Cold War

One positive outcome of the situation shown on the map was that the United States and Soviet Union increased

• communication between the two nations to avert war

• military control of their Latin American colonies

• cooperative humanitarian efforts in Caribbean nations suffering from natural disasters

• joint efforts to end the cruel practices of Cuba’s leaders

What was the immediate cause of the action taken by the United States that is shown on the map?

• Cuban refugees lobbied President Dwight Eisenhower to overthrow Fidel Castro.

• The Soviet Union built nuclear missile launch sites within range of United States cities.

• United States military bases in the Caribbean were closed by Cuban armed forces.

• Puerto Rican citizens asked Congress to assist them in repelling communist advances.

The crisis highlighted in these newspaper headlines was the

• invasion of the Bay of Pigs in Cuba

• election of Fidel Castro as president of Cuba

• opposition of Cuba to the Alliance for Progress

• placement of nuclear missiles in Cuba by the Soviet Union

This map depicts Vietnam during which time period?

• 19th-century imperial rule

• World War I

• World War II

• The Cold War

“Security Council Approves Use of Force Against Communist Invaders”

“President Truman Fires General MacArthur”

“Armistice Divides Nation at 38th Parallel”

These headlines refer to which international conflict?

• World War I

• World War II

• The Korean War

• Persian Gulf War

Which global issue is addressed in this cartoon?

• human rights

• environmental pollution

• ethnic strife

• Cold War tensions

The main purpose of this 1961 cartoon is to

• criticize Chinese government policy

• praise Chinese government leaders

• reinforce Chinese government propaganda

• question Chinese government spending

Which title best completes the partial outline below?

I. ________________________

A. Berlin blockade

B. Cuban missile crisis

C. Vietnam War

• Path to World War I

• Victories for Democracy

• Cold War Confrontations

• Terrorism in the 20th Century

. . . You have to take chances for peace, just as you must take chances in war. Some say that we were brought to the verge of war. Of course we were brought to the verge of war. The ability to get to the verge without getting into the war is the necessary art. If you cannot master it, you inevitably get into war. If you try to run away from it, if you are scared to go to the brink, you are lost. . . .

— Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, Time, January 23, 1956

The policy described by Secretary Dulles was most evident in the later actions of the United States during the

• Cuban missile crisis

• Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

• energy crisis of 1973

• Camp David talks between Egypt and Israel

What is the main idea of this cartoon?

• Proliferation of military weapons could destroy the world.

• The world’s population is growing faster than its food supply.

• The land masses of the Northern and Southern Hemispheres are shifting.

• Military technology is making the world a smaller place.