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1
The Gulf of Tonkin incident brought the US into the Vietnam War.
True
False
2
Which superpower had more economic freedom?
United States
Soviet Union
3
After WWII, the USSR put communist parties into power in Eastern European countries.
True
False
4
As a response to the Berlin Blockade, the Western Allies...
kicked the Soviet Union out of the UN
blockaded East Berlin
began the Berlin Airlift, in which they flew in supplies
invaded East Germany
5
After the Korean War, the 38th parallel dividing North and South Korea was...
turned into a demilitarized zone
a UN-administered area
where a wall was built between them
known as no-man's land
6
Glasnost affected the Eastern Bloc by...
restructuring the government/economy
allowing for more freedom of expression
7
Mao Zedong and the communists promised the peasants land, and that is how they got so much support.
True
False
8
The Chinese communists renamed their country to the...
Chinese Soviet Republic
People's Republic of China
Democratic People's Republic of China
Chinese People's Republic
9
Which two leaders signed treaties to stop the arms race?
Ronald Reagan
Mikhail Gorbachev
Joseph Stalin
Boris Yeltsin
10
What happened to Korea after World War II?
North Korea was capitalist, South Korea was communist
North Korea was communist, South Korea was capitalist
Korea was unified and capitalist
Korea was unified and neutral
11
What were the superpowers during the Cold War?
Germany
United States
Soviet Union
France
12
Perestroika affected the Eastern Bloc by...
allowing for more freedom of expression
restructuring the government/economy
13
The Warsaw Pact was formed by the Soviet Union.
True
False
14
The Great Leap Forward was intended to...
turn China from an agricultural to an industrialized country
provide all people in China with land and a house
align China with the Soviet Union
15
Who made the “iron curtain” speech?
Winston Churchill
Joseph Stalin
John F. Kennedy
Harry Truman
16
Domino Theory helped push the US to get involved in Vietnam because it was the idea that...
if one country 'falls' to communism, the ones around it will follow
Vietnam will become a US ally if they help them
if Vietnam becomes communist, they will unite with China
all communist countries are conspiring against NATO
17
Which of these were effects of WWII?
nuclear arms race begun
Europe was in ruins
Japan was divided
Germany was divided
18
Who won the Chinese Civil War?
Nationalists led by Chiang Kai-shek
Communists led by Mao Zedong
19
The Chinese Cultural Revolution was...
a purge of capitalist ("bourgeois") aspects of society
a failed anti-communist uprising
the plan to spread communism to Korea and Japan
a move back to Confucianism and Taoism
20
The Great Leap Forward failed and actually led to the deaths of ~15-55 million people.
True
False
21
What did Hungaria want when they started their revolution against the USSR?
To leave the Warsaw Pact
For Hungary to become capitalist
To reunite with Austria
To have a less totalitarian version of socialism
22
The US sent weapons to the Mujahedeen to help them fight the Soviets in...
Pakistan
Iran
Afghanistan
Syria
