WorksheetsPost test: Communism and the Cold war
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 16mins
After WWII, the US encouraged other nations to adopt democratic governments while opposing which type of government from the Soviet Union
Republic
Totalitarian
Theocratic
Democratic
Who came to power as the leader of the communist party in China after WWII and gained support for redistributing land among the peasants?
Sun Yat-Sen
Ho Chi Minh
Mao Zedong
Chiang Kai-Shek
What was the name of the unofficial boundary that formed at the end of WWII and divided Europe into two sections? The (a)
Describe the command economy of the Soviet Union
Countries like Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary and Poland were dependent on and controlled by the Soviet Union. As a result they were called
Neighboring States
Axis Countries
Proxy Countries
Satellite States
You are traveling in the 1970's and find yourself in a country with a command economy. Where are you?
The Soviet Union
France
The US
Belgium
After WWII, what was passed by the US congress which allowed for funding to be poured into West Germany to develop industries and allowed for rebuilding.
The Reconstruction plan
The Berlin Airlift
The Marshal Plan
The Molotov Plan
What led to the communist guerilla forces being defeated during the Greek Civil War?
An intervention by the UN
Depleting reserves of the Greek government
Support from non-communist neighboring countries
A military attack by the Soviet armed forces
Which two were primary causes of the Cold War?
The US and the USSR disliked that their political systems were so similar
The US and USSR had different ideas about how to rebuild Europe and Berlin
There was a mistrust between the USSR and the Western democracies
China was able to join the UN Security Council
What held the Soviets back from attacking Western planes during the Berlin airlift
The action would have threatened trade relations with Western Europe
The USSR didn't have enough military resources to attack
It would have led to a war with Western Allies
The USSR would have lost support of the satellite states
Why can it be argued that the Warsaw pact was less of a defensive alliance and more of a means to control the Soviet satellite states?
Most member nations were forced into signing the pact, despite their resistance to communism
The Soviet Union was already in control of the military forces in all of the satellite states before the pact was signed
The Soviet Union would have abandoned the satellite states to protect its own interest during a major conflict
A clause gave the Soviet Union grater authority over its satellite states
Britain, China, France, Russia and the US are all
Democratic countries after WWII
the permanent members of the Security Council of the UN
Part of the Warsaw pact
countries with command economies
As North and South Korea agreed to a ceasefire in 1953, they agreed to
Join forces and attack other regions
Stop fighting and to continue to stay divided as two separate nations
Create a new country and to support each other economically
Stop fighting for a specific time and the not use nuclear weapons in another war
In 1979, which group came together to overthrow the dictator Anastasio Somaza in Nicaragua?
Contras
Viet Minh
Sandinistas
SEATO
Who signed the Limited Test Ban Treaty in 1963
France and the US
China and Germany
The US and Great Britain
Great Britain and China
After President Lyndon B Johnson escalated the war in North Vietnam, what happened?
There was an increased attraction to communist principles
The US wanted to increase business with Vietnam
There was an increased concern about the use of nuclear weapons
The anti-war movement grew because US citizens were concerned about the loss of civilians and soldiers
Why did the US back the leader Ngo Dinh Diem in South Vietnam?
He was planning on declaring war on Vietnam and was hoping to bring it under US control
He didn't want communism to spread in Asia and he didn't want Ho Chi Minh to gain control of Vietnam
He wanted to house nuclear weapons in Vietnam and he was hoping to declare war on China
He wanted to provoke Ho Chi Minh into declaring war on South Vietnam and he wanted the UN to back South Vietnam
Which of these satellites were made by the Soviets
Sputnik
Vanguard
Explorer
Apollo
The nonviolent and peaceful exchange of power in Czechoslovakia which resulted in freedom from communism and the election of a new president was called the (a) Revolution
The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia resulted in the election of which president?
Margret Thatcher
Nicolae Ceausescu
Václav Havel
Boris Yeltsin
Which former Soviet nation that allowed people to flee to West Germany in 1989.
Poland
Romania
Slovakia
Hungary
What immediately brought about the end of the Cold War?
Workers in Poland went on strike
The Berlin Wall fell
The Velvet Revolution in Czechslovakia
The Soviet Union fell
What did Mikhail Gorbachev introduce to appeal to the dissatisfied, multi-ethnic population of the Soviet Union?
New Soviet propaganda
Economic and political reforms
More Western culture
A complete overhaul of the government
Why did the Warsaw Pact dissolve in 1991?
The Cold War had ended, so the Soviet Union and the United States no longer needed to manufacture nuclear weapons.
The countries of the Communist Bloc had separated from the Soviet Union, so they no longer took part in the pact.
The Berlin Wall had been brought down, so the pact would no longer keep Germany divided.
The Cold War had ended, so the United States and its allies were no longer dependent on one another for military aid.
In which country was the Solidarity organization found?
Poland
Hungary
Romania
Bulgaria
