1) Which was not one of the major causes of the Cold War?
A: Soviets constructed the Berlin wall.
B: Soviets feared Western promotion of capitalism.
C: Westerners feared Soviet world domination.
2) Which of the following would be an unlikely element in a policy of containment?
A: Offers of military aids that become allies.
B: boycotts and embargoes against unaligned nations.
C: Economic aid to countries destroyed by way.
3) Who would be most likely to agree with the following statement?
- We must carefully observe and analyze the actions of the soviet union to prevent it from spreading communism.
A: Douglas MacArthur
B: Emperor Hirohito
C: George Kennan
4) Who would be most likely to agree with the following statement?
- A revolution is no picnic. We must eliminate capital and imperialism even if thousands have to sacrifice their lives.
A: Mao Zedong
B: George Marshall
C: John F. Kennedy
5) Who would be most likely to agree with the following statement?
- Our policy is designed to help the poor, hungry people of Europe who are struggling with the chaos and devastation caused by World War II so free institutions can flourish again.
A: MeoZedong
B: George Marshall
C: Emperor Hirohito
6) Who would be most likely to agree with the following statement?
- People everywhere who are interested in civil rights support the people of Berlin.
A: Harry Truman
B: Adolf Hitler
C: John F. Kennedy
7) Who would be most likely to agree with the following statement?
- Capitalist systems will eventually crumble on their own because they are corrupt and unfair. People will naturally turn toward communism.
A: George Marshall
B: Nikita Khrushchev
C: Douglas MacArthur
8) Japan become a peaceful, democratic nation relatively quickly after the end of World War II. Which step was not part of its post-war transformation?
A: Adopting a new constitution.
B: Disarming most of the military.
C: Giving the emperor more political power.
9) What was the Great Leap Forward?
A: Mao's plan to transform China into a modern, industrialized nation.
B: Stalin's plan to industrialize the soviet union.
C: Secretary of the state Marshall's effort to rebuild Europe after World War II.
10) Why did Mao start the Cultural Revolution?
A: He wanted to speed up and eliminate Western, capitalist influence.
B: He wanted to speed up the economy by promoting capitalism.
C: He thought government officials had promoted a very narrow view of communism.
11) What launched the Korean War?
A: South Koreans tried to capture the government in P'yongyang.
B: North Koreans, with Stalin's approval, invaded South Korea.
C: General MacArthur led an invasion of North Korea.
12) Japan's political transformation after World War II took that country from ______.
A: Empire to parliamentary Democracy.
B: Empire to communism.
C: Representative democracy to communism.
13) The goal of the North Korean leaders in 1953 was to _______.
A: Divide Korea into two distinct nations.
B: Unit North and South Korea under the Chinese government.
C: Unit North and South Korea under a communist government.
14) What event marked the beginning of the Cuban Missile Crisis?
A: Soviet spy planes photographed U.S. nuclear missiles being built in Cuba.
B: U.S. spy planes photographed Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba.
C: The United States refused to remove its nuclear missiles from Cuba.
