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Unit 8: The Cold War Review
Unit 8: The Cold War Review
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1
Who was the president/dictator of Cuba?
John F. Kennedy
Truman Doctrine
Fidel Castro
Ho Chi Minh
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What year was the Cuban missile crisis?
1991
1955
1956
1962
3
The United States decided to leave the Vietnam war 2 years early
True
False
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Why was the Truman doctrine not applied to the Hungarian revolt?
Because the Hungarians wanted to keep communism with them
Because the Hungarian people weren’t rich enough
Because America did not want to help
If they helped there would be full scale nuclear war with USSR
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Why was the NATO made?
Provide collective security against the soviets
A group to plan on killing Truman Doctrine
To destroy the Berlin Wall
To defend John F. Kennedy
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who were the big 3?
Harry Truman, Fidel Castro, and Nikita Kruschev
Winston Churchill, Harry Truman, and Joseph Stalin
Ho Chi Minh, Bill Clinton, and Ngo Dinh Diem
Franklin Roosevelt, Adolf Hitler, and Joseph Stalin
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When did the cold war end?
1939
1991
1999
1981
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The Berlin wall was 107 kilometers long by 4 meters high
False
True
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Korea was split on the 38th parallel
True
False
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Who created the idea of policy of containment?
Dean Rusk
Mikhail Gorbachev
Winston Churchill
George Kennan
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When did the Postdam Conference start and end?
July 10th to Aug 2nd, 1945
July 9th to Oct 2, 1945
1942 to 1945
June 11th to Aug 2, 1946
12
Which is the right statement said by Dean Rusk?
“Ear to ear, they went deaf first”
“Nose to nose, they lost scent first”
“Eyeball to eyeball, the blinded first”
“With great power comes great responsibility “
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The Truman doctrine was set to aid countries in the defense of communism.
False
True
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Why did the Hungarian revolt happen?
The people wanted communism and wanted to join the warsaw pact
The people wanted democracy and wanted to leave the warsaw pact
They wanted a new dictator
The people were worried that the U.S would conquer their nation
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Why did the Korean war start?
US wanted to cause a fight
They started fighting against their leader
Japan and Soviet Union in America wanted all of Korea
They instigated other countries to come fight
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What type of government system did Gorbachev create?
Totalitarian Dictaorship
Communist Capitalist System
Capitalist Republic System
Communist Dictatorship system
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Why was the Berlin wall created?
so the Eastern germans would stop attempting to escape
Because the West and East germans did mot like each Other
Because the north and east wanted to they something new
So the northern germans would stop migrating south
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Was Berlin along with Germany split into 4 different areas?
False
True
19
What is the iron curtain?
An iron curtain for a shower
A defense system for russia
a metaphor for the speech if winston churchhill
Stalins way if fending off Hitler
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What did the Chinese government do?
Ban religion, steal land and rat out their fellow people
Destroy the Great Wall of China
Bomb Africa
Kill all of the baby boys in the country
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Why did Vietnam not want America’s help in the war?
they just did not like America
Because once the war ended America will never leave Vietnam
America is weird
Because once the war ended America will bomb vietnam
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What was the Berlin Airlift?
The biggest plane in Berlin History
A daily airlift which brought supplies into east Berlin
It was a plane that traveled you into the heart of Berlin
The Berlin airlift was a mighty fleet of fighter jets
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when was the Hungarian revolt?
1965
1956
1762
1957
