WorksheetsUnit 8 Review
Total questions: 68
Worksheet time: 45mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The Marshall Plan
a)
offers military assistance to Greece and Turkey.
b)
offers economic stability to Western Europe.
c)
is the reason for U.S. involvement in Korea
d)
is the idea that if one country falls to communism, surrounding countries will also fall to communism.
2.
The Cold War
a)
The United States and the Soviet Union cut all diplomatic ties.
b)
An new kind of war with great casualties on both the US and USSR sides.
c)
Never really happened, it was simply a conspiracy invented by President Truman's administration.
d)
The United States and the USSR formed competing military alliances.
3.
Military aid to Greece and Turkey following attempts at communist overthrows.
a)
Marshall Plan
b)
Domino Theory
c)
NATO
d)
Truman Doctrine
4.
The CIA trained Cuban refugees to try and overthrow Castor's communist regime. This attempt was unsuccessful because JFK refused to provide support.
a)
Bay of Pigs
b)
Cuban Missile Crisis
c)
Berlin Airlift
d)
Massive Retaliation
5.
Preventing the spread of communism
a)
Containment
b)
McCarthyism
c)
United Nations
d)
Domino Theory
6.
All of the following are examples of the Containment policy except?
a)
Korean War
b)
Sending troops to South Vietnam
c)
The creation of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
d)
Truman Doctrine
7.
Which of the following is a response to Stalin cutting off supply lines to Western Berlin?
a)
Cuban Missile Crisis
b)
Berlin Wall was constructed
c)
Berlin Airlift by United States forces
d)
The Korean War
8.
What was the US response to the first successful launch of the Soviet's Sputnik in 1957?
a)
Cuban Missile Crisis
b)
The United States forms NASA
c)
We form a naval blockade off the coast of Cuba
d)
Invasion of the USSR by US forces
9.
Contributed to the 2nd Red Scare by suggesting the State Department had been infiltrated by Communists.
a)
Harry Truman
b)
Joseph McCarthy
c)
Francis Gary Powers
d)
Fidel Castro
10.
Investigates those accused of disloyalty to the United States:
a)
NATO
b)
United Nations
c)
Venona Papers
d)
House Un-American Committee
11.
Term which refers to the military, political, and ideological barrier established between the Soviet bloc and Western Europe form 1945-1990.
a)
Berlin Blockade
b)
Iron Curtain
c)
Bay of Pigs
d)
Marshall Plan
12.
Cuba becomes a nuclear threat to the United States and in responses with a naval blockade under Kennedy's leadership.
a)
Bay of Pigs
b)
Berlin Airlift
c)
Cuban Missile Crisis
d)
Russian Missile Crisis
13.
In 1968 the North Vietnam launched a large offensive battle against the Americans and caught them off guard. Americans realized that the war was not close to being over.
a)
My Lai Massacre
b)
Tet Offensive
c)
Cambodia
d)
Vietnamization
14.
Sending troops into South Vietnam was justified by using the
a)
Tet Offensive
b)
Domino Theory
c)
War Powers Act
d)
Linkage
15.
In 1964, Johnson stated that the North Vietnamese fired upon U.S. boats in international waters. Congress responded by giving Johnson broad powers to wage war.
a)
Vietnamization
b)
War Powers Act
c)
Domino Theory
d)
Gulf of Tonkin Incident
16.
Nixon's plan to slowly withdraw American troops from South Vietnam, as the South Vietnamese assumed more of their own war effort.
a)
Pacification
b)
Lottery System
c)
Vietnamization
d)
Exit Strategy
17.
Limits the time a president can send troops to a region without the consent of the Congress
a)
War Powers Act
b)
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
c)
26th Amendment
d)
1968 Election
18.
Mao Zedong was the Communist leader of what country?
a)
Vietnan
b)
South Korea
c)
China
d)
Soviet Union
19.
Which of the following was not a member of NATO?
a)
The U.S.A.
b)
England
c)
France
d)
None of these
20.
In this economic system, the government owns all property and means of production.
a)
communism
b)
capitalism
c)
socialism
d)
democracy
21.
Select the best cause and effect relationship that describes the Korean War--
a)
Threat of Communism spreading --> Communism is contained to North Korea
b)
Threat of Communism spreading --> Communism infiltrates South Korea
c)
Threat of Democracy spreading --> Communism leaves Korean Peninsula
d)
Threat of Democracy spreading --> Communism spreads to China
22.
What event happened in 1949 to strengthen the threat of Communism spreading in Asia?
a)
Russia falls to Communism
b)
China falls to Communism
c)
The Arms Race begins
d)
Sputnik is launched
23.
The fall of the Berlin Wall directly led to the--
a)
dissolving of the Soviet Union
b)
the reuniting of the United Kingdom
c)
the overthrow of Joseph Stalin
d)
McCarthyism
24.
Which event is the newspaper headline describing?
a)
Bay of Pigs Invasion
b)
Fall of the Soviet Union
c)
Cuban Missile Crisis
d)
Vietnam War
25.
How did Baby Boom change life in the United States?
a)
child labor increased
b)
population grew quickly
c)
fewer new homes were built
d)
more people moved into larger cities
26.
West Germany was ______________________ and East Germany was_____________________
a)
communist/democratic
b)
democratic/communist
c)
awesome/not awesome
27.
Communist North invaded the South, Truman chose to aid the South to prevent the spread of communism; sometimes referred to as the “Forgotten War”
a)
Vietnam War
b)
Korean War
c)
Gulf War
d)
Afghanistan War
28.
beginning of a competition for weapons superiority after both the US and Soviet launch nuclear weapons
a)
Arms Race
b)
Nuclear Weapons
c)
Hydrogen Bomb
d)
Atomic Bomb
29.
agreed upon border between communists North Korea and democratic South Korea
a)
Seoul
b)
38th Parallel
c)
Pyongyang
d)
Incheon
30.
After the battle of Dien Bien Phu, the French decided to
a)
annihilate Vietnamese resistance
b)
request UN help
c)
subvert the North Vietnamese government
d)
withdraw from Vietnam
31.
The Viet Cong was
a)
the government of North Vietnam
b)
the secret police of North Vietnam
c)
the Congress of South Vietnam
d)
a group of Communist guerrillas in South Vietnam
32.
declined to run for reelection because of his unpopular policies in Vietnam
a)
Kennedy
b)
Nixon
c)
Eisenhower
d)
Johnson
33.
The idea that if South Vietnam fell to communism, other nations would soon follow...
a)
Vietnamization
b)
Communism
c)
Domino Theory
d)
Imperialism
34.
What was a popular method of protesting the Vietnam War?
a)
Burning Clothing
b)
Burning Draft Cards
c)
Sit-Ins
d)
Burning Down Recruitment Centers
35.
These stolen documents showed that government officials lied to Congress and the people.
a)
Snowden Papers
b)
Watergate Papers
c)
Pentagon Papers
d)
Gulf of Tonkin Papers
36.
Why is the Cold War considered a “cold” war, compared to WWII, a “hot” war?
a)
Most of the fighting took place in the cooler Northern Hemisphere
b)
The Soviet Union is located in a fairly cold area
c)
The Soviets and Americans never actually fought against one another with weapons
d)
The United States believed a nuclear war would end the seasons and it would be cold on Earth
37.
Which of the following best describes the outcome of the Korean War?
a)
the South Koreans won the war and controlled all of Korea
b)
the North Koreans won the war and controlled all of Korea
c)
neither side won the war and Korea remains divided today
d)
the U.S. and Soviet Union took over the area
38.
What organization was created by Congress to hunt for communist spies?
a)
Federal Civil Defense Administration (FCDA)
b)
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
c)
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
d)
House Un-American Activites Commitee (HUAC)
39.
What did the US Navy establish around Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
a)
A naval blockade
b)
Bases
c)
Missiles
d)
Ship Ports
40.
Allowed the public to consider different viewpoints concerning the Vietnam war?
a)
Television
b)
Radio
c)
Telegraph
d)
Internet
41.
The result of the discrepancy in government and television reports concerning the Vietnam War?
a)
Apathy towards gov't issues
b)
Greater support for the President
c)
Growing support for the war
d)
Credibility Gap
42.
In Vietnam the fighters used a irregular warfare tactic that made it difficult for our soldiers to be successful...it was called?
a)
Vietnamese Warfare tactics
b)
Cheetah Warfare
c)
Hidden Warfare
d)
Guerrilla warfare
43.
Which side ended up winning the war?
a)
United states
b)
South Vietnam
c)
North Vietnam
d)
North korea
44.
At which university did Anti-War protests result in deaths of four college students in 1970?
a)
Jackson State College in Mississippi
b)
Harvard University in Massachusetts
c)
University of California, Berkeley
d)
Kent State University in Ohio
45.
Which of the following was an effect of the trend shown in the chart?
a)
Lyndon Johnson won a landslide victory in his re-election bid for the presidency in 1968
b)
the US began to win the war in Vietnam by 1968
c)
Anti-war protests increased as more Americans were drafted into the war
d)
President Nixon's Vietnamization plan was working as early as 1965
46.
What were the problems of fighting in Vietnam?
a)
Identifying the enemy
b)
Jungle/Location provided cover and a place to transport enemy supplies
c)
Weather and climate
d)
all of these
47.
Networks of jungle paths used by N. Vietnam to transport supplies to the Vietcong?
a)
Saigon Route
b)
Bataan Death March
c)
Trail of Tears
d)
Ho Chi Minh Trail
48.
How did the US military attempt to take away the Vietcong's ability to hide in the jungle?
a)
They used napalm to burn the jungle down.
b)
They used agent orange to kill the plants in the jungle.
c)
both napalm and agent orange
d)
none of the options
49.
Vietnam was a colony of what country prior to the WWII
a)
France
b)
Great Britain
c)
Portugal
d)
Spain
50.
The Vietnam war prevented LBJ from focusing on what agenda?
a)
The Great Society
b)
The Fair Deal
c)
The New Frontier
d)
The Square Deal
51.
Most anti-war demonstrations took place where?
a)
large cities
b)
small towns
c)
shopping centers
d)
universities
52.
What effect did the geography of Vietnam have on fighting during the Vietnam War?
a)
Viet Cong forces took the fightinginto the dense jungles where theycould confuse the Americans.
b)
Viet Cong forces preferred to limitmost fighting to cities where theyfought most effectively.
c)
American forces learned to keepthe fighting away from the jungles.
d)
American forces committed tofighting the war only from the air.
53.
Which factor contributed to the changing attitudes of the American public about U.S.involvement in the Vietnam War?
a)
Reelection of Lyndon Johnson
b)
Passage of the War Powers Act
c)
Graphic coverage by television news
d)
Propaganda films by antiwar protestors
54.
What is the main idea of the cartoon?
a)
There was strong disagreement in the US about American involvement in the Vietnam War.
b)
A sizable anti-war movement emerged in the US over the war
c)
Most Americans feared if Vietnam fell to Communism, neighboring states would be threatened.
d)
Most Americans felt that conflict was a civil war and we should be involved.
55.
These were South Vietnamese who supported the communist north
a)
North Vietnamese Army
b)
Deferment
c)
Tet
d)
Viet Cong
56.
What contradictions existed in Reagan's policies towards the USSR?
a)
He built a warm, friendly relationship with Mikhail Gorbachev at the same time as he implemented the SDI.
b)
He told Mr. Gorbachev "Tear down this wall" at the same time as he worked to implement the programs of the Great Society.
c)
He decreased the size of the U.S. nuclear weapons arsenal at the same time as he visited the Kremlin.
d)
He asked the American people to make sacrifices at home at the same time that he threw expensive parties overseas.
57.
The Reagan administration rapidly increased spending on
a)
social programs.
b)
the American military.
c)
support of the Soviet Union.
d)
enlargement of the federal government.
58.
What did the destruction of the Berlin Wall symbolize?
a)
the fall of communism
b)
the fall of capitalism
c)
the end of the Vietnam War
d)
the end of the Cuban Missile Crisis
59.
What do Mikhail Gorbachev's policies of Glasnost & Perestroika mean in English?
a)
crash & burn
b)
Tear down this wall
c)
openness & restructuring
d)
democracy & capitalism
60.
Which event signaled the end of the Cold War?
a)
Cuban Missile Crisis
b)
end of the Vietnam War
c)
collapse of the Soviet Union
d)
fall of the Berlin Wall
61.
What was the purpose of the SALT I Treaty?
a)
A treaty to demilitarize the Berlin wall, allowing free trade between the two.
b)
To decrease the deployment of ICBM's, antiballistic missiles, and stockpiles of other powerful military weapons.
c)
To join East and West Germany into a single united country.
d)
Both the U.S. and USSR reached an agreement to no longer use nuclear weapons of any kind.
62.
Why was the SALT II Treaty withdrawn?
a)
The USSR imposed high tariffs on Chinese goods
b)
The USSR would not dismantle the Berlin Wall.
c)
President Nixon was impeached and it was rejected.
d)
The USSR invaded Afghanistan
63.
Who was the Soviet President in 1985 that proposed the policies of Glasnost and Perestroika?
a)
Nikita Khrushchev
b)
Leonid Brezhnev
c)
Mikhail Gorbachev
d)
Boris Yeltsin
64.
What did the destruction of the Berlin Wall symbolize?
a)
the fall of communism
b)
the fall of capitalism
c)
the end of the Vietnam War
d)
the end of the Cuban Missile Crisis
65.
This map shows _____.
a)
territory invaded by HItler
b)
Europe during the Cold War
c)
the European Green Belt
d)
German Reunification
66.
Despite all the tension during the Cold War why didn't the US and the Soviet Union get involved in military conflicts with each other?
a)
pressure from nonaligned nations kept the peace
b)
the United Nation wouldn't let them fight
c)
the potential for global nuclear war
d)
increased tensions in the Middle East
67.
The Berlin Wall was constructed to stop movement of people between East & West Germany. What was the main difference between the two countries?
a)
East Germany was communist and West Germany was democratic and capitalist
b)
East Germany was a free state and West Germany was occupied by Europe
c)
East Germany was domcractice and West Germany was a dictatorship
d)
East Germany was Christian and West Germany was Muslim
68.
Which of the following did the LEAST to unify Europe?
a)
Establishing the Iron Curtain
b)
German Reunification
c)
Ending Communism
d)
Tearing down the Berlin Wall
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