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Grade 11 Cold War
The single most important reason the U.S. became engaged in the Cold War was to                                               
  1. prevent the communist takeover of East Berlin
  2. stop the spread of terrorism
  3. limit the development of nuclear weapons
  4. stop the spread of communism
Grade 9 Cold War
What is NATO?
  1. North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  2. North American Trade Organization
  3. Not Another Treaty Organization
  4. New Atlantic Trade Organization
Grade 11 Cold War
During the Cold War, the U.S. and the Soviet Union battled each other                                 
  1. militarily and politically
  2. economically and technologically
  3. technologically and politically
  4. militarily and economically
Grade 10 Cold War
Why did the communist command economy of the Soviet Union collapse at the end of the 20th century?
  1. The communist system provided little incentive to motivate workers or improve production efficiency.
  2. President Reagan's trade embargo caused an economic shock to the communist system that it could not
    manage.
  3. Droughts in the Soviet Union caused a massive agricultural shortage that forced an introduction of free
    market
    practices.
Grade 10 Cold War
How did European nations benefit from the Marshall Plan?
  1. It helped nations improve protections from natural hazards like flooding.
  2. It helped nations settle new immigrants at the conclusion of World War II.
  3. It helped nations re­establish free market practices and strengthen democratic government.
Grade 9 Cold War
The Soviet Union's response to NATO was the
  1. Truman Doctrine
  2. Warsaw Pact
  3. Berlin Airlift
  4. Marshall Plan
Grade 11 Cold War
Upon its creation after World War II, the purpose of NATO was to                                              
  1. resist the spread of communism.
  2. protect Western Europe from Soviet aggression
  3. give foreign aid to European countries
  4. Both a and b
Grade 10 Cold War
Which event at the conclusion of World War II initiated the Cold War?
  1. The United States used atomic weapons against Japanese cities.
  2. Germany was reorganized into two separate nations with differing political systems.
  3. The Soviet Union refused to permit self­ determination in nations liberated from German control.
Grade 10 Cold War
The Cold War began in a dispute over                           
  1. nuclear weapons.
  2. control of Berlin.
  3. control of Eastern Europe.
  4. communism in Greece.
Grade 6 Cold War
The loan program to help rebuild Europe after World War II was called the                                    
  1. Truman Doctrine.
  2. Marshall Plan.
  3. Warsaw Pact.
  4. North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
Grade 10 Cold War
The Cuban missile crisis was resolved when the United States agreed to remove its missiles from
  1. Turkey.
  2. the United States threatened to invade Cuba.
  3. the Soviets threatened the United States with nuclear war.
  4. Kennedy and Krushchev arrived at a compromise over Cuba.
Grade 10 Cold War
North & South Vietnam became independent of what country in 1954?
  1. The United States
  2. France
  3. China
Grade 10 Cold War
What did the Berlin Wall separate?
  1. Nazi Germany from Jewish Germany
  2. Eastern Europe from Western Europe
  3. East Berlin from West Berlin
  4. Both B and C
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