World History 3rd & 6th Period

On-Line Study Guide

May 2012

Mr. Hearty & Mr. Bellisario

The belief that one communist victory would lead to many others

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33% 33%33%1. Domino Theory

2. Containment Theory

3. Marxist Theory

Nations that are stronger than other powerful nations

1 2 3

33% 33%33%1. Mega-nationalistic

2. Superpowers

3. Idea of super state

American-supported ruler of South Vietnam

1 2 3

33% 33%33%1. Chou Enlai

2. Ngo Dinh Diem

3. Mao Zedong

Communist ruler of North Vietnam after 1954

1 2 3

33% 33%33%1. Ho Chi Minh

2. Mao Zedong

3. Chou Enlai

Seen as a particular threat to the balance of terror during the SALT

talks

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33% 33%33%

1. Anti-ballistic missiles

2. Intercontinental ballistic missiles

3. Surface to air missiles

Led the Cuban Revolution in 1959

1 2 3

33% 33%33%1. Fidel Castro

2. Raul Castro

3. Jose Batista

The Soviet leader after Stalin.

1 2 3

33% 33%33%1. Nikita Khrushchev

2. Leonid Brezhnev

3. Mikhail Gorbachev

Brought the world to the brink of nuclear war in 1962

1 2 3

33% 33%33%1. Bay of Pig

invasion

2. Berlin Wall construction

3. Cuban missile crisis

A relaxation of tensions

1 2 3

33% 33%33%1. Détente

2. SALT

3. Nuclear disarmament

What aspect of the Cold War arms race made it so terrifying?

1 2 3

33% 33%33%1. The weapons were

more powerful than ever before.

2. There were many superpowers with hydrogen bombs.

3. Many countries involved were very small and unstable.

What was a change that took place during the Cuban Revolution?

1 2 3

33% 33%33%1. Freedom of the

press was guaranteed.

2. Political freedom was restricted.

3. The U.S. dropped the embargo on Cuba.

A “red scare” was the fear of…

1 2 3

33% 33%33%1. a nuclear attack

on the Soviet Union.

2. a Soviet invasion of Europe.

3. communists in the United States.

A major goal of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was to…

1 2 3

33% 33%33%1. aid the House Un-

American Activities Committee (HUAC).

2. extend equal rights to all Americans.

3. support the Tet offensive in Vietnam.

After World War II, the United States offered assistance to war-torn European nations through

which of the following?

1 2 3

33% 33%33%1. Solidarity

2. glasnost

3. the Marshall Plan

The Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution were social reform programs led by which

leader?

1 2 3

33% 33%33%1. Mao Zedong

2. Ho Chi Minh

3. Kim Il Sung

What happened to the defeated Chinese Nationalists?

1 2 3

33% 33%33%1. They fled to North

Vietnam.

2. They fled to the island of Taiwan.

3. They were all killed by the communists.

What was a result of Gorbachev’s perestroika?

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33% 33%33%1. The Soviet Union ended

the Warsaw Pact.

2. Shortages grew worse and prices soared.

3. The success of capitalism encouraged more reforms.

The East German government responded to Gorbachev’s call for

change by…

1 2 3

33% 33%33%1. banning

Solidarity.

2. banning Soviet publications.

3. welcoming glasnost.

During the Korean War, which nation provided hundreds of

thousands of troops to help North Korea?

1 2 3

33% 33%33%1. the United States

2. Japan

3. China

Which alliance was dedicated to the security of communist nations in Europe during the Cold War?

1 2 3

33% 33%33%1. the Warsaw Pact

2. the Khrushchev Alliance

3. the North Atlantic Treaty Organization

The purpose of the SALT talks and the START treaty was

1 2 3

33% 33%33%1. to define the boundaries

of Europe after World War II.

2. to limit the number of nuclear weapons held by the superpowers.

3. to establish trade relations with China during the 1970s.

The American strategy under détente was to

1 2 3

33% 33%33%1. develop more anti-

ballistic missiles.

2. restrain the Soviets through diplomatic agreements.

3. discourage Cuba from going communist.

The movement of Americans from cities to communities outside an

urban core is known as…

1 2 3

33% 33%33%1. democratization.

2. suburbanization.

3. upward mobility.

What agency helped spur economic growth across Western

Europe by eliminating tariffs?

1 2 3

33% 33%33%1. North Atlantic Treaty Organization

2. Alliance of Baltic States

3. European Coal and Steel Community

What kind of government did Japan adopt after World War II?

1 2 3

33% 33%33%1. a parliamentary

democracy

2. a decentralized socialist system

3. a strict dictatorship

Why did the United States establish diplomatic relations with China in

the 1970s?

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33% 33%33%1. to isolate the Soviets

between NATO and a hostile China

2. to gain access to Chinese markets for American goods

3. to attempt to bring down the Chinese leadership

Mao Zedong created agricultural communes to…

1 2 3

33% 33%33%1. “rectify thinking

through labor.”

2. make agriculture more efficient.

3. grow extra food for Taiwan.

When the North Koreans overran South Korea in the summer of 1950, United Nations forces

stopped their advance at

1 2 3

33% 33%33%1. the 38th parallel.

2. the Yalu River.

3. the Pusan Perimeter.

What was the main goal of the National Liberation Front, or Viet

Cong?

1 2 3

33% 33%33%1. to fulfill the domino theory

2. to support the Chinese Nationalists

3. to overthrow South Vietnam’s government

During the Vietnam War, the Tet Offensive…

1 2 3

33% 33%33%1. was a major victory

for Chinese forces.

2. turned American public opinion against the war.

3. was North Vietnam’s final offensive.

The Khmer Rouge was responsible for…

1 2 3

33% 33%33%1. helping peasant

farmers in Cambodia.

2. aiding the “boat people” of Cambodia.

3. committing genocide in Cambodia.

What conflict was called the Soviet Union’s “Vietnam?”

1 2 3

33% 33%33%1. the war in North

Korea

2. the war in Cuba

3. the war in Afghanistan

In 1992, the Slovaks and Czechs split Czechoslovakia into separate

nations…

1 2 3

33% 33%33%1. because they are separate ethnic groups with their own language and traditions.

2. so the Slovaks could stay in the Warsaw Pact.

3. so they could overthrow Nicolae Ceausescu.

After the Soviet Union split up and communism was defeated in

Eastern Europe, China accelerated its embrace of

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33% 33%33%

1. capitalism.

2. communism.

3. totalitarianism.