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Cold War Review II
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Review quiz for Glencoe WHMT 20.1 & 21.1/2. #worldhistory #highschool #coldwar
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1
What was the domino theory?
Secret spy mission to destroy Berlin Wall
Simulated war game with a computer
Belief that Communist takeover in one country leads to more
Belief that nuclear weapons prevented war
2
Who tore down the Berlin Wall in November 1989?
The German people
Islamic terrorists
Soviet spies
American bombers
3
What country is shown on this map?
Serbia
Greece
Germany
Croatia
4
Who replaced Boris Yeltsin as President of Russia in 2000?
Ariel Sharon
George W. Bush
Vladimir Putin
Mikail Gorbachev
5
Which of these countries was Communist & aligned with (dominated by) the Soviet Union?
France
Canada
Romania
Yugoslavia
6
Where did the Soviet Union get bogged down in a 10-year war in the 1980s?
Wyoming
Schilling AFB
Vietnam
Afghanistan
7
What program did the US begin in 1947, giving $13billion to rebuild Europe after WWII?
Domino Theory
Truman Doctrine
Marshall Plan
NATO
8
What country is this?
Britain
Russia
United States
Mexico
9
What did the East German gov't build in 1961 to prevent Germans from fleeing to West Berlin?
Berlin Airlift
Berlin Wall
Warsaw Pact
Nuclear deterrent
10
What was the first manmade object launched into orbit around the Earth?
Decolonization
Apollo
Truman Doctrine
Sputnik
11
What was the military alliance formed by the US, Canada, & Western European democracies?
Axis Powers
Warsaw Pact
Sputnik
NATO
12
Where did Serbian forces pursue ethnic cleansing against Muslims, killing 250,000?
Afghanistan
Berlin
Germany
Bosnia
13
How did the Soviets respond to anti-Communist revolts in Poland, Hungary, & Czechoslovakia?
De-Stalinization
Peaceful co-existence
Long debates & negotiations
Violently crushed w/ troops
14
What is the rarest blood type in the US population?
O-positive
AB-negative
A-positive
A-negative
15
A "troop" is a group of...
Moose
Mackerel
Lions
Kangaroos
16
When did the Soviets explode their first atomic bomb, creating fear of a nuclear World War III?
1945
1949
1989
1961
17
What is the most popular ice cream flavor in the United States?
Strawberry
Chocolate
Vanilla
Cookie Dough
18
What was the period of tensions & rivalry between the US & USSR following WWII?
Berlin Wall
Cold War
Warsaw Pact
Sputnik
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In what year did revolutions sweep Eastern Europe, ending Communist rule?
1989
2008
1991
1980
