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The Cold War
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A review of the Cold War Unit
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1
The international peacekeeping organization created after WWII to prevent future wars
Action League NOW
League of Nations
Warsaw Pact
United Nations
2
Which country in the Middle East did the USSR invade in the late 1970s?
Afghanistan
Iran
Syria
Iraq
3
Why was the Vietnam war known as a "living room war"?
It was a board game
It was on the nightly news on TV
Latest updates were published in magazines
Civilans fought
4
What did the Marshall Plan do?
broke apart Germany
Provided Billions of Dollars for rebuilding Europe
Allowed all refugees to live in America
Built a wall in Berlin
5
The Soviet Union dominated what part of Germany and Europe?
North
West
South
East
6
How did the U.S. get supplies to West Berlin during the Berlin blockade?
Underground tunnels
Airplanes
Smuggling
Tanks
7
After the Soviet Union cut off access to West Berlin, how did the Allies help?
Supplies were carried in through a series of tunnels
They were each given Marshall Checks.
Communist leaders gave them all homes and jobs
Berlin Airlift-supplies were brought to West Berlin by plane
8
Which proxy war ended in a stalemate with the country split at the 38th parallel?
Cuban Missile Crisis
Bay of Pigs
Vietnam War
Korean War
9
Which of the following best describes the US' relationship with Europe after WWII?
We love them so much we sent them flowers
We are superior and they should be punished and pay wardebts
Hatred and Distrust
Willingness to help rebuild to prevent political instability
10
To stop Communism from spreading the US and its allies used the strategy of ______
Containment
Guerrilla Warfare
Extermination
Hide and Seek
11
What marked the fall of communism in 1989?
Vietnam War
Fall of the Berlin Wall
The creation of the Berlin Wall
Ho Chi Minh's death
12
What was the name of Mao Zedong's attempt at industrializing the rural countrysides of China?
Stalinization
Collectivization
Great Leap Forward
Industrial Revolution
13
Dwight Eisenhower coined this term to describe the spread of communism.
Domino Theory
Iron Curtain
Wild Fire Theory
Multiply Theory
14
The conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union after WWII was called the...
Hot War
Cold War
WWII
Vietnam War
15
Mao Zedong's attempt at weeding out all capitalist and western ideas was called...
Communist Manifesto
Lecommunism
the Cultural Revolution
Little Red Book
16
A pact created to protect the eastern bloc of the Soviet Union in Eastern Europe
United Nations
Warsaw Pact
NATO
NAACP
17
Hot Wars or wars between smaller countries fighting for the larger superpowers
Star Wars
Battles
Proxy Wars
Distraction Wars
18
What is the name of the policy where civil liberties and freedom were reinstated in the USSR?
Glasnost
Perestorkia
Lebensraum
SALT
19
What is the best title for this map?
Europe after the Cold War
Vietnam during the Cold War
Europe during the Great Depression
Europe during the Cold War
20
Who was the communist leader of Vietnam after WWII?
Sygman Rhee
Ho Chi Minh
Kim Il Sung
Ngo Din Diem
21
After the Tet Offensive, how did Americans at home respond to the Vietnam War?
Anti-War Protests
Planted gardens
Made bomb shelters
Volunteered to Fight
22
After WWII, Japan became a
Democratic Nation and Ally of the United States
Radiation Hot zone where no human could live
Broken Nation divided by allied powers
Monarchy and Ally of China
23
What happened to Germany after WWII?
Gained total control of Europe
Divided amongst the four Allied Powers
Paid High War Debts
Nuclear Attack
24
What is the name given to the competition between the US and the USSR to gain more nuclear weapons?
Atomic Race
A-Bomb Race
Arms Race
Duck and Cover
25
Who negotiated with the Soviet Union and said, "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall" in 1987?
President Ronald Reagan
President Nixon
President LBJ
Ronald McDonald
26
The Korean war was between_________ and ______ vs _______ and ______ which ended in a stalemate
Soviet Union and Korea Vs the US and Vietnam
North and South Korea Vs the US and the Soviet Union
North Korea and China vs South Korea and the US
Germany and Austro Hungary VS US and Great Britan
27
What event started the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Soviet Union shooting down U2 spy plans
The removal of Soviet Missiles
Gulf of Tonkin Attacks
The Bay of Pig Invasion
28
The democratic alliance that promised to prevent the spread of communism
NATO
Warsaw Pact
League of Nations
United Nations
29
At which two meetings did the USSR and Western allies meet during WWII to discuss future world plans?
Baltic and Atlantic
Nuremburg and Yalta
Potsdam and Tokyo
Yalta and Potsdam
30
Which countries were superpowers during in the Cold War?
Soviet Union and United States
Soviet Union and Germany
Korea and Vietnam
Soviet Union and Japan
