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Cold War Events & Leaders
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1
What was the purpose of the Berlin Wall?
To prevent East Berliners from fleeing
To protect West Berliners from communism
To have an actual Iron Curtain
To protect East Berliners from capitalism
2
Which city in Europe was blocked by the USSR, had an airlift, and eventually a wall was built?
Berlin
Budapest
Paris
Warsaw
3
When the US introduced the Marshall Plan, what did the Soviets respond with?
NATO
Molotov Plan
Truman Doctrine
Warsaw Pact
4
Which Soviet leader purged his opponents, used the 5 Year Plan, collectivization, and gulags?
Gorbachev
Brezhnev
Stalin
Khrushchev
5
What was the symbolic end of the Cold War?
Collapse of the USSR
Vietnam War
Chernobyl Disaster
Fall of the Berlin Wall
6
Which proxy war ended in the 38th parallel and saw America's containment policy in action?
Korean War
Cuban Missile Crisis
Berlin Blockade
Vietnam War
7
Which policy committed the US to supporting countries resisting communism?
Marshall Plan
Molotov Plan
Truman Doctrine
NATO
8
What mutual defense treaty was established by Eastern Bloc countries to counter NATO?
Sputnik Program
Chernobyl Charter
Molotov Plan
Warsaw Pact
9
Who is this Soviet leader?
Gorbachev
Andropov
Khrushchev
Brezhnev
10
Who was the last Soviet leader that experienced the fall of the Berlin Wall and Communism?
Gorbachev
Khrushchev
Putin
Brezhnev
11
Which Soviet leader led a De-Stalinization program after Stalin's death?
Chernenko
Brezhnev
Gorbachev
Khrushchev
12
Which global event did both countries (US & USSR) boycott when either side hosted it?
World Cup
NATO Conferences
Olympics
War
13
How many Soviet Leaders were there though out the course of the Cold War?
8
7
5
6
14
Which of the following countries was NOT invaded by the Soviet Union or the Warsaw Pact?
Czechoslovakia
Afghanistan
Poland
Hungary
15
In what year did the Soviet Union officially dissolve?
1983
1989
1994
1991
16
Which event involved the USSR setting a nuclear missile site near the US?
Cuban Missile Crisis
The U2 incident
The Invasion of Afghanistan
Canadian Crisis
17
What was the name of the first artificial satellite put into Earth's orbit?
Chernenko
NASA
Chernobyl
Sputnik
18
In what year did the Soviet Union successfully test an atomic bomb?
1948
1946
1945
1949
19
What term was used to describe the metaphorical divide in Europe?
Proxy Wars
Cold War Blocs
Iron Cutrain
Soviet Sattelites
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Which incident is a good example of espionage during the Cold War?
GPU (Secret Police)
Berlin Blockade
Chernobyl Disaster
U2 incident