Unit 8 Cold War Test

.. The Parties agree that an armed attack against one or more of them in Europe or North American shall be considered an attack against them all and consequently they agree that if such an armed attack occurs, each of them, in exercise of the right of individual or collective self defense... will assist the party or parties so attacked by taking forthwith, individually or in concert with the other parties, such an action as it deems necessary, including the use of armed force, to restore and maintain the security of the area... This document was most likely written during which historical period?

• Cold War
• Enlightenment
• Russian Revolution
• French Revolution

One of the primary reasons for examining historical events is:

• to learn proper uses of war
• to determine leadership responsibilities
• to creatively solve problems
• to examine possible alternative courses of action

At the Yalta Conference, the Big Three

• discussed plans for an invasion of France
• agreed to support free elections in Eastern Europe
• signed the Treaty of Versailles
• decided to give Poland to the Soviet Union

The Truman Doctrine was the Foreign Policy of ________ that called for the military and economic support of democratic nations to oppose authoritarian regimes.

• Germany
• USSR
• United States
• Cuba

Which event took place in October 1962 brought the U.S. and the USSR to the brink of nuclear war?

• Cuban Missile Crisis
• Shay's Rebellion
• The Korean War
• The Berlin Airlift

What major superpower dissolved at the end of the Cold War, leaving the U.S. as the world's only superpower?

• Great Britain
• Vietnam
• Japan
• Soviet Union

Select the two superpowers that faced off during the Cold War?

• United States
• China
• Germany
• Soviet Union
• Cuba

In 1968, the area east of the bold black boundary included members of the

• Triple Alliance
• European Union (EU)
• Warsaw Pact
• North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

In 1968, the areas labeled Estonian SSR, Belorussian SSR, and Moldavian SSR referred to

• independent nations of Eastern Europe
• republics that were part of the Soviet Union
• members of the Central Powers
• members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)

.. The Parties agree that an armed attack against one or more of them in Europe or North American shall be considered an attack against them all and consequently they agree that if such an armed attack occurs, each of them, in exercise of the right of individual or collective self defense... will assist the party or parties so attacked by taking forthwith, individually or in concert with the other parties, such an action as it deems necessary, including the use of armed force, to restore and maintain the security of the area... Which organization includes this statement in its charter?

• United Nations
• Organization of American States
• Warsaw Pact
• North Atlantic Treaty Organization