World history/WHME103/Reconstruction/Review

The Reconstruction of Europe and Asia Multiple Choice Review Quiz

Complete the following quiz to review your knowledge from this learning pathway. This quiz will help students undertaking this course for credit to prepare for their test.

• Major contributors to Europe's rapid economic recovery after World War Two include all of the below factors, except:
  • foreign aid
    • Incorrect. Review the activity on European economic recovery in this learning pathway to help you find the correct response.
  • income from European colonies less affected by the war
    • Correct. Well done!
  • scientific and technological advances
    • Incorrect. Review the activity on European economic recovery in this learning pathway to help you find the correct response.
  • growth in world trade
    • Incorrect. Review the activity on European economic recovery in this learning pathway to help you find the correct response.
• The Marshall Plan:
  • cost about $12 billion
    • Incorrect. This is part of the answer, but there is a better choice. Review the activity on European economic recovery in this learning pathway to help you find the correct response.
  • was very successful
    • Incorrect. This is part of the answer, but there is a better choice. Review the activity on European economic recovery in this learning pathway to help you find the correct response.
  • was condemned by the Soviet Union as an imperialist tactic
    • Incorrect. This is part of the answer, but there is a better choice. Review the activity on European economic recovery in this learning pathway to help you find the correct response.
  • all of the above answers are correct
    • Correct. Well done!
• The Allied occupation of Japan instituted all of the below major changes except:
  • censorship
    • Correct. Censorship was imposed by both Japanese leaders during the war and the Allied forces afterwards, although exactly what was censored changed rather dramatically!
  • the right to vote for women
    • Incorrect. Review the activity on the Allied occupation of Japan in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • constitutional democracy
    • Incorrect. Review the activity on the Allied occupation of Japan in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • a prohibition on military forces
    • Incorrect. Review the activity on the Allied occupation of Japan in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
• NATO was created with the primary purpose of:
  • promoting economic cooperation between developed, democratic countries in Europe
    • Incorrect. Review the activities on the Cold War in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • being a defensive alliance against communist aggression
    • Correct. Well done!
  • providing an alternative to the ineffectiveness of the UN during the Cold War
    • Incorrect. Review the activities on the Cold War in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • all of the above answers are correct
    • Incorrect. Review the activities on the Cold War in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
• Perestroika:
  • was largely unsuccessful.
    • Incorrect. This is part of the answer, but there is a better option. Review the learning activity on post-war Europe in the learning pathway to help you find the correct response.
  • was implemented by Gorbachev, along with glasnost
    • Incorrect. This is part of the answer, but there is a better option. Review the learning activity on post-war Europe in the learning pathway to help you find the correct response.
  • decentralized the Soviet economy
    • Incorrect. This is part of the answer, but there is a better option. Review the learning activity on post-war Europe in the learning pathway to help you find the correct response.
  • all of the above answers are correct
    • Correct. Well done!

The Reconstruction of Europe and Asia True/False Review Quiz

Indicate whether the following statements are true or false:

• The Warsaw Pact was a direct response to the creation of NATO.
  • True
    • Correct. Well done!
  • False
    • Incorrect. Review the activities on the Cold War in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
• Between 1954-1960, tensions were at their peak in the Cold War.
  • True
    • Incorrect. Review the activities on the Cold War in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • False
    • Correct. Well done!
• When the Soviet Union exploded their first atomic bomb in 1949, American military planners were shocked.
  • True
    • Correct. Well done!
  • False
    • Incorrect. Review the activities on the Cold War in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
• After World War Two, most Nazis were prosecuted as war criminals.
  • True
    • Incorrect. There were large-scale amnesties and only a very small percentage of Nazis were held to account for their crimes.
  • False
    • Correct. Well done!
• There were three occupation zones in Germany after the war - the British, American and Russian.
  • True
    • Incorrect. There was also a French zone.
  • False
    • Correct. Well done!