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1
One reason for the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961 was to
meet the requirements of NATO
promote reunification of East Germany and West Germany
complete the post World War 2 rebuilding of Berlin
keep East Germans from fleeing to the West section of Berlin
2
The Cuban Missile Crisis could have ended in disaster
False
True
3
True or False
: By 1946, the Soviet Union exploded its first atomic weapon.
True
False
4
The imaginary line that split the West European from the East European countries after WW2 was
38th parrallel
Iron Curtain
prime meridian
Berlin Wall
5
Before the end of World War II, the relationship between the US and the Soviet Union...
remained cooperative
began to unravel
6
This 1989 photograph symbolizes the
end of the Cold War
fear of Nazism among Germans
creation of a divided Germany
importance of the Berlin Airlift
7
True or False
: The Korean War and the Vietnam War had no connection to Cold War tensions.
True
False
8
What is a global conflict between the USSR and the U.S, marked by an avoidance of direct war?
Iron Curtain
Truman Doctrine
Cold War
Berlin Airlift
9
Which leader's policies included glasnost and perestroika?
Deng Xiaoping
Mikhail Gorbechev
Nikita Krushchev
Fidel Castro
10
Which group of countries became Soviet satellites after WW2?
Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary
Switzerland, Austria, Belgium
France, Spain, Great Britain
Turkey, Greece, Italy
11
How did the U.S. respond to the Soviet's first explosion of the atomic bomb?
by exploding a hydrogen bomb
By forming NATO
by firing satellite into space.
by exploding an atomic bomb
12
The countries in Eastern Europe controlled by the USSR were called...
Iron Curtain States
States of Europe
Satellite Soviet States
Countries
13
During the Cold War, which event occurred last?
launch of Sputnik by Soviet Union
destruction of the Berlin Wall
Berlin Airlift
Cuban Missile Crisis
14
After World War II, Germany was split in four by the United States, Great Britain, France and...
Spain
Germany
Italy
Soviet Union
15
The Cold War started and ended in...
1945-1997
1945-1991
1950-2019
2000-2020
16
What did the Soviet Union set up in response to efforts from the West to reunify Germany?
construction of the Berlin Wall
A Soviet blockade of West Berlin
an embargo on wheat to NATO nations
An atomic bomb
17
The Policy of Containment aimed to stop the spread of communism
True
False
18
The 38th parrallel became an important dividing line between
North and South China
North and South Korea
China and Taiwan(Formosa)
Korea and China
19
The Policy of Containment belonged to...
USSR
China
Australia
USA
20
The Yalta Conference divided which country into a communist and a non-communist nation?
Germany
USSR
Canada
Vietnam
21
Of the following participants in the Korean War, which fought on the side of the Communists?
China
Laos
Cuba
New Zealand
22
What was the Berlin airlift a response to?
Soviet blockade of West Berlin
construction of the Berlin wall
German development of the atomic bomb
reunification of East and West Germany
23
The first satellite launched into space was...
Sputnik
Explorer
Discovery
NCC-1701
24
Which event illustrates the policy of containment?
launching of Sputnik
naval blockade of Cuba
Hungarian Revolt
Nuremberg Trials