Who wants to be a…

Expert on the Cold War?!

Which statement describes the economic history of Japan since World War II?

A: Japan has withdrawn from the world economic

community and has practices economic self-sufficiency

B: Japan has concentrated on rebuilding its

defense industries

D: Japan has been limited in industrial development

by the occupation of the United States

C: Japan has developed a strong economic base

built on the export of manufactured goods

Which statement describes the economic history of Japan since World War II?

A: Japan has withdrawn from world economic

community and has practiced economic self-sufficiency

C: Japan has developed a strong economic base built

on the export of manufactured goods

B: Japan has concentrated on rebuilding its

defense industries

D: Japan has been limited in industrial development by the

occupation of the United States

A: Vast fertile farmlands and rivers B: Strategic location and valuable resources

D: Large well-educated population

During the Cold War, the Soviet Union and the democracies in the West competed

for influence in the Middle East because of its

C: Industrial potential

During the Cold War, the Soviet Union and the democracies in the West competed for

influence in the Middle East because of its

A: Vast fertile farmlands and rivers

C: Industrial potential

B: Strategic location and valuable resources

D: Large well-educated population

A: The nationalists received no foreign aid B: Japan gave military support to the

Communists

D: Mao Zedong was an imperialistic leader

What was one reason for the victory of the Communists over the Nationalists in

China in 1949?

C: The Communists promised land reform

to the peasants

What was one reason for the victory of the Communists over

the Nationalists in China in 1949?

C: The Communists promised land reforms

to the peasants

A: The Nationalists received no foreign aid

B: Japan gave military support to the Communists

D: Mao Zedong was an imperialistic leader

A: Communist teachings became required learning

in all schools and universities

B: The family became the dominant force in

society

D: The Four Modernizations became the basis for

economic reform

Which development took place in China under Mao Zedong?

C: The people adopted the practice of

ancestor worship

Which development took place in China under Mao Zedong?

A: Communist teachings became required

learning in all schools and universities

C: The people adopted the practice of

ancestor worship

B: The family became the dominant force in

society

D: The Four Modernizations became the basis for

economic reforms

A: Deng Xiaoping and Mao Zedong rejected

Western capitalism

B: Deng Xiaoping wanted greater government

control of the economy than Mao Zedong did

D: A more favorable attitude toward a market economy

existed under Deng Xiaoping than under Mao Zedong

Which statement best expresses the change in economic policy between Deng

Xiaoping and Mao Zedong

C: Both Deng Xiaoping and Mao Zedong

encouraged peaceful protests

A: Deng Xiaoping and Mao Zedong rejected

Western capitalism

C: Both Deng Xiaoping and Mao Zedong

encouraged peaceful protests

Which statement best expresses the change in economic policy between Deng

Xiaoping and Mao Zedong?

B: Deng Xiaoping wanted greater government control of the

economy than Mao Zedong did

D: A more favorable attitude toward a market economy

existed under Deng than under Mao

A: Deng Xiaoping B: Mikhail Gorbachev

D: Nikita Khruschev

Which leader’s policies included glasnost and perestroika?

C: Fidel Castro

Which leader’s policies included glasnost and perestroika?

A: Deng Xiaoping

C: Fidel Castro

B: Mikhail Gorbachev

D: Nikita Khruschev

C: Ethnic tensions threatened civil war in

each country

B: Their formed emperors stood trial for

war crimes

D: They refused to align with the superpowers

In what way were Korea and Germany similar after World War II?

A: Both remained divided during the Cold War

In what way were Korea and Germany similar after World War II?

A: Both remained divided during the Cold

War

C: Ethnic tensions threatened civil war in

each country

B: Their former emperors stood trial for

war crimes

D: They refused to align with the superpowers

A: Launch of Sputnik by the Soviet Union B: The Cuban Missile Crisis

D: Berlin Airlift

During the Cold War, which one of the following events occurred last?

C: Destruction of the Berlin Wall

During the Cold War, which one of the following events occurred last?

C: Destruction of the Berlin Wall

A: Launch of Sputnik B: Cuban Missile Crisis

D: Berlin Airlift

A: Decline of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization B: Failure of communism

D: End of free trade

Changes in the political borders of Eastern European countries during the 1990s

were a result of the

C: Expansion of the Warsaw Pact

Changes in the political borders of Eastern European countries during the 1990s

were a result of the

A: Decline of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization

C: Expansion of the Warsaw Pact

B: Failure of communism

D: End of free trade

A: Discouraged foreign investment B: Organized the Red Guard

D: Practicing glasnost

Which action was taken by Deng Xiaoping to improve the economy of China?

C: Encouraging some capitalist practices

Which action was taken by Deng Xiaoping to improve the economy of China?

C: Encouraging some capitalist practices

A: Discouraging foreign investment B: Organizing the Red Guard

D: Practicing glasnost

A: Creating a buffer zone against future

invasions

B: Developing better trade relations with

the West

D: Controlling the Organization of Petroleum

Exporting Countries (OPEC)

C: Participating in United Nations peacekeeping missions

What was a major reason the Soviet Union established satellite states

in Eastern Europe?

A: Creating a buffer zone against future

invasions

C: Participating in United Nations peacekeeping

missions

B: Developing better trade relations with

the West

D: Controlling the Organization of Petroleum

Exporting Countries (OPEC)

What was a major reason the Soviet Union established satellite states

in Eastern Europe?

A: Bring about democratic reforms B: Improve job opportunities in the military

D: Limit the amount of land desgined for

the “responsibility system”

In 1989, the goal of the protest movement staged by Chinese students in Tiananmen

Square was to

C: Expand foreign investment in Hong Kong

In 1989, the goal of the protest movement staged by Chinese students in Tiananmen

Square was to

A: Bring about democratic reforms

C: Expand foreign investment in Hong

Kong

B: Improve job opportunities in the military

D: Limit the amount of land designated for the

“responsibility system”

A: Kim Jong Il and ho Chi Minh possessed

nucelear weapons

B: French colonial rule would continue to

influence the region

D: Renewed Japanese imperialism would trigger

another world war.

What was one concern associated with both the Korean War and the Vietnam War?

C: Communism would spread through

eastern and southeastern Asia

What was one concern associated with both the Korean War and the Vietnam War?

C: Communism would spread through eastern

and southereastern Asia

A: Kim Jong Il and Ho Chi Minh

possessed nuclear weapons

B: French colonial rule would continue to

influence the region

D: Renewed Japanese imperialism wouldtrigger another world war.

A: Supporting a capitalist system B: Achieving change through revoloution

D: Spreading the teachings of Christianity

One way in which Karl Marx, Vladimir Lenin, and Fidel Castro are similar is that

each believed in

C: Preserving a rigid social system

One way in which Karl Marx, Vladimir Lenin, and Fidel Castro are similar is that

each believed in

A: Supporting a capitalist system

C: Preserving a rigid social system

B: Achieving change through revolution

D: Sprading the teachings of Christianity

Final Question…

Take out a piece of loose-leaf and

work with your group to answer

the following question:

Describe the benefits and

drawbacks of Communism.