1) which was not one of the major causes of the cold war?

a: soviets constructed the berlin wall.
b: soviets feared western promotion of capitalism.
c: westerners feared soviet world domination.

2) which of the following would be an unlikely element in a policy of containment?

a: offers of military aids that become allies.
b: boycotts and embargoes against unaligned nations.
c: economic aid to countries destroyed by way.

3) who would be most likely to agree with the following statement?

- we must carefully observe and analyze the actions of the soviet union to prevent it from spreading communism.

a: douglas macarthur
b: emperor hirohito
c: george kennan

4) who would be most likely to agree with the following statement?

- a revolution is no picnic. we must eliminate capital and imperialism even if thousands have to sacrifice their lives.

a: mao zedong
b: george marshall
c: john f. kennedy

5) who would be most likely to agree with the following statement?

- our policy is designed to the poor, hungry people of europe who are struggling with the chaos and devastation caused by world war ii so free institutions can flourish again.

a: meozedong
b: george marshall
c: emperor hirohito

6) who would be most likely to agree with the following statement?

- people everywhere who are interested in civil rights support the people of berlin.

a: harry truman
b: adolf hitler
c: john f. kennedy

7) who would be most likely to agree with the following statement?

- capitalist systems will eventually crumble on their own because they are corrupt and unfair. people will naturally turn toward communism.

a: george marshall
b: nikita khrushchev
c: douglas macarthur

8) japan become a peaceful, democratic nation relatively quickly after the end of world war ii. which step was not part of its post-war transformation?

a: adopting a new constitution.
b: disarming most of the military.
c: giving the emperor more political power.

9) what was the great leap forward?

a: mao's plan to transform china into a modern, industrialized nation.
b: stalin's plan to industrialize the soviet union.
c: secretary of the state marshall's effort to rebuild europe after world war ii.

10) why did mao start the cultural revolution?

a: he wanted to speed up and eliminate western, capitalist influence.
b: he wanted to speed up the economy by promoting capitalism.
c: he thought government officials had promoted a very narrow view of communism.

11) what launched the korean war?

a: south koreans tried to capture the government in p'yongyang.
b: north koreans, with stalin's approval, invaded south korea.
c: general macarthur led an invasion of north korea.

12) japan's political transformation after world war ii took that country from

a: empire to parliamentary democracy.
b: empire to communism.
c: representative democracy to communism.

13) the goal of the north korean leaders in 1953 was to

a: divide korea into two distinct nations.
b: unit north and south korea under the chinese government.
c: unit north and south korea under a communist government.

14) what event marked the beginning of the cuban missile crisis?

a: soviet spy planes photographed u. s. nuclear missiles being built in cuba.
b: u. s. spy planes photographed soviet nuclear missiles in cuba.
c: the united states refused to remove its nuclear missiles from cuba.