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A #history quiz to review for Chapter 18 Cold War
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1
What countries were involved in the Berlin Airlift of 1948?
Germany, U.S.
Great Britain, U.S.
France, U.S.
Great Britain, France
2
What is the United States’ goal in the Cold War?
spread communism
contain communism
world domination
destroy the East
3
What is the term for a very powerful/influential country during the Cold War?
influencer
super power
wrold dominator
communist
4
Chinese Communist program in late 1960s to purge China of non-revolutionaries; little red books
Chinese Cultural Revolution
Five Year Plans
Great Leap Forward
Red Spread
5
policy of openness, which ended censorship and encouraged criticism about the country’s problem
detente
containment
glasnost
iron curtain
6
What term describes the relaxation of tensions between US and USSR in 1970s?
detente
confirmation
glasnost
collectivization
7
What is the name of the military alliance that included the Soviet Union and satellite states?
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
Communist Crusaders
Collective Security Treaty Organization
Warsaw Pact
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What countries were allied with the Soviet Union at some point during the Cold War?
South Korea, Afghanistan, Yemen, Canada
North Korea, North Vietnam, Cuba, China
China, Canada, Yemen, France
North Vietnam, Cuba, Afghanistan, France
9
a communist victory in S Vietnam would cause non-communist governments to fall to communism
domino theory
communist bargaining
SE Asian communist spread
glasnost
10
Military strategy that deters the use of nuclear weapons because both sides will be destroyed
guerrillas
domino theory
red scare
mutually assured destruction (MAD)
11
What did the Berlin Wall separate?
Allied powers
USSR and Siberia
East and West Berlin
traditional European suburbs
12
A point around the 38
th
parallel which serves as a buffer zone between North and South Korea
demilitarized zone (DMZ)
meeting zone
Korean Wall
military alliances
13
What ultimately caused the fall of the Soviet Union?
failure to spread communism
US finally using an atomic bomb to deter communism in USSR
loss at the Battle of Stalingrad
Little money, could not compete with the U.S.
14
Groups of loosely organized Vietnamese soldiers making surprise raids on troops
militia
guerrillas
Minh's men
capitalist forces
15
What is the term describing the barrier separating the Soviet bloc and the West?
red scare
iron curtain
containment
Maginot Line
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Keeping communism within its existing boundaries and preventing further expansion
containment
guerrillas
demilitarized zone
glasnost
17
Who coined the term “iron curtain” in a famous speech in 1946?
Joseph Stalin
Mikhail Gorbachev
Winston Churchill
Woodrow Wilson
18
What is the name of military alliance that included the US, Great Britain, Canada, and France?
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
Collective Security Treaty Organization
Warsaw Pact
Capitalist Crusaders