International Developments in the Post-War World — Test Answers

On which sectors did the Four Modernizations focus? Choose four correct answers.

Which term best describes the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War?

China’s first Five-Year Plan called for the government to

What does the term “de-Stalinization” mean?

Which is the best description of the Cold War?

Which best describes the management of farms in China during the first Five-Year Plan?

During the Cold War, what was the stated main objective of the United States in engaging in proxy wars against the Soviet Union?

Read the line from a speech by Winston Churchill in 1946. An iron curtain has descended across the continent. Which best summarizes the meaning of Churchill’s statement?

What best describes the “Three Principles of the People”?

Which best describes the Cold War during the years when Nikita Khrushchev led the Soviet Union?

Immediately after the war, what was the United States’ first priority in Japan?

In his speech “On the Cult of Personality,” Khrushchev spoke against Stalin’s policy of

Which event preceded the revolutions of 1989?

What was the effect on China of the Boxer Rebellion?

The two superpowers that opposed each other during the Cold War were the United States and

Why was the end to communism in Czechoslovakia termed the “Velvet Revolution”?

After World War II, many Japanese territories were

During the Cold War, what was the Soviet Union’s main objective in engaging in proxy wars against the United States?

The policy of glasnost allowed for

When Leonid Brezhnev took control of the Soviet Union in 1964, the Cold War with the United States was