True/False
Indicate whether the sentence or statement is true
or false. |
| | 1. | Soviet-controlled communist governments did not take hold anywhere where there had
been a strong, democratic tradition. |
| | 2. | Albania's Stalinist-type regime grew more and more independent of the Soviet
Union. |
| | 3. | In
1946, the Soviet Union declared that literary and scientific work must conform to the needs of the
state. |
| | 4. | The
Soviets did not institute five-year plans and collectivization of agriculture in satellite
states. |
| | 5. | Khrushchev lessened the emphasis on consumer goods in favor of industry. |
| | 6. | The
number of people farming in Western Europe increased dramatically after World War II. |
| | 7. | The
number of people who were part of the middle-class decreased dramatically after World War
II. |
| | 8. | During de Gaulle’s presidency, the French economy grew at an annual rate of 5.5
percent. |
| | 9. | Economic problems led the Conservatives to gain control of the British government in
1951. |
| | 10. | Race
riots increased dramatically during the 1960s and led to a "white backlash." |
Multiple Choice
Identify the
letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. |
| | 11. | The city of
Berlin, which was located deep inside the Soviet zone of a postwar divided Germany,
was a. | itself divided into
four zones. | b. | occupied exclusively by the Allies. | c. | occupied exclusively by
the USSR. | d. | made into a separate new country. | | |
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| | 12. | To stop the
spread of communism, the United States adopted a policy toward the Soviet Union of a. | appeasement. | b. | guaranteed protection. | c. | containment. | d. | foreign aid. | | |
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| | 13. | Unlike the
United States’s Marshall Plan, the Soviet Union’s Council of Mutual Assistance failed
because a. | money was diverted to
Japan. | b. | the Soviets could not afford large amounts of foreign
aid. | c. | none of the satellite
nations accepted Soviet money. | d. | the United States cut off Soviet bank
credit. | | |
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| | 14. | The United
States and Great Britain believed that the liberated nations of Eastern Europe
should a. | hold free elections to
determine their futures. | b. | become mandates of the Allies. | c. | join the Soviet
Union. | d. | restore their pre-war monarchies. | | |
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| | 15. | The Truman
Doctrine was formulated, initially, as a response to the 1946 withdrawal of a. | troops from
Berlin. | b. | support for France. | c. | British aid to
Greece. | d. | Greek aid to Turkey. | | |
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| | 16. | Even after
Stalin’s death in 1953, the Soviet Union made it clear that it would NOT a. | expand its
empire. | b. | launch more satellites to spy on Western
nations. | c. | try to control its satellite states. | d. | allow Eastern European
satellites to become independent of control. | | |
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| | 17. | In response
to Nagy’s declaration of Hungarian independence, Khrushchev reacted by a. | attacking
Budapest. | b. | withdrawing Soviet troops. | c. | annexing
Yugoslavia. | d. | creating the Warsaw Pact. | | |
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| | 18. | In
Czechoslovakia in 1967, a protest campaign led by writers a. | forced the Communist
leader to resign. | b. | increased sales of the writers’ books. | c. | was crushed by the
Soviets. | d. | did away with reforms. | | |
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| | 19. | The
“Prague Spring” of Alexander Dubcek was forestalled in 1968 when a. | Dubcek became ill and
incapacitated. | b. | the Soviet army invaded Czechoslovakia. | c. | summer
arrived. | d. | the Soviets withdrew their troops. | | |
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| | 20. | Dubcek said
that he wanted to create a. | “communism with Stalin’s
muscle.” | b. | “communism with heart.” | c. | “socialism with a
human face.” | d. | “socialism with attitude.” | | |
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| | 21. | Much of
Canada’s postwar growth, financed by U.S. investment, led to Canadian fears of a. | NATO. | b. | becoming a welfare state. | c. | American economic
domination. | d. | U.S. military invasion. | | |
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| | 22. | In the late
1960s, the writings of reformers like de Beauvoir created renewed interest in a. | feminism. | b. | communism. | c. | socialism. | d. | capitalism. | | |
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| | 23. | Student
protests of the late 1960s were reactions against all of the following EXCEPT a. | the Vietnam
War. | b. | university policies and
administrations. | c. | alienation of the individual from society. | d. | communism. | | |
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| | 24. | Postwar
birthrates rose in the late 1940s and 1950s, creating a a. | shortage of cloth
diapers. | b. | “baby boom.” | c. | rise in the number of
working women. | d. | student revolt. | | |
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| | 25. | Increases in
workers’ wages, increased credit, and built-up demand for postwar goods led to the creation of
what some people have called the a. | socialist state. | b. | consumer
society. | c. | mall. | d. | “Good Buy America” program. | | |
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Completion
Complete each sentence or
statement. |
| 26. | After
World War II, the Soviet government wanted to control Eastern Europe so it could feel secure about
its western ____________________.
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| 27. | The
Soviet Union responded to the Marshall Plan by founding the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance,
or ____________________.
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| 28. | The
United States and the Soviet Union built up their armies and weapons in a postwar arms
____________________.
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| 29. | The
search for security during the Cold War led the countries of the West to form a military alliance
called ____________________.
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| 30. | To
stem Soviet aggression in the East, the Allies created a military pact called
____________________.
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Matching |
| | Match
each item with the correct statement below. a. | Marshall Plan | b. | superpower | c. | Truman Doctrine | d. | Warsaw
Pact | e. | Berlin Air
Lift | | |
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| | 31. | country with
both military powers and political influence |
| | 32. | U.S. promise
of anti-communism support |
| | 33. | U.S. effort
to re-build war-torn Europe |
| | 34. | tactic used
to overcome a Soviet blockade |
| | 35. | military
alliance of Soviet allies |
| | Match
each item with the correct statement below. a. | Tito | b. | de-Stalinization | c. | Sputnik
I | d. | Dubcek | e. | heavy industry | | |
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| | 36. | Khrushchev’s policy of undoing his predecessor’s more ruthless
policies |
| | 37. | the
manufacture of machines and equipment for factories and mines |
| | 38. | first space
satellite |
| | 39. | Yugoslav
leader who resisted Stalin’s control |
| | 40. | Czechoslovakian reform leader and party secretary |
| | Match
each item with the correct statement below. a. | chancellor | b. | welfare state | c. | segregation | d. | real wages | e. | bloc | | |
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| | 41. | nation in
which the government provides services and a minimum living standard to all |
| | 42. | the actual
purchasing power of income |
| | 43. | title of
German head of state |
| | 44. | group of
nations with a common purpose |
| | 45. | separation,
for example, by race |