Both countries where still vying for influence abroad as demonstrated by which two events during the Détente period?

Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia after the Prague Spring, US covert removal of Chile's Salvador Allende

How did the public's view of the USSR change during the mid 1980s?

Their fear of the USSR's might diminished

Arthur Miller wrote a play in 1953 called "The Crucible", what was it symbolically about?

contemporary red scare and the infamous Salem with trials

Who seized power from Khrushchev in 1964?

Leonid Brezhnev/ Alexei Kosygin

What was George Kennan's conclusion in his report, the Long Telegram?

That permanent peaceful coexistence with the U.S.S.R. is impossible.

What action did Carter take that symbolically ended the Detente period?

Withdrawing from the 1980 Moscow Olympics followed by several others

Vietnam had been divided into ....

communist north / democratic south

How did George Orwell describe the term "Cold War" in 1945

Post World War II Global Politics

What does Détente mean?

The easing of hostility or strained relations, especially between countries

On October 1962 Khrushchev sent a flee of ships transporting _____ to Cuba

missiles capable of carrying nuclear war heads

What was the 38th parallel?

Line dividing North and South Korea

These episodes are similar to events earlier in the Cold War. What events are they referring to?

US successful removal of Iran's Mohammad Mossadegh, Soviet military suppression of an uprising in Hungary

What is the position that European influence in the Western Hemisphere is negative?

Monroe Doctrine, Truman Doctrine

What is the "Third World"

Other nations( particularly ones coming out of colonial rule)

How did Carter's decision bite us in the butt?

al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Ladin was trained as a mjahideen

JFK inflamed tensions between the superpowers by sponsoring .....

Attempted coup in Cuba by a makeshift army of U.S trained exiles

While they still had an arsenal full of nuclear warheads, why was the USSR seen as "less threatening" in the 80s?

They were going bankrupt (broke)

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1
Both countries where still vying for influence abroad as demonstrated by which two events during the Détente period?
Soviet invasion of the Cimeran Peninsula
Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia after the Prague Spring
US covert removal of Chile's Salvador Allende
US covert removal of Mexico's Enrique Pena Nieto
2
Maintaining a delicate balance between the U.S.S.R. and the U.S. was further complicated due to a steady increase in...
Nuclear stockpiles
Greenhouse gases
Foreign aid
Population
3
The American People agreed with McCarthy saying that there was communists spies in the military
False
True
4
Which two countries shared the most combat during the Cold War?
Germany and Korea
The U.S.S.R. And Germany
The U.S.S.R. and Korea
The U.S. and The U.S.S.R.
5
Carter was pressured by such domestic political adversaries as the______.
The FBI
The House Committee
The Cabinet
Committee of Present Danger
6
Improved relations with China came after who's visit with Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai in 1972.
Carter's
Bush's
Reagan's
Nixon's
7
How did the public's view of the USSR change during the mid 1980s?
Their fear was reignited
Their fear of the USSR's might diminished
They saw them as an unexpected ally
They demanded more direct confrontation with the USSSR
8
Who was the military commander in South Korea leading the U.N troops/
General Ambrose Burnside
General James Longstreet
General Douglas MacArthur
General Dwight D Eisenhower
9
What happened in Korea on September 1945?
North Korea invades South Korea and captures Seoul
Korea was liberated from Japan
The armistice was signed ending the Korean war.
U.N troops were sent to aid South Korea during the war.
10
The U.S tested the world's first _____ at Enewetak, South Pacific on November 1st 1952
Nuclear fission bomb
Atomic bomb
MOAB ( mother of all bombs)
Thermonuclear hydrogen bomb
11
Arthur Miller wrote a play in 1953 called "The Crucible", what was it symbolically about?
The 2 superpowers ongoing nuclear war
Pro War in America, and Anti Communism Propaganda
contemporary red scare and the infamous Salem with trials
How communism would effect America
12
In the 1960's Mao Zedong set in brutal reforms known as the ____
Cultural Revolution
NSC-68
One Child Policy
China's Spheres of Influence
13
Who seized power from Khrushchev in 1964?
Leonid Brezhnev/ Alexei Kosygin
Joseph Stalin / Nikolai Khrushchev
Kievan Rus/ Ivan Pershiska
Mao Zedong/ Kim Il Sung
14
What date did the Soviets successfully test their own atomic bomb?
December 7, 1941
August 29, 1949
February 22, 1946
August 6, 1945
15
What was George Kennan's conclusion in his report, the Long Telegram?
That the U.S.S.R. is harmless and we shouldn't concern ourselves them.
That permanent peaceful coexistence with the U.S.S.R. is impossible.
That we should attempt to find a peaceful solution with the U.S.S.R.
16
What was the name of the group that failed a coup in the USSR after the end of the Cold War?
The Old Guard faction
The красный шотландец
The Red Scouts
The идиоты
17
Which soviet leader brought an alternative political vision to the USSR?
Mikhail Gorbachev
Leonid Brezhnev
Nikita Khrushchev
Georgy Malenkov
18
What action did Carter take that symbolically ended the Detente period?
Delivering a formal address directed at the USSR
Barring he USSR and other communist countries from the Chicago Olymics
Creating a new division of the DOJ
Withdrawing from the 1980 Moscow Olympics followed by several others
19
Vietnam had been divided into ....
capitalist nation
communist north / democratic south
democratic north / communist south
communist nation ruled by the U.S.S.R
20
The US had to take funding from where in order to finance the military?
Their intelligence agencies
The police
Education
Infrastructure
21
What periods did historians refer the First and Second Cold Wars to be?
1890-1947 / late 1965s
1946-1963/ late 1970s
1974 - 1989/ late 1990s
1924- 1943 / late 1960s
22
Which of the following is a country the Soviet Union made an effort to expand into?
Japan
Mexico
Bolivia
Greece
23
What was name of the brief period of "peace" between the USSR and the USA during the Cold War called?
The Grace call
The Détente period
The Edo period
The al Dente period
24
How did George Orwell describe the term "Cold War" in 1945
The fight Between The U.S.S.R. And the United States
A Fight Against Communism
Post World War II Global Politics
Another Term For "Red Scare"
25
What does Détente mean?
The invasion of third-world countries
Steady disarmament
The easing of hostility or strained relations, especially between countries
Cooked so as to be still firm when bitten
26
Gorbachev believed _ opened avenues for foreigners involvement in the USSR, while __ gave more freedom to Soviet people
troika and glostant
perestroika and glasnost
perestroika and glasnot
quagmire and perestroika
27
The hydrogen bomb was not as destructive as the atomic bomb.
True
False
28
Over what years did the Détente period take place?
late 1960s to late 1980s
late 1970s to early 2000s
early 1950 to late 1960s
late 1960s to late 1970s
29
On October 1962 Khrushchev sent a flee of ships transporting _____ to Cuba
Soviet soldiers
missiles capable of carrying nuclear war heads
resources like food aid and economic aid
manufactured items
30
What was the 38th parallel?
The blockade military line that got lifted from East & West Germany
Another name for the Berlin Wall
38° N Latitude where Japan was bombed
Line dividing North and South Korea
31
These episodes are similar to events earlier in the Cold War. What events are they referring to?
US successful removal of Iran's Mohammad Mossadegh
US successful removal of Cuba's Fidel Castro
Soviet military suppression of an uprising in Hungary
Soviet military suppression of an uprising in Poland
32
Many retrospective observers assert that there was always the possibility of global destruction during the Cold War
True
False
33
What is the position that European influence in the Western Hemisphere is negative?
Monroe Doctrine
Manifest Destiny
Truman Doctrine
Capitalist Theory
34
During the summer of 1989, the USSR's European satellites started to collapse due to uprisings. What did Gorbachev do?
Deployed military action
Began setting up more satellites
Tried peaceful negotiation
Nothing
35
The two Korea's have remained separated by a demilitarized zone known as the ...
DMZ
NATO
SKMZ
38th parallel
36
What does Détente translate into?
Straining
Firm
Loosening
Tightening
37
What is a "Second World"?
Neutral countries
The U.S.S.R. and its allies
Other nations( particularly ones coming out of colonial rule)
The U.S. and its allies
38
What was the wall that divided East Germany and West Germany ?
Wall of the East
The Dividing Wall
Soviet Wall
Berlin Wall
39
On May 7th, 1960 Soviets shot down an _____
U.S Navy ship
American U-2 Spy plane
Bordering Wall between East & West Germany
Chinese Communist Plane
40
What is the "Third World"
The U.S.S.R. and its allies
Other nations( particularly ones coming out of colonial rule)
The U.S. and its allies
Neutral countries
41
A governmental effort at reassuring citizens that nuclear war was survivable through fallout shelters was called the ...
Post War plan
Nuclear Plan
Shelter craze
Soviet Atomic Bomb plan
42
The Détente period was brought for practicality rather than ethnic agreement
True
False
43
Gorbachev's reforms made him popular both on the international stage and inside the USSR.
True
False
44
North Korea's invasion of South Korea marked the start of the Cold War's first large-scale .....
proxy war
division of a country
of the two superpowers power struggle in containing korea
isolation of east asia
45
When did the USSR officially dissolve?
December 26,1991
July 25, 1989
August 24, 1991
March 5, 2001
46
What kind of battle for moral supremacy was the Cold War?
Us-vs-them
every man for themselves
right vs wrong
No man left behind
47
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48
How did Carter's decision bite us in the butt?
Nuclear annihilation
US generals were assassinated in retaliation
al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Ladin was trained as a mjahideen
Thousands of Afghan civilians were killed in the air strikes
49
JFK inflamed tensions between the superpowers by sponsoring .....
American soldiers to help Cuba with the U.S.S.R
Nuclear weapons to give to Cuba
Attempted coup in Cuba by a makeshift army of U.S trained exiles
Financial & Resource aid to Cuba
50
While they still had an arsenal full of nuclear warheads, why was the USSR seen as "less threatening" in the 80s?
They were going bankrupt (broke)
They had internal conflicts
They began peace talks with Afghanistan
They were relinquishing control of many of their countries
51
Which of the following was not a stake of the Cold War?
Political Interference
Loss of territory
Economic Collapse
Nuclear Warfare
52
On what date did North Korea invade South Korea?
November 1, 1952
June 25th, 1950
July 27th 1953
March 5, 1953
53
What major armed conflict occurred during the "peaceful" Détente period?
The Vietnam War
The Bay of Pigs
The Korean War
The Iran-Contra Affair
54
What events do others point to as proof there could have been nuclear war? (2 ans)
NATO's Able Archer military exercise
The Bay of Pigs
The Detente period
The Cuban Missile Crisis
55
When did President Truman sign the document to implement the North Atlantic Treaty?
November 19, 2002
April 4, 1949
July 21, 1949
August 24, 1949
56
When did East Germany and West Germany become independent nations?
mid 1970s
mid 1940s
mid 1960s
mid 1950s
57
After Stalin's unexpected death who had eventually succeeded him?
Leonid Brezhnev
Nikolai Novikov
Mikhail Gorbachev
Nikita Khrushchev
58
The US used which agencies to spy on important civil rights leaders, such as MLK, Malcolm X, and James Baldwin? (2 ans)
CIA
FBI
COINTELPRO
MI6
59
How did Reagan establish his anticommunist credentials?
Setting up another Mccarthy-like persecution of commies
His outspoken support of Mccarthy
His testimony during the HUAC's investigation of Hollywood
His testimony during the Rosenberg trials
60
Who made accusations that the military/military officials had communists?
J. Edgar Hoover
JFK
Joseph McCarthy
HUAC
61
What is the "First World"?
The U.S. and its allies
The U.S.S.R. and its allies
Other nations( particularly ones coming out of colonial rule)
Neutral countries
62
Gorbachev met with which US president to declare the Cold War over?
Richard Nixon
Ronald Reagan
George H.W. Bush
George W. Bush
63
Out of the 600,000 UN troops sent to Korea in 1950 what was the percentage of soldiers from the U.S?
95%
97%
90%
91%
64
What date was the bomb, Little Boy, dropped on Hiroshima, Japan?
August 9, 1945
July 16, 1945
August 29, 1949
August 6, 1945
65
The ideological fight against the USSR and communism led to the oppression to which group(s) in America?
All of the above
Ethnic Minorities
Non-heterosexuals
Women
66
According to George Kennan, who won the Cold War?
The USSR
The US
No one
67
What was the name of George Kennan's famous report that was sent in February 1946?
The Long Telegram
The Truman Doctrine
The Lengthy Letter
The Zimmerman Telegram
68
Which of the following are NOT steps Gorbachev took to demonstrate his sincere wish for improved relations? ( 2 ans.)
Signing the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty
Withdrawing troops from Afghanistan
Releasing control of Ukraine and other Soviet states
Converting to capitalism
69
In August 1964 LBJ requested a substantial increase of ..... in Vietnam
U.S military presence
Recovery Aid/ Medics
Equipment
Nuclear Weapons/Weaponry
70
What date did President Truman issue his ultimatum demanding Japan's surrender?
July 16, 1945
July 26, 1945
September 2, 1945
December 7, 1941
71
Where did Winston Churchill give his famous "Iron Curtain" speech?
London, England
Berlin, Germany
Fulton, Missouri
Washington, D.C.
72
Who succeeded Carter as president in 1981?
Ronald Reagan
Richard Nixon
Grover Clevland
George H.W. Bush
73
The Détente ended when which president entered office?
Bush
Nixon
Reagan
Carter
74
Who shamed and discredited Joseph McCarthy on live television?
Julius Rosenberg
J.Edgar Hoover
Alger Hiss
Joseph Welch
75
Other than the USSR, the US also improved relations with who?
Cuba
North Korea
Argentina
The People's Republic of China
76
What caused the Cold War
A matter of some disagreement
When the U.S. invaded the U.S.S.R.
The killing of Archduke Ferdinand
Germany breaking the Treaty of Versailles
77
What did the U.S, France, and Great Britain want to do with their German territories?
divide them into east and west
form an alliance with the U.S.S.R for better relations.
combine them into a new independent state
Send German troops into South Korea's aid.
78
In 1949 the ____ was created after the victory of Mao Zedong's communist civil war after WW2
ARVN/ NVA
HUAC
Cultural Revolution
People's Republic of China
79
What was the ultimate downfall of Joseph McCarthy?
He accused the military/military officials of being communists
Leaked confidential information about the U.S.S.R
Officials revealed that he himself was a communist spy.
Negotiation about nuclear weaponry to communist spies.
80
In August 1963 the U.S and U.S.S.R signed what treaty?
Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty
81
Due to an inability to fight directly, how did the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. combat each other during the Cold War?
They placed troops in each others territories
They had their generals put their flag on the other countries territory
They used threats
82
What date was the second bomb, Fat Man, dropped on Nagasaki, Japan?
August 29, 1949
July 16, 1945
August 6, 1945
August 9, 1945
83
What did Carter do to show his disdain for Soviet involvement in Afghanistan?
Had the Soviet generals assassinated
Trained and funded guerilla fighter known as the mjahideen
Declared war against the USSR
Coordinated airstrikes on Soviet bases
84
UN troops had pushed back the North Korean military to the banks of the ....
Yellow River
Qiantang River
Yalu River
Yangtze River
85
Great Britain, France, and the U.S had begun preparations to combine their occupied __ territories
African
East Asia
German
South American
86
What happened on March 5th, 1953
Truman drops the atomic bombs on Nagasaki and Hiroshima
The Republic of China was created.
East Germany and West Germany became independent nations.
Stalin's death
87
Carter strenuously opposed Soviet invasion of which country?
Afghanistan
Iran
Honduras
Poland
88
Who was the leaders of North/ South Korea?
Lee Myung- bak / Baek Naeri
Roo Moo-hyun / Kim Yo Jung
Kim Jong Il / Kim Jong Un
Kim Il Sung/ Syngman Rhee
89
The raw monetary cost of what crippled Soviet economy?
The nuclear arms race
Gorbachev's lavish lifestyle
Reagan's "Star Wars"
The Space Race
90
What was the name of the pilot that was captured by the Soviets after being shot down in the U-2 spy plane?
Francis Gary Powers
George Kennan
Walter Lippmann
General Douglas MacArthur

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