Part one 1. How did détente affect relations between the Soviet Union and the United States?
A. Both countries reduced the production of nuclear weapons.
B. The Soviet Union began developing a space program.
C. The United States gained a clear advantage in the arms race.
D. Détente led to increased tensions between the nations.

2. What action did United States take when Castro seized American businesses in Cuba?
A. The United States led an invasion of Cuba.
B. The United States placed a trade embargo on Cuba.
C. The United States restricted its trade with Cuba.
D. The United States asked for aid from the Soviet Union.

3. How did the people of the Soviet Union react to the independence of many Eastern European countries?
A. They fought to retain the ideals of the Communist Party.
B. They clung to the old Russian traditions and way of life.
C. They violently forced Gorbachev to leave office.
D. They staged a revolution against Gorbachev's regime.

4. What key factor played a role in the collapse of the Soviet Union?
A. Prices for goods dropped to an all-time low.
B. The Soviet government spent too little on defense.
C. Many Soviet workers were unemployed.
D. Manufactured goods were produced too rapidly.

5. What was the reason for creating the United Nations Security Council? A. to encourage Stalin to permit free elections in the USSR
B. to debate international problems and suggest resolutions
C. to respond to international threats to security and peace
D. to provide a regular American presence in Western Europe

6. What was the significance of the Allied victory at the Suez Canal?
A. The British army proved it could score a victory on its own.
B. Field Marshall Rommel proved his extraordinary military tactics.
C. The momentum of the war shifted in favor of Germany.
D. Allied troops gained control of North Africa.

7. Following World War II, what two forms of government began to experience mutual tension and hostility?
A. communism and Nazism
B. democracy and Nazism
C. communism and democracy
D. fascism and democracy

8. How did the United States respond to the spread of communism?
A. the Truman Doctrine
B. the division of Berlin
C. regular economic aid
D. alliance by geography

9. What military action did the United States take to end the war in the Pacific?
A. The United States heavily bombed Tokyo.
B. The United States dropped one atomic bomb on Japan.
C. The United States dropped two atomic bombs on Japan.
D. The United States used a kamikaze attack on Iwo Jima.

10. What common belief did fascists and Nazis share?
A. that the Aryan race was superior to all others
B. that the best form of government was a military dictatorship
C. that the good of the nation was more important than individual concerns
D. that Jews were an inferior race and should be destroyed