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WH2: Cold War
WH2: Cold War
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Which of the following led to the collapse of communism?
Nationalism in NATO nations
breakup of the USSR
expansion of the Warsaw Pact
economic failure
2
What is happening here?
Division of Vietnam
Fall of the Iron Curtain
Fall of the Berlin Wall
Construction of the Berlin Wall
3
What is the significance of the Iron Curtain?
Metaphor for divide between Democratic and Communist Europe
Stalin's proposed project; build a wall around satellites
It was a physical wall separating East from West Berlin
A metaphor for the divide between Western and Eastern Europe
4
(FOR NO POINTS) Who will win March Madness?
Mad Hatter
Mad Men
Mad Eye Moody
Mad Max
5
What's the deal with Vietnam today?
It is divided
It no longer exists
It is united
It's in a parallel dimension
6
With whom did Britain's foreign policy closely align during the 80s?
U.S.
West Germany
France
Ireland
7
"The credible threat of retaliation to forestall enemy attack" best describes...
detente
mutually assured destruction
containment
theory of deterrence
8
Which of the following policies would Thatcher most likely NOT support?
Assertion of UK military powers
Free trade
Increase social welfare programs
Small government
9
When was the Korean War?
early 50s
late 60s
60s-70s
late 40s
10
North Korea was aided by ______________.
America
China
Taiwan
Vietnam
11
When was the Vietnam War?
1945-1960
1950-1955
1965-1975
1989-1991
12
In what ways did Deng Xioping impact China?
Continued communist control of the government
Wrote a "Little Red Book"
implemented the Great Leap Forward
Reformed to a market economy
13
Which Soviet leader implemented Glasnost/Perestroika and was the last president of the USSR?
Khrushchev
Stalin
Brezhnev
Gorbachev
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In what ways did Stalin make the Western Allies nervous after the Yalta Conference?
He established puppet communist govs. in the satellites
He developed an atomic bomb
He did not allow free elections in the satellites
He implemented the Ukraine Famine
15
What two economic systems were at odds in the Cold War era?
capitalism and free enterprise
dictatorship and democracy
communism and socialism
free enterprise system and communism
16
Competition between ________ and _______ laid the foundation for the Cold War.
United States and China
Vietnam and the United States
the U.S.S.R. and China
United States and the U.S.S.R.
17
In which of the following places did communism eventually collapse?
North Korea
USSR/Eastern Europe
China
Vietnam
18
In what year did nuclear weaponry begin to impact patterns of conflict and cooperation?
1945
1972
1989
1962
19
What is the goal of the containment policy?
transition communist nations to democracies
prevent the spread on communism
destroy communism
control communism nations
20
What two political systems were at odds during the Cold War era?
Fascism and Communism
Capitalism and Communism
Dictatorship and totalitarianism
Democracy and dictatorship
21
To what group might Bulgaria belong?
NATO
Warsaw Pact
Bulgarian National Quidditch Team
22
What was the result of the Korean War?
Communist South Korea, Democratic North Korea
Korea united as one communist nation
North Korea is a puppet government for South Korea
Communist North Korea, democratic South Korea
23
What's the deal with the Cuban Missile Crisis?
USSR put missiles in Turkey facing USA
it was the closest moment in world history to nuclear war
Soviets but missiles in Cuba facing USA
it marked the fall of Fidel Castro's leadership in Cuba
24
Why was the Berlin wall important?
It was a symbol of the brutal East German government
It divided North and South Korea
It was a metaphor proposed by Churchill
It ran the length of Europe
25
What's the relationship between China and Taiwan today?
(~˘▾˘)~
ಠ╭╮ಠ
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
(◕‿◕✿)
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Why did the U.S. join the Vietnam War?
to assassinate Ngo Dinh Diem
the prevent the spread of Communism
containment policy
to aid the French in keeping Vietnam
27
What was the result of the Chinese civil war?
united communist China
the PRC and Taiwan
Southern democratic China, Northern communist China
division of China into two nations
28
What is the significance of NATO and the Warsaw Pact?
They were opposing political/economic alliances
The were comprised of Soviet satellite nations
They both no longer exist
They were joint military divisions of European nations
29
The Cold War lasted approximately from _______ to _________.
1980-1991
1960-1991
1945-1991
1955-1989
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British Prime Minister in the 1980s.
Margaret Thatcher
David Cameron
Tony Blair
Cornelius Fudge
31
(FOR NO POINTS) Which of the current top four Top 40 songs is the best?
New Rules, Dua Lipa
Him & I, G-Eazy and Halsey
Perfect, Ed Sheeran
Let you Down, NF
32
___________ led Communist China on the mainland.
Chiang Kai-shek
Mao Tse-tung
Mao Zedong
Ngo Dinh Diem
33
Ho Chi Minh led _______ Vietnam in the war effort.
North
South
Communist
Democratic
34
"A policy for preventing the expansion of communism" best describes ...
domino theory
Truman Doctrine
containment
deterrence theory
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(FOR NO POINTS) Opinion: Did the containment policy work?
Nah Bro.
Totes McGoats!
36
Where was communism?
West Germany
Eastern Europe
South Vietnam
Italy
37
Ho Chi Minh fought against _____________ imperialism in Vietnam.
Dutch
Soviet
British
French
38
__________ led the Nationalist China (island of Taiwan).
Jiang Jieshi
Mao Zedong
Ho Chi Minh
Chaing Kai-shek
39
How did the Yalta Conference effectively start the Cold War?
Stalin turned back on his word against the other Allies
Allies agreed to divide Germany without consent of the USSR
the US placed nuclear missiles aimed at the USSR here
FDR died just before and Stalin did not trust Truman
40
What divided Vietnam?
Geneva Convention
United Nations
Treaty of Versailles
Geneva Accords
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Under whose leadership did the U.S. first adopt the containment policy?
Kennedy
Nixon
Eisenhower
Truman
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To what group might France belong?
Warsaw Pact
the cool berets club
NATO
