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What was Joseph Stalin’s goal in creating a command economy?

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to gradually move to a market economy
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to conserve limited resources
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to shift resources toward necessities
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to outproduce capitalist nations
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The goal of the United States in drawing up the Marshall Plan was to

A
invade Soviet-controlled Eastern Europe.
B
get Europeans to accept their continent’s division.
C
support strong dictators who would lead Europe.
D
strengthen the economies of Europe.
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What was the main reason Joseph Stalin created collective farms?

A
Soviet farms were old-fashioned and inefficient.
B
Collective farms would create many new jobs.
C
Farmland could be turned into industrial land.
D
Wasteful crop surpluses would be eliminated.
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The main goal of China’s first Five-Year Plan under Mao Zedong was to

A
seize land and businesses.
B
start a cultural revolution.
C
spur economic growth.
D
launch collectivization.
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What happened in Poland in 1989?

A
Many solidarity candidates were voted out of office.
B
Workers finally were given the right to form unions.
C
The Polish government banned all workers’ unions.
D
Lech Walesa became the first freely elected president.
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The map shows Germany at the height of the Cold War.

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located in West Germany.
B
divided just as Germany was divided.
C
under the control of the Soviet Union.
D
under the control of the United States.
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During the 1980s, profit from the sale of weapons to Iran was used to

A
stop the communists in Costa Rica.
B
start a proxy war in El Salvador.
C
support the Contras in Nicaragua.
D
stage a coup d’état in Guatemala.
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The Cultural Revolution in China ultimately failed because

A
people began to seriously question communism.
B
famine killed millions of people nationwide.
C
human rights violations led to a foreign invasion.
D
thousands of government officials left office.
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Why was the end to communism in Czechoslovakia termed the “Velvet Revolution”?

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The transition was remarkably smooth.
B
Velvet was a symbol of Czechoslovakia.
C
The revolution was named for the group that led it.
D
The communist rulers were as soft and weak as velvet.
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China modernized its military under Deng Xiaoping by

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increasing its size and taking on more missions.
B
decreasing its size and cutting technology.
C
increasing its size and updating technology.
D
decreasing its size and updating technology.
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The Korean War began in 1950 when the

A
Soviet Union attacked South Korea.
B
United Nations invaded North Korea.
C
Communist North attacked the non-Communist South.
D
people of Korea rose up against the Japanese.
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Who supported the Nationalist Party in the Chinese Civil War?

A
Germany
B
the USSR
C
the United States
D
the rest of Asia
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How did Boris Yeltsin become the president of Russia?

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He overthrew Gorbachev in a coup d’état.
B
He was appointed by the Communist Party.
C
He was a military leader who took control.
D
He won the country’s first open election.
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The Vietcong were rebels in South Vietnam who wanted to

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rid both North and South Vietnam of Communist influence.
B
spread the Catholic religion throughout Vietnam.
C
overthrow the Communists who controlled the country.
D
unify the South and North under a Communist government.

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