History 27-28 Test

Which communist state remained independent of soviet control?
a) Yugoslavia
b) Greece
c) Romania
d)Hungary
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Which communist state remained independent of soviet control?
a) Yugoslavia
b) Greece
c) Romania
d)Hungary
c) Romania
Which state experienced an economic miracle after WWII?
a) Great Britain
b) France
c) Poland
d) West Germany
b) France
Which state declined economically after WWII?
a) Great Britain
b) France
c) Poland
d) West Germany
a) Great Britain
The Berlin wall was built in order to
a) Prevent smuggling of arms to anti-Soviet forces
b) Prevent East German from escaping to west Germany
c) Prevent food from entering Poland
d) Stop the flow of supplies from west Germany to west Berlin
b) Prevent East Germans from escaping to west Germany
The Marshall Plan was designed to
a) Prevent soviet involvement in Angola
b) Develop a comprehensive military strategy for the defense of Canada
c) Restore economical stability of European states after WWII
d) Make western European states stronger than states under Soviet control.
c) Restore economical stability of European states after WWII
The term Iron Curtain, a reference to the Soviet domination of eastern Europe, appeared in a speech by
a) Harry Truman
b) Dwight Einsenhower
c) Charles de Gaulle
d) Winston Churchill
d) Winston Churchill
The cold war began in a dispute over
a) Control over Stalingrad
b) Control of east Europe
c) Communism in Greece
d) Nuclear weapons
b) Control of east Europe
The Cuban missile crisis was resolved when
a) Kennedy and Khrushchev arrived a compromise over Cuba
b) The United States threatened to invade Cuba
c) The Soviets threatened the U.S. with Nuclear war
d) The U.S. agreed to remove its missiles from Canada.
b) The United States threatened to invade Cuba (Maybe)
The Communist challenge in _______ prompt president Harry Truman to announce the Truman Doctrine
a) Poland
b) Portugal
c) France
d) Greece
d) Greece
As a response to a new western military alliance, the Soviet Union and its eastern European satellite states formed
a) NATO
b) Warsaw Pact
c) CATO
d) CENTO
a) NATO
Khrushchev received many of Stalin's policies by doing all of the following except a) Loosening government control on writers b) Increasing heavy machine production c) Reducing violent repression of political opponents d) Placing more emphasis on consumer goodsc) Reducing violent repression of political opponents (maybe)The Brezhnev doctrine refers to a Soviet era principal regardingC) The right to intervene if communism was threatened in another communist stateWhich of the following was the main reason why the Soviet Union disintegrated?A) The multiethnic nature of the Soviet UnionHow did the revolution against communist rule begin in Poland after Gorbachev's decision to have military support?d) Workers organized in the Solidarity trade union under the leadership of Lech Walesa to demand change.How did the Communist government collapse in East Germany?c) Mass demonstrations led to the opening of the East-West German border.The last leader of the USSR wasb) GorvachevThe European community was chiefy and ________a) Economic Union