How did the space race between the United States and the Soviet Union impact U.S. society?

Question 1 options:

Science education was given renewed emphasis in the nation's schools.


Public protests grew as opposition against the U.S. space program mounted.


Defense spending was decreased as tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union lessened.


The U.S. government nationalized most large industries.

Question 2 (2 points)
Which of the following was NOT a consequence (positive or negative) of the Green Revolution?

Question 2 options:

The use of artificial fertilizers harmed the environment in many areas.


Increased crop yields of corn, rice, and wheat due to hybridized seeds.


A global surge of organic and sustainable agriculture.


Increased crop yields due to artificial fertilizers greatly reduced the threat of famine in poor countries.

Question 3 (2 points)
Which of the following is the main source of conflict and fighting in the Middle East between Israel and Palestine?

Question 3 options:

religion


communism


farming land


oil rights

Question 4 (2 points)
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) was created in 1949 by 12 countries to

Question 4 options:

create free trade for all countries with an Atlantic Ocean border


free countries under Soviet control by any means necessary including another world war


provide a committee to focus on basic human rights and freedoms


provide defense and protection against the Soviet Union and their atomic weapons

Question 5 (8 points)
Match the Cold War terms with the correct description.

Question 5 options:

This is an international organization created following World War II to provide a way to negotiate disputes.


This is the belief that if one country fell to communism, other countries around it were likely to fall to communism as well.


This was the acronym for political talks between the United States and the USSR regarding nuclear weapons.


This was the delivery of supplies in a German city to circumvent the Soviet Blockade


This said that the United States would aid any nation in resisting the growing threat of communism and became a guide for American foreign policy during the Cold War.


This was a symbol of the Cold War that separated the East and the West; communist and non-communist part of a German city.


This is an international organization created by the U.S. and its allies in 1949 to prevent attacks by the Soviet Union.


Question 6 (2 points)
What was the goal of “The Great Leap Forward” in China?

Question 6 options:

Bring about a political alliance with the USSR


Enhance social programs to better the lives of Chinese citizens.


Create an industrial superpower to rival the West through rapid industrialization.


Remove communism and create a capitalist economy.

Question 7 (2 points)
During the Cold War, which of the following groups of countries would have all been 'behind the Iron Curtain’?

Question 7 options:

Austria, West Germany, and Poland


England, France, and Spain


Poland, East Germany, and the Soviet Union


France, Italy, and the Soviet Union

Question 8 (2 points)
Which of the following was NOT a reason why African states faced civil war and violence after successful independence movements?

Question 8 options:

Old hatred and tensions among ethnic groups within the new nations.


A lack of history and experience with self-government.


New borders drawn by outside powers.


Rise of groups wanting to restore the rule of imperialist powers.

Question 9 (2 points)
The USSR’s formation of the Warsaw Pact was a reaction to what?

Question 9 options:

The formation of NATO


The establishment of the Iron Curtain


The Marshall Plan


The Berlin Airlift

Question 10 (2 points)
Which of the following led to the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991?

Question 10 options:

a civil war erupted in the southern republics.


years of economic stagnation left it far behind Western and Asian countries.


the nuclear disaster at Chernobyl destroyed the confidence of the people.


key Soviet leaders were assassinated.

Question 11 (2 points)
What was the purpose of Gorbechev’s policy known as perestroika?

Question 11 options:

Strategic limitation of nuclear arms


Openness of press based on the principles of freedom of speech


Restructuring the soviet economy to allow for less centralization


The containment of communism to the Soviet Union