World History
3rd & 6th Period
On-Line Study Guide
May 2012
Mr. Hearty & Mr. Bellisario
The belief that one communist
victory would lead to many others
1. Domino Theory
2. Containment
Theory
3. Marxist Theory
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Nations that are stronger than other
powerful nations
1. Mega-nationalistic
2. Superpowers
3. Idea of super
state
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American-supported ruler of South
Vietnam
1. Chou Enlai
2. Ngo Dinh Diem
3. Mao Zedong
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Communist ruler of North Vietnam
after 1954
1. Ho Chi Minh
2. Mao Zedong
3. Chou Enlai
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Seen as a particular threat to the
balance of terror during the SALT
talks
1. Anti-ballistic
missiles
2. Intercontinental
ballistic missiles
3. Surface to air
missiles
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Led the Cuban Revolution in 1959
1. Fidel Castro
2. Raul Castro
3. Jose Batista
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The Soviet leader after Stalin.
1. Nikita Khrushchev
2. Leonid Brezhnev
3. Mikhail
Gorbachev
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Brought the world to the brink of
nuclear war in 1962
1. Bay of Pig
invasion
2. Berlin Wall
construction
3. Cuban missile
crisis
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A relaxation of tensions
1. Détente
2. SALT
3. Nuclear
disarmament
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What aspect of the Cold War arms
race made it so terrifying?
1. The weapons were
more powerful than
ever before.
2. There were many
superpowers with
hydrogen bombs.
3. Many countries
involved were very
small and unstable.
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What was a change that took place
during the Cuban Revolution?
1. Freedom of the
press was
guaranteed.
2. Political freedom
was restricted.
3. The U.S. dropped
the embargo on
Cuba.
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A “red scare” was the fear of…
1. a nuclear attack
on the Soviet
Union.
2. a Soviet invasion
of Europe.
3. communists in the
United States.
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A major goal of Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr., was to…
1. aid the House UnAmerican Activities
Committee (HUAC).
2. extend equal rights
to all Americans.
3. support the Tet
offensive in Vietnam.
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After World War II, the United
States offered assistance to wartorn European nations through
which of the following?
1. Solidarity
2. glasnost
3. the Marshall Plan
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The Great Leap Forward and the
Cultural Revolution were social
reform programs led by which
leader?
1. Mao Zedong
2. Ho Chi Minh
3. Kim Il Sung
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What happened to the defeated
Chinese Nationalists?
1. They fled to North
Vietnam.
2. They fled to the
island of Taiwan.
3. They were all
killed by the
communists.
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What was a result of Gorbachev’s
perestroika?
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3.
The Soviet Union ended
the Warsaw Pact.
Shortages grew worse
and prices soared.
The success of
capitalism encouraged
more reforms.
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The East German government
responded to Gorbachev’s call for
change by…
1. banning Solidarity.
2. banning Soviet
publications.
3. welcoming
glasnost.
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During the Korean War, which
nation provided hundreds of
thousands of troops to help North
Korea?
1. the United States
2. Japan
3. China
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Which alliance was dedicated to
the security of communist nations
in Europe during the Cold War?
1. the Warsaw Pact
2. the Khrushchev
Alliance
3. the North Atlantic
Treaty
Organization
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The purpose of the SALT talks and
the START treaty was
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to define the boundaries
of Europe after World
War II.
to limit the number of
nuclear weapons held
by the superpowers.
to establish trade
relations with China
during the 1970s.
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The American strategy under
détente was to
1. develop more antiballistic missiles.
2. restrain the Soviets
through diplomatic
agreements.
3. discourage Cuba
from going
communist.
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The movement of Americans from
cities to communities outside an
urban core is known as…
1. democratization.
2. suburbanization.
3. upward mobility.
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What agency helped spur
economic growth across Western
Europe by eliminating tariffs?
1. North Atlantic Treaty
Organization
2. Alliance of Baltic
States
3. European Coal and
Steel Community
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What kind of government did Japan
adopt after World War II?
1. a parliamentary
democracy
2. a decentralized
socialist system
3. a strict
dictatorship
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Why did the United States establish
diplomatic relations with China in
the 1970s?
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to isolate the Soviets
between NATO and a
hostile China
to gain access to
Chinese markets for
American goods
to attempt to bring down
the Chinese leadership
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Mao Zedong created agricultural
communes to…
1. “rectify thinking
through labor.”
2. make agriculture
more efficient.
3. grow extra food
for Taiwan.
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When the North Koreans overran
South Korea in the summer of
1950, United Nations forces
stopped their advance at
1. the 38th parallel.
2. the Yalu River.
3. the Pusan
Perimeter.
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What was the main goal of the
National Liberation Front, or Viet
Cong?
1. to fulfill the domino
theory
2. to support the
Chinese Nationalists
3. to overthrow South
Vietnam’s
government
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During the Vietnam War, the Tet
Offensive…
1. was a major victory
for Chinese forces.
2. turned American
public opinion
against the war.
3. was North Vietnam’s
final offensive.
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The Khmer Rouge was responsible
for…
1. helping peasant
farmers in
Cambodia.
2. aiding the “boat
people” of
Cambodia.
3. committing genocide
in Cambodia.
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What conflict was called the Soviet
Union’s “Vietnam?”
1. the war in North
Korea
2. the war in Cuba
3. the war in
Afghanistan
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In 1992, the Slovaks and Czechs
split Czechoslovakia into separate
nations…
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because they are
separate ethnic groups
with their own language
and traditions.
so the Slovaks could
stay in the Warsaw
Pact.
so they could overthrow
Nicolae Ceausescu.
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After the Soviet Union split up and
communism was defeated in
Eastern Europe, China accelerated
its embrace of
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1. capitalism.
2. communism.
3. totalitarianism.
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