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UNIT XIV: The Cold War
UNIT XIV: The Cold War
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Quick review of the Cold War unit.
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1
Since the Soviets got the bomb in '49, we couldn't attack them. Our new policy was to ___ them.
SHUN!
contain
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DESTROY!
2
Who is seen here meeting with his ally, Nikita Krushchev ( the leader of the Soviet Union)?
Thich Quang Duc
Chiang Kai-shek
Ho Chi Minh
Benito Mussolini
3
COLD WAR PHOTO ANALYSIS: How did we solve this crisis?
Nuke the Russians!!!
Nuke the boats!!!
Quarantine the Cubans!!!
Quarantine the Russians!!!
4
Who ruled China after the Chinese Civil War?
Chairman Mao
Ho Chi Minh
Chiang Kai Shek
Deng Xiaoping
5
If we launch a nuke, they'll launch five. So, we'll launch 10. What is this called?
RAD (Really Angry Dudes)
SAD (Surely Angry Detente)
MAD (Mutually Assured Destruction)
GLAD (Great Land to Air Destruction)
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NAME THAT COLD WARRIOR:
Margaret Thatcher
Indira Gandhi
Mikhail Gorbachev
Deng Xiaoping
7
Russia became Communist. Then China. Then Korea. Then Vietnam. What is this theory called?
Containment
Truman Theory
Domino Theory
Marshall Plan
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After North Korea invaded, who pushed the North Koreans back in to China?
NATO
Warsaw Pact
League of Nations
UN
9
How did Stalin react to Marshall's money that Marshall was offering to Europe after WWII?
Accept them
Contain them
Block them
Attack them
10
According to the VA SOL, where did the Cold War begin?
Yalta
Vietnam
Korea
Malta
11
What term is given to the general RELAXING of tensions following some Cold War clashes?
Retente
Debutante
Detente
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12
Outside of Politics & Warfare, how else did the Cold War play out?
Space (Sputnik, Moon, etc.)
All of the above
Sports (Olympics, Hockey, etc.)
Movies (Red Dawn, Rocky IV)
13
What conflict caused so much animosity at home in the US that it led to protests like this one?
Vietnam
Korea
China
Berlin
14
At the end of the Korean Conflict, where was the Korean Peninsula divided?
48th Parallel
28th Parallel
18th Parallel
38th Parallel
15
If the division in this picture metaphorically divides Europe between East & West...What is it?
Steel Wall
Berlin Wall
Berlin Fence
Iron Curtain
16
How did the Vietcong fight and win against the superior American Army?
Giant apes from Skull Island
Nuclear attack on New York City
Guerilla Warfare
UN soldiers fighting for the Vietcong
17
If you were touring the White House in the 70s & picked this up; who would be on the other end?
Leonid Brezhnev (USSR leader)
The White House Kitchen
Kim Il Sung (North Korean leader)
Ho Chi Minh (Vietcong Leader)
18
NAME THAT COLD WARRIOR:
Indira Gandhi
Margaret Thatcher
Deng Xiaoping
Mikhail Gorbachev
19
Who came up with the plan to loan money to help rebuild post WWII Europe?
Eisenhower
Nixon
Marshall
Ho Chi Minh
20
COLD WAR PHOTO ANALYSIS: Where is this?
Cuba
Washington, DC
Berlin
China
21
When was this momentous event?
July 14, 1789
April 27, 2017
June 1, 1961
November 9, 1989
22
NAME THAT COLD WARRIOR:
Mikhail Gorbachev
Margaret Thatcher
Indira Gandhi
Deng Xiaoping
23
If nuclear missiles were to hit a certain desk in this room, how could you save yourselves?
Run & Scream
Crawl in a Shell
Duck and Cry
Duck and Cover
24
What term refers to a new OPENNESS both in and outside of the Soviet Union?
Chernobyl
Perestroika
Babushka
Glasnost
25
What is this?
Berlin Wall
Fence Fortress
Wire Wall
Iron Curtain
26
These nations all allied together after WWII. What is this group called?
UN
NATO
Greater Co-Prosperity Sphere
Warsaw Pact
27
Which of the following French colonies caused the most trouble in the context of the Cold War?
C. Algeria
B. Madagascar
A. French Guyana
D. Indochina