WorksheetsUnit 8 Spice Questions Part 1
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
What has happened to the role of women around the world from 1945-present?
Women have complete equality with men
Women were considered equal in China but not the Soviet Union
Women in the West have gained much more equality
Women have made no gains in rights over most of the world
How did America deal with social classes versus the Soviet Union?
America believed in equality thus has no social classes
America believed in the ideas of social mobility that merit/ability determines class
Capitalism does not have social classes while communism does
The Soviet Union had social classes based on communist ideals
How did World War Two change the way western powers treated minorities?
They segregated minorities based on race in the southern states until 1991
Western powers ended segregation but did not allow minorities to have rights
After fighting fascism western powers felt justified in how they treated minorities
America started pushing for civil rights and an end of segregation based on race
What was America’s goal during the Cold War?
Contain the spread of communism
Destroy Nazi Germany
Defeat the North Vietnamese
Make the Soviet Union look bad in third world nations
What was the Soviet Union’s goal during the Cold War?
Spread communism through Asia
Gain a better trade network than the west
Defeat the capitalist West and spread communism around the world
Build more weapons than the West
What events affected Europe during the Cold War?
Black Death, 100 Years War, Crusades
Death of Stalin, Berlin Wall torn down, Perestroika
Berlin Crisis, Holocaust, Russian Civil War
Creation of NATO, Warsaw Pact, and League of Nations
What events affected Asia during the Cold War?
The Korean War, Tiananmen Square protests, Berlin Wall
Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan, Vietnam War, Cambodia fell to communism
Dropping of atomic bombs on Japan, Korean War, Kim Jung Un
Iron Curtain, NATO, and the Warsaw Pact
What caused the Soviet Union to fall?
They decided capitalism was a better system than communism
The Soviet Czar abdicated due to all the deaths of the Cold War
Their economic plan of command economy did not work to stabilize the country
The Berlin Wall was torn down causing the fall of the USSR
What was the effect of the Space Race?
Soviet success with the Space Race helped them win the Cold War
Americans landed on the moon effectively winning the Space Race and Cold War
Soviet satellites were used to put nuclear weapons in space
Education in the United States became more rigorous/difficult to improve math and science
How did nuclear technology affect the world?
Nuclear weapons have been used in every major war since World War Two
Nuclear energy is used in medical equipment to cure cancer
It has provided energy to millions of homes and businesses in the developed world
It is not used due to the dangerous radiation that comes from nuclear power
How has the invention of computers affected people’s lives?
It has altered the way people do business and find information
Computers are used to create laws and handle the economy
They are in every home in the Western world
Information is more difficult to find than before
How was the United States different culturally from the Soviet Union?
The Soviet Union believed in freedom and openness more than the United States
The United States allowed for freedom of expression which the Soviets did not
The Soviet Union promoted Eastern Orthodox Christianity while USA was Protestant
The USA believed that all races were equal while minorities in the Soviet Union were subjugated
How did the United States function economically in contrast to the Soviet Union?
The socialist agenda of the USA by giving out welfare to the poor did not happen in the USSR
Rather than have use free market capitalism, the USA used a command economy
Rather than have a command economy, the USA used free market capitalism
Corporations get to set the economic policy in the USSR but not the USA
During the Cold War, most Third World countries could have been accurately described as being
developing nations.
established democracies.
located in Eastern Europe.
aligned with the United States.
In 1979, the Soviet Union invaded
Iraq
Cuba
China
Afghanistan
What was the name of the alliance established by European Communist nations in response to NATO?
Iron Curtain
Warsaw Pact
Second World
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
What was the purpose of the Truman Doctrine?
to raise funds for Communist activities in Europe
to create a Communist party in the United States
to judge political parties that favored communism
to support countries that rejected communism
