UNIT 9. The Cold War and the Franco Dictatorship

What measures did the USA adopt to stop communist expansion in Europe?

• The Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan and the Warsaw Pact

• The Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan and NATO

• The Truman Doctrine, COMECON and the Warsaw Pact

• The Truman Doctrine, COMECON and NATO

What organisation did the USSR create as a response to the Marshall Plan?

• KGB

• Warsaw Pact

• CEEA

• COMECON

What were the characteristics of the Eastern-Bloc countries?

• They were democracies with planned economies and egalitarian societies.

• They were totalitarian states with capitalist economies and egalitarian societies.

• They were communist totalitarian states with planned economies and egalitarian societies.

• They were democracies with capitalist economies and social inequality.

Which of these European states were NOT democracies?

• Spain and Portugal

• Spain and France

• Greece and Portugal

• Spain and Greece

What was the name for the economic aid programme the USA established to help European countries?

• The Truman Plan

• The McCarthy Plan

• The Marshall Plan

• The Kennedy Plan

What was the objective of the Welfare state?

• To increase consumption of consumer goods

• To put an end to social inequalities

• To improve the political rights of the citizens.

• To offer free housing, electricity, healthcare etc. to the citizens.

What was the name of the Chinese economic organisations created during the Great Leap Forward?

• Sovkhoz

• communes

• Kolhoz

• cooperatives

Which conference in 1955 were the principles of the Non-Alignment Movement established?

• The Berlin Conference

• The Yalta Conference

• The Belgrade Conference

• The Bandung Conference

What was the Cold War?

• The division of the world into two opposing sides

• The creation of a bloc of countries which didn't form part of the bipolar system

• The phase of constant tension between the superpowers

• The conflict between the Allies and the Axis powers

In which of these conflicts did the USA NOT take part?

• The Suez Crisis

• The Greek Civil War

• The Berlin Blockade

• The Korean War