APWH 8.2-8.3 quiz

What international organization was established in 1945 to promote global peace and security?

• NATO

• The League of Nations

• The Warsaw Pact

• The United Nations

Who first used the term "Iron Curtain" to describe the division between Western and Eastern Europe?

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• Nikita Khrushchev

• Winston Churchill

• Joseph Stalin

The Soviet Union established satellite countries in Eastern Europe to:

• Create a buffer zone against the West

• Expand capitalism

• Avoid involvement in world affairs

• Promote democracy

What Cold War ideology encouraged the spread of communism worldwide?

• Isolationism

• Domino Theory

• World Revolution

• Containment

The U.S. policy of containment aimed to:

• Expand democracy into the Soviet Union

• Promote decolonization efforts

• Build up nuclear weapons

• Stop the expansion of communism

The Truman Doctrine primarily provided aid to:

• Greece and Turkey

• Poland and East Germany

• Japan and Korea

• The Soviet Union and China

What was the purpose of the Marshall Plan?

• To strengthen the Soviet economy

• To rebuild war-torn Europe and prevent the spread of communism

• To create NATO

• To fund communist movements in Asia

What was the Soviet Union’s response to the Marshall Plan?

• The formation of NATO

• The Cuban Missile Crisis

• The creation of COMECON

• The Berlin Airlift

What event in 1957 sparked the Space Race?

• The Cuban Missile Crisis

• The first moon landing

• The launch of Sputnik

• The U-2 spy plane incident

What Cold War doctrine was based on the idea that a nuclear war would destroy both sides?

• Containment

• The Truman Doctrine

• The Domino Theory

• Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD)