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Cold War Unit Test
- One reason for the construction of the BerlinWall in 1961 was to:
a. promote reunification of East Germany andWest Germany
b. keep East Germans from fleeing to theWestern sector of Berlin
c. complete the post–World War II rebuildingof Berlin
d. meet the requirements of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
- One reason Mikhail Gorbachev implemented thepolicies of glasnost and perestroika in the Soviet
Union was to:
a. eliminate freedom of speech and press
b. destroy the power of the opposition party
c. dominate the governments of Eastern Europe
d. encourage political discussion and economic reform
Base your answer to questions 3-5 on the map belowand on your knowledge of social studies.
3. Which letter identifies the nation most closelyassociated with fighting between Hindus and Muslims?
a. Ab. Bc. Cd. D
4. Which letter identifies the area where indigenous, colonial and constitutional decolonization occurred?
a. Ab. Bc. Cd. D
5. Which letter identifies the area where the nation of Israel was created in 1948?
a. Ab. Bc. Cd. D
6. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)was initially formed to:
a. promote religious freedom
b. defend Western Europe from Sovietaggression and communism
c. isolate member nations from the rest of theworld
d. spread communism to each member nation
7. What was one social change Mao Zedonginstituted in China after 1949?
a. granting legal equality for men and women
b. requiring arranged marriages
c. adopting the practice of foot binding
d. mandating Confucianism as the statePhilosophy
8. The Marshall Plan was designed to stop thespread of communism by providing:
a. government housing to refugees
b. military assistance to Vietnam
c. funds for economic recovery in war-tornEuropean nations
d. nuclear weapons to North Atlantic TreatyOrganization (NATO) members
9. “A Jewish State Is Created”
“Six-Day War Results in Major Arab Losses”
“Egypt and Israel sign the Camp David Accords”
Which situation is referred to in these headlines?
a. Persian Gulf War
b. Scramble for Africa
c. conflict between Israelis and Palestinians
d. collapse of the Ottoman Empire
10. One way in which the Korean War and theVietnam War are similar is that both:
a. resulted in unification of two formerlyindependent nations
b. reflected the success of the Western policy ofcontainment
c. attempted to remove French imperialistsfrom power
d. developed from Cold War tensions
11. The primary purpose of the United Nations is to:
a. control world grain prices
b. promote democratic governments
c. resolve conflicts between nations peacefully
d. unite all nations militarily through alliances
12. One way in which the Great Leap Forward andthe Four Modernizations are similar is that each
was an attempt to:
a. increase farm and factory output
b. develop a democratic government
c. strengthen economic ties with communistneighbors
d. reduce the gap between rich and poor
13. The destruction of the Berlin Wall and thebreakup of the Soviet Union signify the:
a. end of the Cold War
b. collapse of the Taliban
c. strength of the Warsaw Pact
d. power of the European Union
14. Between 1945 and 1947, the differences betweenthe Hindus and the Muslims in India led to the
a. Sepoy Mutinyb. Salt March
c. policy of nonalignmentd. partitioning of the subcontinent
15. One reason the Chinese Communists were ableto gain control of China was primarily due to the
support of the:
a. peasantsb. foreigners
c. landed elite d. warlords
16. “Korea Divided at 38th Parallel”
“Hungarian Revolution Crushed”
“Missile Sites Spotted in Cuba”
The events in these headlines contributed to the:
a. development of peacetime alliances
b. collapse of the Soviet Union
c. rejection of imperialism by Western nations
d. tensions between the superpowers
17. How did Kwame Nkrumah lead Ghana to independence from Great Britain?
a. through a military coup d’etat
b. through a largely non-violent movement
c. with the help of the Soviets
d. through the use of guerilla warfare
Use the map below and your knowledge of Social Studies to answer questions 18 – 20.
18. In what area would you find apartheid?
a. A b. B c. C d. D e. E
19. To what area did the US think the Domino Theory applied?
a. A b. B c. C d. D e. E
20. In what area did Fidel Castro come to power in 1959?
a. A b. B c. C d. D e. E
Part II – Matching
People
21. Mao ZedongE
22. Nikita KhrushchevC
23. Indira GandhiA
24. General Douglas MacArthurB
25. Jomo KenyattaD
Vocabulary
26. brinksmanshipB
27. détenteD
28. glasnostE
29. Oslo Peace AccordsC
30. Third WorldA
a. Prime Minister of India, assassinated by Sikh bodyguards
b. leader in charge of the rebuilding of Japan after World War II and the original commander of the UN forces in the Korea campaign
c. leader of the Soviet Union after the death of Stalin; leader during the Cuban Missile Crisis
d. led the independence movement and became the first Prime Minister of Kenya
e. leader who instituted the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution
a. developing nations who were not aligned with either superpower during the Cold War
b. the willingness to go to the edge of war
c. 1993 agreement in which Israeli Prime Minister Rabin granted self-rule in the Gaza Strip and West Bank
d. a policy of lessening Cold War tensions
e. a Soviet policy of openness to the free flow of ideas and information