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Unit 8 (Cold War)
Unit 8 (Cold War)
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US policy: if any nation in Southeast Asia falls to communism, so too will the other nations in the region
Containment
Eisenhower Doctrine
Domino Theory
Truman Doctrine
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What is the timespan of the Cold War?
1945-1966
1938-1945
1945-1990
1960-1991
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What was used to prevent East Germans from escaping to the West?
The KGB
The Berlin Wall
The Berlin Airlift
The Berlin Blockade
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An example of brinkmanship
Berlin Wall
U2 spy plane incident
Bay of Pigs
Cuban Missile Crisis
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Nation invaded by Warsaw Pact members because they wanted democratic reforms
Romania
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Poland
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Why is it called a Cold War?
People questioned global warming
There were no real wars in this time
Relations between US & USSR were frosty
The world was in a mini-ice age
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Soviet policy; economic restructuring
Detente
Containment
Perestroika
Glasnost
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First leader of Communist China
Mao Zedong
Ho Chi Minh
Zhou Enlai
Kim Il-Sung
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A lessening of Cold War tensions
Glasnost
Perestroika
SALT
Detente
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Why did the Soviet Union want to keep Germany divided?
To weaken their previously strong economy
To strengthen Russia's claim on Poland
To keep them weak so they couldn't attack again
To discourage Turkey's alliance with the US
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The main ideological difference during the Cold War
Catholicism vs. Protestantism
Democracy vs. Monarchy
Capitalism vs. Traditionalism
Capitalism vs. Communism
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China had border & ideological disputes with
USSR
Japan
Mongolia
Korea
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Purpose of this organization was to defend its members in the event of an attack
United Nations
SEATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Warsaw Pact
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Which event marked a turning point in American opinion about the Vietnam War?
Tet Offensive
Gulf of Tonkin incident
My Lai Massacre
Fall of Saigon
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A success of the containment policy
Six-Day War
Vietnam War
Korean War
Cuban Revolution
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Going to the edge of war to see who will backdown first
Espionage
Proxy war
Alliances
Brinkmanship
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The US provided weapons to the Mujahideen during the
Vietnam War
Korean War
Iranian Revolution
Soviet-Afghan War
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The Eisenhower Doctrine was used to justify American intervention in
Vietnam & Cambodia
Latin America
Korea
The Middle East
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Leader of the Soviet Union who denounced Stalin's most extreme policies
Leonid Brezhnev
Nikita Kruschchev
Mikhail Gorbachev
Mikhail Baryshnikov
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Mao's Cult of Personality represents which Cold War strategy?
Brinkmanship
Proxy War
Espionage
Propaganda
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A nation not allied with NATO or the Warsaw Pact nations
First World
Second World
Third World
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Which nation committed genocide, killing about 1/3 of its own people?
Laos
Cambodia
China
Vietnam
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A failed American-backed invasion & coup in Cuba
Berlin Blockade
Cuban Missile Crisis
Sandinista Uprising
Bay of Pigs
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Includes the Soviet Union, its satellite states, and Warsaw Pact nations
Third World
Second World
First World
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Nations achieving independence & dismantling existing colonial systems
Revolution
Decolonization
Uprising
Spring
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A nation most likely included in the Second World
Poland
Greece
West Germany
Japan
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2 nations that previously colonized Indochina (Vietnam)
Germany & France
Britain & Japan
France & Japan
USA & Japan
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A failure of the policy of containment
Korean War
Berlin Wall
Vietnam War
Soviet-Afghan War
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How did the Warsaw Pact differ from NATO
Used by Soviets to keep satellite states under control
It focused on developing nuclear weapons for all members
Their goal was to attack other nations, rather than to defend themselves
There were more countries in the Warsaw Pact
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The US, Western Europe, NATO, anyone who embraced democracy & capitalism
Second World
Third World
First World
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Which event was the decisive victory in the Space Race?
Soviet launch of Sputnik 1
Yuri Gagarin orbits the earth
John Glenn orbits the earth
Apollo 11 moon landing
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Leader of North Korea during Cold War
Kim Il-Sung
Ho Chi Minh
Zhou Enlai
Mao Zedong
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Soviet policy; purpose was to end censorship & encourage people to talk openly about the country's problems
Perestroika
Glasnost
Containment
Detente
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Most directly lead to the creation of NATO
Berlin Blockade
Cuban Missile Crisis
Korean War
Hungarian Revolution
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A symbol of the division between East & West and the Cold War fear of communism
The Great Wall
The Suez Canal
Berlin Blockade
Iron curtain
