Chap 26 - Cold War

Question 1

Between 1945 and 1947, Communist governments became firmly entrenched in

a. Bulgaria
b. East Germany, Bulgaria and Romania
c. East Germany
d. Romania
e. Yugoslavia and East Germany

Answer 1

b.East Germany, Bulgaria and Romania

Question 2

Which Yugoslavian leader was known as Tito?

a. Josip Broz
b. Giorgos Tituns
c. Vladimir Osslo
d. Klement Gottwald

Answer 2

a.Josip Broz

Question 3

In 1946, who declared that an “iron curtain” had descended across Europe?

a. Winston Churchill
b. Theodore Roosevelt
c. Joseph Stalin
d. Harry Truman

Answer 3

a.Winston Churchill

Question 4

The Truman Doctrine was created in response to a civil war in

a. Poland
b. Turkey
c. Yugoslavia
d. Greece

Answer 4

d.Greece

Question 5

The Truman Doctrine was devised to combat

a. the formation of NATO
b. Communist expansion
c. Cuban missile bases
d. Soviet nuclear advances

Answer 5

b.Communist expansion

Question 6

The European Recovery Program was better known as the

a. Marshall Plan
b. Warsaw Pact
c. Cold War
d. Berlin Airlift

Answer 6

a.Marshall Plan

Question 7

Which city was divided between U. S. and Soviet zones after World War II?

a. Dresden
b. Munich
c. Hamburg
d. Berlin

Answer 7

d.Berlin

Question 8

The German Democratic Republic was also known as

a. West Germany
b. German Socialist Democratic Republic
c. East Germany

Answer 8

c.East Germany

Question 9

In 1949, which of these countries was NOT a member of NATO?

a. Britain
b. Spain
c. Canada
d. Belgium

Answer 9

b.Spain

Question 10

The formal military alliance created in Communist Europe in 1955 was called

a. COMECON
b. BALEAR
c. the SALT Treaty
d. the Warsaw Pact

Answer 10

d.the Warsaw Pact

Question 11

At Yalta, Stalin formally agreed to

a. cede Manchuria to China
b. close the Soviet naval base at Port Arthur
c. enter the war against Japan
d. break off relations with Chiang Kai-shek

Answer 11

c.enter the war against Japan

Question 12

In the Chinese Civil War after World War II, who led the Nationalists?

a. Mao Zedong
b. Chiang Kai-shek
c. Ang Cheng Guan
d. Giang Nam

Answer 12

b.Chiang Kai-shek

Question 13

When Chiang Kai-shek and his followers fled China, they settled in

a. Turkestan
b. Tibet
c. Taiwan
d. Korea

Answer 13

c.Taiwan

Question 14

What country did the United States and the Soviet Union divide at the 38th parallel?

a. Taiwan
b. Korea
c. Tibet
d. Vietnam

Answer 14

b.Korea

Question 15

Which of the Korean governments became Communist?

a. North Korea
b. neither North Korea nor South Korea
c. South Korea

Answer 15

a.North Korea

Question 16

Who led the UN forces during the Korean War?

a. Dwight D. Eisenhower
b. Douglas MacArthur
c. George C. Marshall
d. George S. Patton

Answer 16

b.Douglas MacArthur

Question 17

Who was the leader of the Vietminh front?

a. No Nguyen Giap
b. Ang Cheng Guan
c. Ho Chi Minh
d. Giang Nam

Answer 17

c.Ho Chi Minh

Question 18

Who was Stalin’s successor?

a. Nikita Khrushchev
b. Leonid Brezhnev
c. Alexei Kosygin
d. Georgy Malenkov

Answer 18

d.Georgy Malenkov

Question 19

Who established a totalitarian regime in Cuba in 1959?

a. Imelda Marcos
b. Ibn Battista
c. Fidel Castro
d. Nikito Sukarno

Answer 19

c.Fidel Castro

Question 20

Which U. S. President decided to send American combat troops to Vietnam?

a. Lyndon Johnson
b. John F. Kennedy
c. Richard Nixon
d. Harry S. Truman

Answer 20

a.Lyndon Johnson