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WorksheetsUnit 12 Cold War Test
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 20mins
Which of the following is characteristic of a communist system?
When all manufacturing or "means of production" are equally owned by all members of a state.
When a dictator controls every aspect of the lives of his or her citizens.
When a country's trade and industry are controlled privately.
What was the purpose of the Marshall Plan?
What divide did the "Iron Curtain" represent?
An ideological divide between democratic Europe and communist Europe.
A physical divide to keep immigrants out of Eastern Germany.
It was a metaphor for where steel was produced in Europe.
A divide between the Nationalists and the Communists.
What contributed to the tension of the arms race between the United States and Soviet Union?
Each country had the capability to destroy the other with atomic weapons.
Each country refused to communicate with the other.
The two countries each declared war on the other.
Both countries were seeking to expand their borders and take land from the others' allies.
A satellite state is a country heavily influenced another country. During the Cold War, many eastern European countries were influenced by this nation: (a) .
Why was the Berlin Wall built?
What is the NATO Treaty?
a trade organization among Soviet-backed nations
an economic plan for the recovery of Europe after World War II
the document signed to end World War II
a mutual-defense alliance of free democratic nations
Which statement is best supported by the events listed below?
1953 Berlin Workers' strike
1956 Hungarian protest
1956 Poland uprising
1968 Prague Spring
Anti-Soviet governments replaced communist governments in the 1950s and 1960s.
Many citizens in satellite nations protested against the political control of national governments and sought reform.
The Soviet Union's censorship policies prevented any strong opposition from forming in satellite nations.
Communist governments had popular support throughout Europe in the postwar years.
Draw a line on the map below to show where the Iron Curtain separated Europe.
What action did President Kennedy take in response to the Soviet missile installation in Cuba?
He negotiated with Fidel Castro.
He ordered a naval blockade.
He asked the United Nations to intervene.
He ordered the Bay of Pigs invasion.
Which event triggered the space race?
the announcement of U.S. plans to build a space station
the orbital flight of Soviet astronaut Yuri Gagarin
the start of the U.S. Apollo moon-landing program
the Soviet launch of Sputnik
Which event caused the Chinese Nationalists and Communists to unite and pause the Chinese Civil War?
Japan's invasion of mainland China in 1937
the establishment of the United Nations in 1945
the start of World War II in 1939
the outbreak of the Russian Revolution in 1917
After the Nationalists lost the Chinese Civil War, where did Chiang Kai-shek (Jiang Jieshi) establish the Republic of China? Circle the location. HINT: It is an island
Define "cult of personality."
Which U.S. president opened relations with China for the first time since the communist victory in the civil war?
Richard Nixon
Dwight Eisenhower
Harry Truman
John Kennedy
Which Chinese government policy encouraged rapid industrialization by having peasants in the countryside make steel using backyard furnaces?
martial law
cult of personality
Cultural Revolution
Great Leap Forward
Which statement explains the relationship between the Cultural Revolution and the Great Leap Forward?
The Cultural Revolution represented a retreat from the communist ideology that energized the Great Leap Forward.
The Cultural Revolution was an effort to overcome the failure of the Great Leap Forward.
The Great Leap Forward brought about popular support for Mao and enabled the Cultural Revolution to take place.
The Great Leap Forward was a more radical version of the Cultural Revolution.
What did Deng Xiaoping do to reform China after Mao? Select two correct answers.
introduced elements of capitalism
increased freedom of speech
instituted a one-child policy
began a state-run industrialization program
Which event was triggered by student protests demanding democratic reforms?
What caused a lot of tension during the Cold War between the superpowers? More than one answer is correct.
The build up of nuclear weapons and threat of nuclear warfare.
The second wave of feminism.
Having an ideology that conflicted with the other superpower's ideology.
Tensions between Republicans and Democrats.
