Test Review

The map shows the United States and Cuba at the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962. The map makes it clear that

By the time the Korean War ended in 1953,

Which of the following best describes the two sides that faced each other during the Cold War?

During the Cold War, the United States supported anti-communist dictators who committed human rights abuses and opposed democratic freedoms. What does this indicate about the actual goal of the United States?

Which of the following were effects of the arms race? Select all that apply.

Read the passage from a Soviet ambassador. The foreign policy of the United States . . . is characterized in the postwar period by a striving for world supremacy. This is the real meaning of the many statements by President Truman and other representatives of American ruling circles; that the United States has the right to lead the world. —Nikolai Novikov, Ambassador of the USSR, September 1946 Which of the following words best characterizes the ambassador's perspective of American foreign policy?

Defectors from East Germany were people who

Which of these was true of the Contras during the Nicaraguan civil war?

In, the Sandinista rebels overthrew the government of Nicaragua.

Why did the United States withdraw its support for the Aswan Dam?

Which of the following phrases best describes East Germany after World War II?

The photo shows the Allied leaders meeting in Potsdam, Germany, in 1945. The Allied leaders were meeting to discuss which of the following?