Cold War

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  1. North Atlantic Treaty Organization
    an international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security
    After World War II, the Soviet Union maintained
    control of many Eastern European nations mainly
    because these nations were
    A) members of the North Atlantic Treaty
    Organization     (NATO)
    B) a source of new technology and skilled labor
    C) near warm-water ports on the Mediterranean
    Sea
    D) extensions of Communist power
    3.
  2. North Atlantic Treaty
    the treaty signed in 1949 by 12 countries that established NATO
    After World War II, the Soviet Union maintained
    control of many Eastern European nations mainly
    because these nations were
    A) members of the North Atlantic Treaty
    Organization (NATO)
    B) a source of new technology and skilled labor
    C) near warm-water ports on the Mediterranean
    Sea
    D) extensions of Communist power
    3.
  3. Persian Gulf War
    a war fought between Iraq and a coalition led by the United States that freed Kuwait from Iraqi invaders; 1990-1991
    • Creation of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty
    Organization) and the Warsaw Pact
    • Construction of the Berlin Wall
    • Cuban missile crisis
    These events are most closely associated with
    A) the Persian Gulf War
    B) World War II
    C) the Cold War
    D) World War I
    18.
  4. Commonwealth of Independent States
    an alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991
    A) Events of the Cold War
    B) Actions of the United Nations
    C) Causes of World War II
    D) Formation of the Commonwealth of
    Independent States
    30.
  5. green revolution
    the introduction of pesticides and high-yield grains and better management during the 1960s and 1970s which greatly increased agricultural productivity
    All the events on the time line show actions taken during the
    A) Green Revolution
    B) Cold War
    C) policy of appeasement
    D) decline of nationalism
    38.
  6. nonalignment
    people (or countries) who are not aligned with other people (or countries) in a pact or treaty
    Which United States foreign policy was used to
    maintain the independence of Greece and Turkey
    after World War II?
    A) militarism
    B) nonalignment
    C) neutrality
    D) containment
    9.
  7. reunify
    unify again, as of a country
    B) A reunified Germany promised to withdraw
    from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
    (NATO).
  8. multiethnic
    involving several ethnic groups
    Recent events in the former nations of
    Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia reflect a nationalist
    trend of
    A) supporting the development of a command
    economy
    B) encouraging multiethnic cooperation
    C) dividing nations along ethnic lines
    D) uniting nations with similar interests
    42.
  9. Robert Oppenheimer
    United States physicist who directed the project at Los Alamos that developed the first atomic bomb (1904-1967)
    — J. Robert Oppenheimer, July 1953
    This statement expresses concern about the
    A) economic costs of World War II
    B) threats to the environment by developed and
    developing economies
    C) dangers of the Cold War
    D) differences between command and market
    economies
    29.
  10. free-enterprise
    subscribing to capitalistic competition
    A) Free-enterprise zones continue to be created
    throughout Eastern Europe.
  11. ethnic cleansing
    the deliberate removal of people from a specific culture
    A) dismantling of the Berlin Wall
    B) formation of the United Nations
    C) the world's initial reaction to ethnic cleansing
    in Bosnia
    D) Arab reaction to the creation of Israel in 1948
    Version A
    Cold War
    44.
  12. collective security
    a system for international peace
    The unification of Germany in 1990 symbolized the
    A) rise of religious fundamentalist leaders
    B) rejection of democratic principles
    C) failure of a Communist system
    D) collapse of collective security pacts
    Version A
    Cold War
    33.
  13. fragmentation
    the separation of something into pieces or particles
    D) The fragmentation of Eastern Europe continues.
  14. war-torn
    laid waste by war
    The United Nations was created primarily to
    A) channel relief aid to war-torn nations
    B) contain the spread of communism
    C) provide a means of solving international
    problems
    D) prosecute persons accused of war crimes
    25.
  15. colonized
    inhabited by colonists
    One similarity in the histories of Germany and
    Vietnam is that both nations
    A) have chosen a democratic form of government
    in recent years
    B) were once colonized by other European nations
    C) remained nonaligned during the Cold War period
    D) were once divided but have since been reunited
    16.
  16. dismantling
    the act of taking something apart (as a piece of machinery)
    A) dismantling of the Berlin Wall
    B) formation of the United Nations
    C) the world's initial reaction to ethnic cleansing
    in Bosnia
    D) Arab reaction to the creation of Israel in 1948
    Version A
    Cold War
    44.
  17. appeasement
    the act of acceding to demands
    All the events on the time line show actions taken during the
    A) Green Revolution
    B) Cold War
    C) policy of appeasement
    D) decline of nationalism
    38.
  18. alignment
    the spatial property possessed by things in a straight line
    Which speech described the political alignment shown on the map?
  19. proliferation
    a rapid increase in number
    D) Proliferation of military weapons could destroy
    the world.
    31.
  20. tormentor
    someone who causes others to suffer
    Silence encourages the tormentor,
    never the tormented."
  21. prosecute
    conduct legal proceedings against a defendant
    The United Nations was created primarily to
    A) channel relief aid to war-torn nations
    B) contain the spread of communism
    C) provide a means of solving international
    problems
    D) prosecute persons accused of war crimes
    25.
  22. solidarity
    a union of interests or purposes among members of a group
    The revolt in Hungary (1956), the demonstrations in
    Czechoslovakia (1968), and the formation of
    Solidarity in Poland (1980's) are similar in that they
    A) were tolerated by the Communist leaders, who
    accepted the need for change
    B) represented a challenge to Communist
    leadership
    C) were movements to restore the power of the
    aristocracy
    D) represented attempts to rid these countries of
    Western ideas and influence
    Version A
    Cold War
    22.
  23. domination
    power to defeat
    After World War II, Soviet domination of Eastern
    Europe was most directly the result of the
    A) victory of Germany over the Allies
    B) Soviet military occupation of the region
    C) peace agreements supported by the United
    Nations
    D) growth of democratic movements
    7.
  24. state of affairs
    the general state of things
    “We may anticipate a state of affairs in which
    two Great Powers will each be in a position to put an
    end to the civilization and life of the other, though
    not without risking its own.
  25. tormented
    experiencing intense pain especially mental pain
    Silence encourages the tormentor,
    never the tormented."
  26. capability
    the quality of being able to do something
    C) World peace cannot be assured by limiting the nuclear capabilities of only the United States and the Soviet Union.
Created on Tue Mar 30 18:53:15 EDT 2010

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