Global 10 Test Review

Question 1

American general who commanded United Nations troops at the beginning of the Korean War

Answer 1

Douglas MacArthur

Question 2

foreign policy directed at blocking Soviet influence and stopped the spread of communism

Answer 2

containment

Question 3

American president during the Cuban Missile Crisis

Answer 3

John F. Kennedy

Question 4

the idea that the fall of one country to communism would lead to the fall of its neighbors

Answer 4

domino theory

Question 5

the division of Europe into mostly democratic Western Europe and Communist Eastern Europe

Answer 5

Iron Curtian

Question 6

leader of the Soviet Union who started destalinization

Answer 6

Nikita Khrushchev

Question 7

Communist dictator of Cuba

Answer 7

Fidel Castro

Question 8

willingness to go to the edge of war

Answer 8

Brinkmanship

Question 9

Some leaders have played a greater role in post-World War II politics than others. One of the first Cold War leaders that the United States feared was _________________, the leader of Cuba

Answer 9

Fidel Castro

Question 10

A leader of Iran who also challenged the United States was _________________.

Answer 10

Ayatollah Khomeini

Question 11

He (Khomenini) had taken power by overthrowing the pro-American leader, _________________.

Answer 11

Shah Pahlavi

Question 12

Soviet leaders during the Cold War included _________________, the leader of the Soviet Union after Stalin.

Answer 12

Nikita Khrushchev

Question 13

Idea that the fall of one country to communism would lead other countries to become Communist

Answer 13

Domino Theory

Question 14

Policy of giving aid to countries threatened by communism

Answer 14

Truman Doctrine

Question 15

Gradual replacement of U.S. troops with South Vietnamese troops

Answer 15

Vietnamization

Question 16

Plan that gave aid to European countries to help them recover from World War II

Answer 16

Marshall Plan

Question 17

Policy aimed at preventing the spread of communism

Answer 17

containment

Question 18

The U.S. assistance program that provided food, machinery, and other materials to rebuild Western Europe after World War II was called the __________________________.

Answer 18

Marshall Plan

Question 19

The struggle over political differences between the United States and the Soviet Union that stopped short of war was called the __________________________.

Answer 19

Cold War

Question 20

The alliance that the Soviet Union formed with Eastern Europe countries in response to the formation of NATO was called the __________________________.

Answer 20

Warsaw Pact

Question 21

The plan to increase the combat role of the South Vietnamese while gradually pulling out U.S. troops in the Vietnam War was called __________________________

Answer 21

Vietnamization

Question 22

Developing nations who were not aligned with the United States or the Soviet Union after World War II made up the __________________________

Answer 22

Third World

Question 23

President Richard Nixon’s policy of lessening Cold War tensions was called

Answer 23

détente