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Ch. 18

Quiz by Randy Castleberry

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  • Q1
    The main goal of the _____ was to stop the spread of communism.
    iron curtain
    Marshall Plan
    Warsaw Pact
    Truman Doctrine
    30s
  • Q2
    The Soviet Union set up the _____ in response to efforts from the West to reunify Germany.
    iron curtain
    Berlin airlift
    Berlin blockade
    German Democratic Republic
    30s
  • Q3
    _____ is best known for investigating communism in the film industry.
    The UN
    The CIA
    NATO
    HUAC
    30s
  • Q4
    The _____ were defeated in the civil war in China despite 2 billion dollars in aid sent to them from the United States.
    Soviets
    peasants
    Nationalists
    Communists
    30s
  • Q5
    _____ was the leader of the Communists in China.
    Chiang Kai-shek
    Kim Il Sung
    Mao Zedong
    Syngman Rhee
    30s
  • Q6
    General Douglas MacArthur commanded U.S. forces in _____.
    Korea
    the Middle East
    Hungary
    Guatemala
    30s
  • Q7
    The _____ appeared to be winning the Korean War until China actively entered the conflict.
    South Koreans
    Communists
    Nationalists
    North Koreans
    30s
  • Q8
    The United States responded to fear of Soviet military action in the Middle East by issuing the _____.
    Warsaw Pact
    Marshall Plan
    Truman Doctrine
    Eisenhower Doctrine
    30s
  • Q9
    To label someone's activities as _____ would be to suggest that the person is making unsupported accusations.
    infiltration
    Containment
    brinkmanship
    McCarthyism
    30s
  • Q10
    When the Soviet Union exploded an atomic bomb, the United States responded by intensifying efforts to develop _____.
    NATO
    a hydrogen bomb
    a space satellite
    an atomic bomb
    30s
  • Q11
    The Sputnik launch ignited the U.S.-Soviet space race in
    1950
    1957
    1959
    1954
    30s
  • Q12
    In a capitalist system,
    private citizens control economic activity.
    the state controls economic activity.
    elected officials control economic activity.
    the dictator controls economic activity.
    30s
  • Q13
    The main goal of the Truman Doctrine was to
    force Germany to pay war reparations.
    restrict the spread of communism.
    maintain international peace through the UN.
    promote free elections in Europe.
    30s
  • Q14
    The Soviet blockade of West Berlin was a response to
    efforts by Western nations to reunify Germany.
    the Marshall Plan.
    the formation of NATO.
    efforts by Western nations to divide Germany.
    30s
  • Q15
    Between 1944 and 1947, Chinese Nationalists
    attracted overwhelming support from the nation's peasants.
    relied heavily on financial aid from the Soviet Union.
    ruled in the southern and eastern regions of China.
    were led by Mao Zedong.
    30s

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