Chapter 18 and 20 Cold War Content Test

Question 1
Why did the United States and the Soviet Union become rivals after World War II?

The Soviet Union began developing nuclear weapons

The United States threatened to invade Soviet satellite states
Communists and Western capitalists distrusted each other

Question 2
What was the purpose of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the
Warsaw Pact?

To give democratic and communist countries allied based on their political ideologies
To establish trade relations between former enemies of World War II
To promote religious freedoms across the world

Question 3
After World War II, a key reason the Soviet Union established satellite nations in
Eastern Europe was to...

protect its western border from attack.

maintain freedom of the seas.
expand trade opportunities with Western Europe.

Question 4
Why did the United States and the Soviet Union want to possess as many nuclear
weapons as possible?

It decreased the number of soldiers needed in your military.

It deters other countries from attacking you.
It allowed you to enter into an alliance like NATO/Warsaw Pact.

Question 5
Which of the following contributed to the failure of the Great Leap Forward in China?
The decrease of steel production due to factories being destroyed by communists.
The lack of peasant support and their unwillingness participate in communist
programs.
The occurrence of natural disasters like droughts and floods that destroyed crop
production.

Question 6
What was one basic change made by the Chinese government during Mao Zedong's
rule in the 1950s and 1960s?

Women were given more rights

All children were schooled at home
Women lost rights they previously enjoyed

Question 7
The creation of military alliances like SEATO and CENTO is evidence of what?

That the Soviet Union was winning the arms race.

That tensions of the Cold War were felt around the world.
That communist and capitalist countries can get along.

Question at position 8
What was the significance of the Cuban Missile Crisis?

It successfully removed the threat of communism from Cuba

It almost pushed the world into a nuclear conflict
It resulted in the deaths of thousands of people

Question 9
How did the domino theory relate to the United States' involvement in Vietnam?

It encouraged the United States to supply Vietnam with nuclear weapons to help them
fight communism.
It encouraged the United States to form an alliance with Vietnam to fight communism
in China.
It encouraged the United States to try to stop the spread of communism into South
Vietnam.

Question 10
What was the importance of the European Economic Community?
It allied European nations together against Eastern European communists
It encouraged European nations to dismantle their nuclear weapons
It united European nations through capitalism and free trade

Question at position 11
What can be concluded from Britain's establishment of the welfare state?

Britain believed the central government should not provide aid for the people.
Britain believed in improving the standard of living for working class citizens.
Britain believed that privatization was the best economic and social policy.

Question 12
Social and economic inequalities for women encouraged...

a large migration of women into urban areas.

the women’s liberation movement.
the rise of a women's consumer society.

Question 13
Khrushchev’s program of de-Stalinization, reversed some of the...

trends toward political and economic liberalization.

political repression and administrative violence.
emphasis placed by Stalin on consumer goods.

Question 14
How was life in eastern Europe and western Europe similar to each other during the
Cold War?

Both sides increased the role of government in people's lives to the point of
dictatorships.
Both sides were concerned with nuclear war and wanted to ease the tensions.
Both sides were financially struggling and experiencing an economic depression.

Question 15
Which of the following explains why Japan was able to rise as a global economic
power?

The Soviet Union controlled the northern part of Japan which thrived economically.
The Japanese government was directly involved in planning Japan's economy.
The United States loaned billions of dollars to Japanese corporations.