is the root cause of the Cold War?
America wanted to achieve world dominance and the Soviet Union opposed it
The Soviet wanted to spread democracy to the entire world
Democracy in America and communism in the Soviet Union were opposed political ideologies
America and the Soviet Union teamed up in order to become global superpowers
