Who were the Mujahideen?

People who opposed the invitation and toppled the Soviet government

How did Americans prepare for possible communist attacks?

They built shelters and preperation drills

What does NATO stand for?

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

What was the Domino Theory?

if one country falls to communism, the rest will

How was the Soviet Union involved in the Korean war

Supplied North Korea with weapons

What was the Star Wars

The developement by the U.S of a defence in space

Which is the U.S greatest rival during the Cold War

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

Why did people want to flee East Germany to live in West Germany

They didn't like living under Soviet control

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1
What was the leader of the Soviet Union's name?
Vladmir Putin
Mikhail Gorbadev
Joseph Stalin
Boris Yeltsin
2
What side did the U.S support in the Korean War
North Korea
South Korea
East Korea
West Korea
3
How was the Korean war resolved?
The armistice agreement
The warsaw pact
NATO
The treaty of Versailles
4
Who were the Mujahideen?
A secret military that is more powerful than U.S military
Competitive acquisition of military capability between 2 countries
People who opposed the invitation and toppled the Soviet government
Family of assassins
5
Which alliance was formed during the Cold War
United Nations
Axis Powers
Allied Powers
NATO
6
How did Americans prepare for possible communist attacks?
they didn't
take shelter
Stack up arms and weapons
They built shelters and preperation drills
7
Who was the first man into orbit
Louis Armstrong
Alekseyevich Gagarin
Neil Armstrong
Spunik 1
8
Who won the Korean war?
Neither, it was a tie
South Korea
France
North Korea
9
Did the U.S first acheive...
Man on the Moon
Man in space
Space walk
All of the above
10
Who took control of Afghanistan after the war
The U.S
Russia
Japan
The Taiban
11
What does NATO stand for?
Nation Air Transportational Organization
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
North antartica territory ocean
National Atomic territorial organization
12
Who helped the Mujahideen resist
U.S
Afgahnistan Government
None of the above
USSR
13
What was the "Arms Race"
Nascar Race
Piston Cup
Race to Military Power
Race to get to space
14
What was the Domino Theory?
Domino's pizza is better
if one country falls to communism, they would be put in time out
Dominos don't actually fall, they trip
if one country falls to communism, the rest will
15
What was the first satellite in space called?
Buran
Sputnik
Apollo 7
Apollo 11
16
How was the Soviet Union involved in the Korean war
Supplied South Korea with weapons
Supplied China with weapons
Supplied North Korea with weapons
The Soviet Union wasn't involved in the Korean War
17
Why were the Rosenburgs tried, and executed?
They were soviet spies
They sold secrets to Germany
They were U.S spies
They bombed the U.S
18
Which one is NOT an agreement between the U.S adn USSR?
No threats
No nuclear weapons
Taking down missle insalations
U.S takes nuclear missle from Turkey
19
What warfare tactic caused the U.S invasion of Vietnam to be more difficult than anticipated?
Gorrilla warfare
Trench Warfare
Nuclear warfare
Geurilla warfare
20
What was the Star Wars
The developement by the U.S of a defence in space
A movie
A satellite that sends U.S pics of Frances troops
NATO's plan to win the cold war
21
Why were the Mujahideen able to fight the Soviets?
Anti-Aircraft missles
Tanks
More people
Machine guns
22
Which is the U.S greatest rival during the Cold War
Russian Empire
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Russia
Russian Frderation
23
Why did people want to flee East Germany to live in West Germany
Job opportunity
They didn't like living under Soviet control
East Germany was smaller
Bad weather
24
What were Americans afraid of during the Red Scare?
Russia would spread communism
America would become communist
China was going to invade
They would have to build a wall
25
What hazard did the people attempting to cross the Berlin wall face
sent to prison
get shot
pay a fine
Put in the corner

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