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1
The closest the US and the Soviet Union came to Nuclear War was over what island?
Greenland
Great Britain
Cuba
Manahattan
2
This pilot of a U2 forgot to kill himself
Manfred Richtofen
Charles Lindbergh
Gary Powers
Chuck Yeager
3
In the same month that Russia exploded their first Atomic bomb, this guy made China communist
Chiang Kai-Shek
Mao Zedong
Deng Xiaoping
Jiang Jieshi
4
After Stalin died who became Premier of the Soviet Union
Gorbachev
Brezhnev
Andropov
Khrushchev
5
Besides Russia, what MAJOR country became communist during the Cold War?
Vietnam
Italy
South Korea
China
6
When you CAN make up your own mind, but you usually do what somebody else asks, you're in their
Iron Curtain
Reparations in Kind
Sphere of Influence
Containment
7
This policy was used by 8 presidents to keep Communism where it was
Capitalism
MAD
Brinksmanship
Containment
8
What city was completely surrounded by East Germany and had to be supplied via Aircraft?
Yalta
Berlin
Munich
Stuttgart
9
During the Korean War China stepped in out of fear when American soldiers approached this river
Yanghtzee
Songhua
Yellow
Yalu
10
Which nation refused Marshall plan aid?
United Kingdom
Soviet Union
France
Italy
11
Greece and this country were the first two countries that we utilized containment in.
Egypt
Rumania
Bulgaria
Turkey
12
What did Stalin learn about after Potsdam that made him really angry
Thermonuclear Warheads
Atomic Bomb
SDI
Hydrogen Bomb
13
The organization that says that an attack on one is an attack on all that includes the USA
NATO
Iron Curtain
Warsaw pact
United Nations
14
Mutually Assured Destruction or MAD means:
Keep peace by having enough nukes to kill everyone on earth
That you play chicken with the enemy
Creating strategic nuclear plans
Negotiating Peace with the Soviets
15
The Cold War began because of disagreements among the Big 3. Who was NOT a member of the Big 3?
Roosvelt
Churchill
Stalin
Hitler
16
When the losing country pays the winning country in stuff at the end of a war we call it
Reparations
Annexation
Back payment
loser pays
17
The first Soviet Premier was
Stalin
Brezhnev
Gorbachev
Lenin
18
Who replaced FDR as president of the USA?
Truman
Kennedy
Eisenhower
Hoover
19
What did the Soviets build through Berlin to keep people in?
Art galleries
A graffiti zone
A giant Wall
Swamps and pits
20
Where did the US fight it's "Hot Wars" during the Cold War?
Korea and Japan
Cuba and Berlin
Cuba and Vietnam
Korea and Vietnam
21
Who first said the words "Iron Curtain" when referencing the Russians?
Kennedy
Eisenhower
Churchill
Truman
22
Which of these countries refused Marshall Plan money?
West Germany
East Germany
Portugal
France
23
Which Soviet Leader (and final) attempted to save Russia through Reform
Khrushchev
Stalin
Gorbachev
Brezhnev
24
This man, came up with a plan to rebuild Europe financially
Truman
Roosevelt
Eisenhower
Marshall
25
The fictional wall that separated East from West
Berlin Wall
Iron Curtain
Great Wall
Steel Curtain
26
Reagan's economic war against the Soviets culminated in what movie themed program?
Star Wars
Space Odyssey
Star Trek
13 Days
27
What does the Cold War lack that differentiates it from a hot war
Economic Pressure
Political Maneuvering
Ideological differences
Military engagements
28
The 4th Soviet Premier was
Khrushchev
Brezhnev
Lenin
Gorbachev
29
The theory that if one country falls the rest will too is
Iron Curtain
Domino Theory
SDI
Containment
30
Who did Stalin say should have no right to a piece of Germany?
Soviet Union
Great Britain
USA
France
31
Who Replaced Churchill at Potsdam?
Arthur Balfour
Henry Asquith
Gordon Brown
Clement Attlee
32
How many presidents utilized containment?
7
8
9
6
33
Approximately how much did SDI cost
1 Million dollars
1 trillion dollars
100 billion dollars
1 Billion dollars
34
This International Group was formed at Yalta
United Nations
NATO
League of Nations
Warsaw Pact
35
When did the Arms race begin
1916
33 AD
1945
When the first dude hit another dude with a rock
36
The Big 3 Meeting that started the foundations of the Cold War was here
Casablanca
Potsdam
Yalta
Tehran