The United States and the Soviet Union became rivals after World War II because
The Soviet Union began developing nuclear weapons.
The Marshall Plan failed to rebuild war-torn Europe.
Communists and Western capitalists distrusted each other.
The United States threatened to invade Soviet satellite states.
The Truman Doctrine promised to
Restore control of satellite states to the Soviet Union.
End the civil war in Greece and rid the country of communism.
Give economic aid to countries threatened by communism.
Use military force to fight Communist expansion in Asia.
The Marshall Plan was based on the idea that
Nations should maintain large arsenals of nuclear weapons.
North and South Korea should be unified.
Military force was the best way to contain communism.
Communism succeeded only in countries with economic problems.
The Berlin Wall was erected in order to
Protect Soviet military supplies.
Prevent the spread of communism.
Retaliate against U.S. aggression.
Stop the flow of refugees from East Germany.
The Warsaw Pact was a
A military agreement between the United States, France and Great Britain.
development of trade agreements amongst the Western European states.
military alliance of the Soviet Union and Eastern European states.
U.S. policy to rebuild war torn Europe.
NATO was formed to provide
Mutual help to the Soviet Union and it's allies around the Atlantic ocean
Economic relief to East Germany.
Military support for Brasil
Mutual help to the United States and it's allies around the Atlantic ocean.
Which war sparked an expansion of United states military alliances around the world?
The Korean War.
The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
The War in Vietnam
Russia's war with Ukraine.
The United States policy of containment was designed to
Keep communism within its existing boundaries and prevent Soviet aggression.
Stop biological warfare from damaging the United States.
Limit political discussion in the United States.
Limit the loss of American troops around the world.
What was the arms race between the Soviet Union and United States?
The Soviets started a free market economy to better beat the United States.
Both countries built up their armies and increased their weapons arsenals.
The United States nationalized their economy to better beat the Soviets.
A reduction of traditional armed forces in favor of nuclear weapons.
What was the policy of deterrence?
The Soviets believed they could stop US aggression by expanding their industrial capacity.
The policy held that huge arsenals of nuclear weapons on both sides prevented war.
A policy that led to a reduction of nuclear weapons.
The United States needed to become allies with every country in the world to prevent Soviet aggression.
After Mao's forces claimed victory in the civil war,
Chiang Kai-shek and 2 million followers fled to Taiwan.
Mao gave up the presidency and invited the south to join his forces.
The Chinese people voted overwhelmingly to follow Chiang Kai-shek.
The communists overturned Mao and took away his leadership.
The purpose of Mao's Great Leap Forward program was to
Allow more people to work in industry.
Increase the governments aid to individuals.
Force more people to farm private plots of land.
Encourage workers to start new businesses.
The Red Guards consisted of people who were
Unhappy and discontented.
Future capitalists.
Traditional.
Eager to help others.
Why did the people of China ultimately reject the Cultural Revolution?
Its ideas were rooted in old culture.
The Red Guards actions horrified them.
Mao did not believe in it.
It stood for change.
Why did the United States fear the spread of communism to China?
The United States worried that communists would dominate the world.
The United States believed China was poised to launch a military attack on the US.
The United States feared China's growing industrial power.
It interrupted United States plans to invade China.
The primary purpose of the Red Guards was to
Preserve Chinese tradition.
Force the Chinese people to obey the new ideas and eliminate the old ones.
Encourage western thought and tradition in China.
Protect members of the intellectual class in China.
Who was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party when they won the civil war following World War II?
People's Republic Leader Sun Tzu
Chairman Mao Zedong
Premier Nikita Krushchev
President Chiang Kai-shek
Why did the huge communes in China fail?
The huge communes in China did not fail, they were successful.
Bad weather and the peasants hatred of the new system
Russia invaded China interrupting the switch to communes.
The peasants were unwilling to work on farms.
What was Mao's idea of a permanent revolution?
An atmosphere of constant revolutionary fervor enabling China to achieve the final stage of communism.
A cultural shift from devotion to the government to devotion to the family and tradition
A state of freedom in which every member of society was able to vote on every decision the government made.
An ongoing violent conflict between the government and its people.
What was the Little Red Book?
A pamphlet instructing Communist Party members in urban combat.
A collection of famous Chinese artworks for preservation.
A collection of Mao's thoughts and an important source for Chinese communists
A journal recording western thoughts on the Chinese Civil War.
The United States sent troops to Vietnam to
Gain the support of the American public.
Stop the South from controlling the North.
Stop the North from controlling the South.
Drive the French out of Vietnam.
During the Cuban Missile Crisis, Khrushchev agreed to remove the missiles from Cuba if the United States would
Not invade Cuba.
Remove missiles from Florida.
Stop the blockade of Cuba.
Send aid to Cuba.
The United States considered Cuba a threat because
Cuban exiles had informed the United States about missiles in Cuba.
Castro and Kennedy did not trust each other.
The Cuban government had been overthrown and was unstable.
Cuba, which is 90 miles from Florida, had ties with the Soviets.
The United States government believed that if they lost South Vietnam to communism,
Other Asian countries would come to the aid of South Vietnam.
United States citizens would turn against the war.
Other Asian countries would also fall to communism.
North Vietnam would become communist too.
Which government allied with North Korea in its attempt to take over South Korea?
United States
Vietnam
Soviet Union
France
At the end of World War II, which country refused to end its colonial rule of Vietnam?
Japan
China
Britain
What military action began the Korean War?
With the approval of Stalin, North Korean troops invaded South Korea.
Vietnam started sending troops to other communist countries in Asia.
Japan deployed gunships to rebuild their imperial empire.
China attempted to conquer the Korean peninsula.
Which political theory was used to justify United States military involvement in Vietnam?
Mutually Assured Destruction, a military doctrine that guaranteed absolute destruction to all sides if nuclear weapons were used.
The domino theory, an idea that if one country falls to communism neighboring countries will also fall.
The cultural revolution, the idea that only through radically transforming a country's culture could communism be stopped.
The policy of deterrence, a belief that possessing huge arsenals of nuclear weapons prevents war.
The Bay of Pigs Invasion was the result of a CIA plan
To win the Vietnam War.
To liberate North Korea from communist rule.
To use exiled Cuban fighters to invade Cuba.
To launch a surprise attack on the Soviet Union.
When the United states and the Soviet Union used substitutes to fight each other, they became involved in
Proxy wars.
a naval arms race.
Economic sabotage.
the construction of massive public works projects.
British India was divided along religious lines into which two country's in 1947?
Punjab and Bangladesh
India and Pakistan
Bangladesh and Pakistan
India and Punjab
Mohandas Gandhi was assassinated as a consequence of
Violence following the creation of Bangladesh.
The Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union.
Conflict surrounding Punjab independence.
Violence following the independence of Pakistan from India.
Jawaharlal Nehru modeled the new Congress Party in charge of the independent Indian government after
The socialist ideals of the British Labour Party.
The communist ideas of the Chinese Communist Party.
Traditional Indian monarchies.
The Russian oligarchies.
How did Indira Gandhi's government react to militant Sikhs demand for independence of the Punjab region?
There was an increase in the number of Sikh representatives in the national government of India.
The government used military force to crush the rebellion killing more than 450 Sikhs.
The government granted independence to the Punjab region.
The government cut off all financial aid to the region.
What is the significance of Kashmir in India's history?
The United States and the Soviet Union used it as a political pawn in the Cold War.
Religious differences contributed to India and Pakistan fighting for its control.
Its independence brought about peace between India and Pakistan.
For decades, India and Britain fought over who would control it.
How did the principle of nonalignment influence India's foreign policy?
The United States placed an embargo on Indian goods.
India overthrew the governments of Bangladesh and Pakistan.
India refused to take sides in the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union.
Nonalignment led to a war with the Soviet Union.
Why did the United States pressure the Netherlands to grant independence to Indonesia?
The United States wanted to trade with the Netherlands.
The Netherlands wanted to colonize all of Southeast Asia.
The Indonesian Communist Party was close to collapse.
The United States supported Achmed Sukarno's non-Communist National Party.
After the Vietnam War the country of Vietnam was unified under what syle of government?
Monarchy
Khmer Rouge
Communism
Democracy
Which European country refused to grant independence to it colonial possessions in Southeast Asia?
Spain
The United States
Great Britain
Who has controlled Myanmar since the 1960s?
Pol Pot
Ferdinand Marcos
The military
Aung San Suu Kyi
Colonel Gamal Abdel Nasser promoted Pan-Arabism, the idea that
Arabic culture needed to be preserved in museums.
Arab countries needed to develop independently from each other.
Arabic people around the world should unify
Syria should be the leaders of the Arabic people
Which of the following was one result of the 1947 UN resolution that sought to divide the Palestine Mandate?
The issue of a Palestinian homeland was finally settled.
All Israeli's came under Palestinian rule.
All Palestinians came under Israeli rule.
Many Palestinians fled to refugee camps in neighboring Arab countries.
The basic religious difference between Iran and Iraq is
Iranians are mostly Shia Muslims, while Iraqi leaders under Saddam Hussein were mostly Sunni Muslims
Iranians are mostly Sunni Muslims, while Iraqi leaders under Saddam Hussein were mostly Shia Muslims
Iraqis are mostly Hindu and Iranians are mostly Sunni Muslim.
Iraqis are mostly Hindu and Iranians are mostly Shia Muslim.
One result of the Six Day War that caused the Arab-Israeli conflict to continue for years to come was
A million Israelis now lived in Arab-occupied territory.
Arabs now occupied the Sinai Penninsula.
A million Palestinians now lived in areas under Israeli control.
Arab states doubled the size of territory under their control.
During the 1980s, some militant Palestinian Arabs
Created an organization called the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).
Signed a cease-fire agreement with Egypt.
Led an intifada, or "üprising," in the territories occupied by Israel.
Overthrew the shah in Iran.
How did Israel respond to Arab armies assembling in Syria, Jordan, and Egypt?
Israel surrendered territory to Egypt and Jordan.
Israel attacked Saudi Arabia.
Israel asked the United Nations for help.
Israel launched air strikes against Egypt and Jordan.
The meeting at Camp David hosted by President Carter between Prime Minister Begin and President Sadat resulted in an Israeli Egyptian peace treaty and
A complete withdrawal of Israel from the Sinai penninsula.
Additional attacks Israel by the Egyptian Air Force.
Renewed bombing of Jordan by Israel.
A new alliance between Egypt and the United States.
The Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in 1979. Which groups fought back against the Soviets?
The Khmer Rouge supported by the France and Spain.
The Mujahideen supported by the United States and Pakistan.
The PLO supported by Israel.
The Taliban supported by the European Union.
Why did many Iranians under the leadership of Ayatollah Khomeini oppose the Shah of Iran?
They believed the new Iranian culture was influenced by the United States and was based on greed and materialism.
They wanted to become allies with Iraq.
They believed that a new communist government would provide more opportunity for the people to access the oil wealth of Iran.
The Iranians believed that they needed to expand their military and become closer allies with the United States.
What event began the Persian Gulf War?
Saddam Hussein sent troops into Kuwait to seize oil fields.
Israel bombed the Egyptian air force.
Iran invaded Saudi Arabia
The United States invaded Afghanistan
