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Cold War & the 21st Century Test Review

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

___________ was a foreign policy strategy followed by the United States during the Cold War to prevent the spread of communism

a)

Containment

b)

The New Deal

c)

The Square Deal

d)

Big Stick Diplomacy

2.

Formed at the end of WWII, ____ is a defensive military alliance between 30 member states – 28 European states, the United States, and Canada

a)

NATO

b)

Warsaw Pact

c)

NAFTA

d)

The United Nations

3.

The __________ was a collective defence treaty established by the Soviet Union and seven other Soviet satellite states in Central and Eastern Europe

a)

Warsaw Pact

b)

NATO

c)

NAFTA

d)

UNICEF

4.

The armed communist revolutionaries that fought against the USA in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia during the Vietnam War

a)

Viet Cong

b)

Nazis

c)

Cossacks

d)

The Immortals

5.

an American foreign policy with the primary goal of containing communist expansion during the Cold War

a)

The Truman Doctrine

b)

Roosevelt Corollary

c)

Cuban Missile Crisis

d)

Marshall Plan

6.

Which best summarizes the shift in United States foreign policy (like the Marshall Plan) after World War II?

a)

U.S. foreign policy became important to win the war on terrorism

b)

U.S. tax dollars were put to use to support communism

c)

U.S. sought to strengthen Europe to stop spread of communism

d)

U.S. began shifting jobs overseas

7.

founder of Communist China, head of the Chinese Communist Party from 1949 until his death in 1976

a)

Mao Zedong

b)

Adolf Hitler

c)

Joseph Stalin

d)

Ho Chi Minh

8.

Vietnamese revolutionary who led the communist North in the Vietnam war against the United States

a)

Ho Chi Minh

b)

Joseph Stalin

c)

Mao Zedong

d)

Pol Pot

9.

an economic and social campaign led by the Chinese Communist Party from 1958 to 1962, it was a complete failure and resulted in the starvation of around 50 million Chinese

a)

Great Leap Forward

b)

The Bolshevik Revolution

c)

Reign of Terror

d)

The New Deal

10.

The war in Korea/Vietnam, the nuclear arms race, space race, and Cuban Missile Crisis were all important events in

a)

the Cold War

b)

WWII

c)

The Gulf War

d)

the War on Terror

11.

The outcome of the Korean War

a)

resulted in North Korea making small gains

b)

resulted in the collapse of North Korea

c)

resulted in North & South Korea being separated at the 38th parallel, just as before

d)

resulted in the unification of Korea

12.

India in the 20th and 21st century has been burdened with religious conflict between _________ & _________

a)

Hindus & Muslims

b)

Terrorists & Buddhists

c)

Communists & Democrats

d)

Fascists & Anarchists

13.

The passage of the USA Patriot Act, Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom

a)

the September 11th terror attacks

b)

2008 financial crisis

c)

WWII

d)

the end of the Cold War

14.

How did the face of warfare change in the 21st century?

a)

major threats now come from non-state terrorist organizations

b)

wars were fought in space

c)

standing armies need to be increased because of the nuclear stalemate

d)

It did not

15.

Which is one factor that contributed to the collapse of the Soviet command economy in the late twentieth century?

a)

Exporting natural resources led to food shortages.

b)

Importing more consumer goods led to less market diversity.

c)

Government ownership resulted in low wages and inefficiencies

d)

Free trade agreements led to widespread unemployment

16.

The Armenian genocide is most similar to which of the following?

a)

Massacre of Tutsi in Rwanda

b)

The execution of French king & queen in 18th century

c)

Enslavement of Aztecs in Mexico by Spanish

d)

Enslavement of West Africans in 17th & 18th century

17.

the main objective of the US and its allies during the Korean War

a)

prevent expansion of communism

b)

to aid the North Koreans

c)

to use nuclear weapons on China

d)

to rescue the Ghost of Kyiv

18.

The political cartoon depicts tensions during the

a)

Cuban Missile Crisis

b)

Warsaw Uprising

c)

Vietnam War

d)

Korean War

19.

The belief/theory that if one country falls to communism, the rest will fall to communism as well

a)

Domino Theory

b)

Mutually Assured Destruction

c)

Red Scare

d)

Containment

20.

In the Vietnam War, the North was supported by _________ while the south had the backing of ____________

a)

Communists, the USA

b)

the USA, Communists

21.

The minority group targeted in the Rwandan Genocide

a)

Tutsis

b)

Hutus

c)

Armenians

22.

In this speech, Reagan was referring to

a)

wall separating East and West Berlin

b)

fences around the gulags

c)

wall surrounding the Kremlin in Moscow

d)

concentration camps

23.

In _________, Ghana, Kenya, Congo, and Algeria had independence movements that moved these nations out from under imperial rule of nations such as Britain, Belgium, and France

a)

Africa

b)

Middle East

c)

South America

d)

Asia

24.

In the ____________, Israel called for the partition of Palestine that included an independent Jewish State, this is called the _____________

a)

Middle East, Balfour Declaration

b)

Africa, League of Nations

c)

Australia, Treaty of Paris

d)

Americas, Constitution

25.

In India ______________ began a non-violence independence movement in India and would later lead to independence in 1947

a)

Mohandas Gandhi

b)

Nelson Mandela

c)

MLK Jr

d)

John Cena

26.

Communist backed North overtakes U.S. backed South in the ____________

a)

Vietnam War (1953-1975)

b)

Korean War (1950-1953)

c)

Cuban Missile Crisis

d)

World War II

27.

What is the economic impact of Globalization?

a)

Globalization has caused most nations to create new barriers to trade.

b)

Globalization prevents nations from focusing on producing what they make best.

c)

Globalization promotes the exchange of goods and services between nations.

d)

Globalization causes nations to move production to foreign locations where labor costs are higher.

28.

One way in which Soviet and Chinese communism differed was that under Mao Zedong

a)

government policies promoted closer relations with the West.

b)

greater efforts were made to protect human rights.

c)

children were taught to obey their parents and not the state.

d)

communists placed greater emphasis on agriculture.

29.

Select all of the statements that explain the impact radical Islamic terrorism has had on global events and specifically in response to the September 11, 2001 attacks on the Pentagon and World Trade Center. 

a)

60 Americans were taken hostage in Iran 

b)

the War on Terror following the 9/11 attacks 

c)

the creation of the Department of Homeland Security 

d)

the creation of the state of Israel 

30.

Which word would you use to define the mass killings in Rwanda, atrocities against the Armenian during WWI, atrocities of Stalin in the Soviet Union, or the atrocities of the Red Guard under Mao Zedong in the 1960s?

a)

Genocide

b)

Tyrannicide

c)

Schism

d)

Patricide