World History Final (Spring 2023)

East Germany is this type of government?

• Democratic
• Socialism
• Communism
• Monarchy

In 1946, Winston Churchill used the term “Iron Curtain "when describing conditions in Europe. What did he mean by this term?

• European nations needed to build more factories
• The militaries of Western Europe were becoming too powerful.
• There was a division between the communist Eastern Europe and Western Europe.
• Peace had finally spread throughout the countries of Europe.

This was an ACTUAL wall that separated Berlin. It separated the communist side from the democracy side. Why did they put the wall up?

• Berlin Airlift
• Iron Curtain
• Berlin Wall
• Great Wall of China

The Vietnam war and the Korean War are considered:

• proxy wars
• go-between wars
• substitute wars
• stand-in wars

What was the conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union that was a struggle between their ideologies of democracy and communism?

• World War III
• The Marshall Plan
• The Cold War
• Russian American War

What was the alliance between the United States and nations of Western Europe that opposed the Soviet Union during the Cold War?

• Warsaw Pact
• NATO
• The Central Powers

How did the Soviet Union show its disregard for personal freedoms in Europe during 1961?

• Causing the Berlin Airlift
• By building the Berlin Wall
• They built the Iron Curtain
• Threatening to start WWIII

Where is the Korean peninsula devided?

• The 38th parallel
• West of Seoul Korea
• In the middle
• Near the southern tip

Which U.S. war ended with communist victory when the United States left the country?

• Vietnam War
• The Korean War
• The Cold War
• WWII

What was the main difference and reason for the Cold War between United States and Soviet Union?

• ideologies about best type of government
• ideologies on how to defeat countries with dictators
• ideologies about terms for WWII treaty
• ideologies about how to recover after the depression