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MULTIPLE CHOICE For each of the following, write the letter of the best
choice in the space provided.
b. to ensure that each side
_____ 1. The Soviet Union wanted to
remained vulnerable to the
control Eastern Europe after
other’s weapons
World War II because
c. to encourage the sharing of
a. it wanted a buffer zone of
information between the
friendly governments to
superpowers
protect against attack.
d. to slow the development of
b. it needed the rich natural
new, more deadly weapons
resources of the region.
c. otherwise it might be
_____ 5. What helped drive the
controlled by Germany.
tremendous growth of the U.S.
d. Eastern European people
economy after World War II?
had elected Communist
a. new oil supplies
governments.
b. consumer spending
c. an agricultural revolution
_____ 2. Which of the following did
d. rising interest rates
Winston Churchill use as an
image to describe the division
_____ 6. One reason Western Europe
of Europe?
made a rapid recovery from
a. a closed door
World War II was because
b. a steel fist
a. the war had caused only
c. an iron curtain
minor damage to property.
d. the Grand Canyon
b. the United States provided
massive economic aid.
_____ 3. What was the goal of the
c. strong Communist
United States when it went to
movements emerged in
war in Korea?
those countries.
a. to end communism in Korea
d. sweeping social programs
and China
eliminated poverty.
b. to contain Communist
expansion
c. to build up the United
_____ 7. What caused the breakup of
Nations
Yugoslavia in the 1990s?
d. to eliminate Soviet nuclear
a. military occupation by
missile sites in North Korea
NATO
b. democratic elections
c. the collapse of the Soviet
_____ 4. Why did President Kennedy
Union
favor the Test Ban Treaty?
d. ethnic tensions coupled with
a. to force the Soviets to
a weakening government
remove nuclear missiles
from Cuba
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c. was that Gorbachev
increased Soviet control.
d. was that Boris Yeltsin
demanded it.
_____ 8. One reason revolution spread
across Eastern Europe in 1989
a. was that Gorbachev
loosened Soviet control.
b. was that Soviet leaders
wanted a smaller union.
Dick Adair/Honolulu Advertiser/Rothco Cartoons
PRACTICING SOCIAL STUDIES SKILLS Study the political cartoon
below and answer the question that follows.
_____ 9. Which statement best describes the subject of the cartoon?
a. Cuba requests Soviet help during the Cuban missile crisis.
b. Western Europe is on the brink of chaos after World War II.
c. The United States faces a counterculture movement in the 1960s.
d. Economic problems and reforms weaken the Soviet Union.
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FILL IN THE BLANK For each of the following statements, fill in the
blank with the appropriate word, phrase, or name.
10. In the _______________________, Allied military courts tried several dozen Nazi
and military officials, sentencing many to death.
11. The Soviet Union and the Communist nations of Eastern Europe formed the
_______________________ in response to the formation of NATO.
12. A(n) _______________________ is a struggle between nations to gain an advantage
in weapons.
13. Fidel Castro alarmed the U.S. government when he installed a
_______________________ government in Cuba.
14. _______________________ used techniques of nonviolence and civil disobedience
to expose racial injustice in the United States.
15. In the 1960s, young people in the _______________________ adopted new styles of
clothing and behavior and questioned U.S. actions in the Vietnam War.
16. Under communism, the Soviet Union had a(n) _______________________
economy, a system in which the government makes all economic decisions.
17. Mikhail Gorbachev's policy of _______________________ sought to restructure the
Soviet economic and political system.
18. Osama bin Laden led an Islamist terrorist organization called
_______________________.
TRUE/FALSE Indicate whether each statement below is true or false by
writing T or F in the space provided.
_____ 19. The United States used the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan as part of
a policy of containment.
_____ 20. The success of the Berlin airlift was followed by the formation of the Federal
Republic of Germany.
_____ 21. At the close of the 1950s, Americans thought they had a technological edge
over the Soviets.
_____ 22. The United States supported Salvador Allende's government in Chile because
it had been democratically elected.
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_____ 23. All American women in the 1960s and 1970s wanted to change traditional
ideas of women’s roles.
_____ 24. The people of Eastern Europe all benefited immediately from the end of
communism and the introduction of market reforms.
_____ 25. The Persian Gulf War was fought to free Kuwait and to protect oil supplies.
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