Question

Look at the image. Then answer the question that follows.

Ten rectangular boxes labeled with country names are lined up in a row. The first box, labeled 'China', has fallen, knocking over the next boxes labeled 'Korea', 'Vietnam', 'Laos', and 'Cambodia'. Boxes labeled 'Thailand', 'Malaysia', 'Indonesia', 'Burma', and 'India' still stand.

This image illustrates "domino theory," an idea that drove US foreign policy in South and East Asia in the mid-twentieth century. What did supporters of this theory want to limit the spread of?

A.
disease

B.
communism

C.
terrorist activity

D.
economic depression

Answer 1

B. communism

Supporters feared that if one country fell to communism, neighboring countries would follow like falling dominoes, so they sought to limit the spread of communism.