circle the correct answer)
1. President Eisenhower supported the establishment of Southeast Asia Treaty
Organization (SEATO) as an attempt to
a. assist nationalist movements in Asian countries
b. counter British attempts to establish colonies in Asia
c. restrict communist aggression in Asian countries.
d. initiate programs for protection of human rights in Asia.
2. Which was a cause of the Korean War?
a. NATO air and naval forces blocked ships sailing to North Korea
b. North Korean
forces, with Soviet approval invaded South Korea.
c. U.N.
inattention allowed guerrillas to infiltrate South Korea.
d. Widespread anti-colonial riots forced the Korean government to begin the
war.
3. Which of these was a formal statement of intention of the United States to aid
any country threatened by communist aggression?
a. Truman Doctrine
b. Marshall Plan
c. Alliance System
d. Vietnamization
4. Which one of these events was the closest United States and the Soviet Union
actually came to fighting each other during the Cold War?
a. Suez Crisis, 1956
b. Bay of Pigs, 1961
c. Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962
d. Gulf of Tonkin, 1964
5. The Truman Doctrine was a pledge on the part of the United States to help
Greece and Turkey.
a. Avoid engaging in a war over oil reserves.
b. Recover land they lost during World War II.
c. Resist the spread of communism in the region.
d. Prosecute captured military leaders for was crimes.
6. Which action by President Harry S Truman would be an example of his post-
WWII containment policy?
a. He demanded human rights guarantees from Latin American countries.
b. He helped the Greek and Turkish government resist communist rebels.
c. He negotiated with the U.S.S.R. to eliminate long range nuclear weapons.
d. He provided economic recovery aid to China and Japan.