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Ch. 17 Cold War
Ch. 17 Cold War
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What was the Marshall Plan's strategy for Europe?
Rebuild war-ravaged Europe.
Rescue the starving people of Berlin.
Give more power to the world's presidents.
Unify the US armed forces.
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Why did China come under Communist control?
Guerilla warfare against the Japanese.
Corruption within the Communist Party.
U.S. financial assistance
Social and economic problems.
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What was the Cold War?
a rivalry between cold and hot climate zones
a rivalry between democracy and totalitarianism
a rivalry between communism and capitalism
a rivalry between two superpower nations
4
What showdown between Kennedy and Khrushchev in 1962 came close to war b/w the USA & USSR?
The Space Race
The Cuban Missile Crisis
The Berlin Airlift
The Berlin Wall
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Which two nations are the "Superpowers" of the Cold War?
Great Britain
U.S.S.R.
China
United States
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What "hot" conflict of the Cold War resulted in a unified, communist nation after the US left?
the Vietnam War
the Korean War
the Soviet blockade
the Cuban missile crisis
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Where did China's nationalist leaders establish themselves?
Tokyo
Beijing
Taiwan
Hong Kong
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What happened when the Soviet Union blockaded the city of Berlin?
The Soviet Union put missiles in Cuba in retaliation.
USA, France, & Britain flew supplies to the city-an airlift
Both East and West Berlin fell to Soviet control
The Berlin Wall was build to keep the USSR out of Berlin
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Why did the Soviet Union and its allies form the Warsaw Pact?
Setting up a blockade in Romania.
Creation of NATO by democratic nations.
Building the Berlin Wall.
Boycotting the United Nations.
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What conflict of the Cold War ended up much as it started, with a communist/democratic tie?
the Vietnam War
China's Communist Revolution
All of these
the Korean War
11
Which nations took control of Germany after World War II?
Britain, France, USA, Soviet Union
Spain, United States, Russia, Italy
Italy, Soviet Union, Britain, Japan
Poland, Austria, France, Denmark
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What communist leader first took actions to start the Cold War?
Stalin
Gorbachev
Khruschev
Lenin
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What began the Korean War?
North Korea invaded South Korea.
South Korea invaded North Korea.
The Chinese invaded North Korea.
The Soviets launched missiles in North Korea.
14
After World War II, what happened to the countries in Eastern Europe?
They became controlled (satellites) by the Soviet Union
They rebuilt with help from the Marshall Plan.
They became Third World countries
They experienced an economic miracle, like Japan.
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Who was the communist leader of Vietnam?
Ho Chi Minh
Chiang Kai-Shek
Fidel Castro
Mao Zedong
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Why was the EEC created?
To limit trade between Western European nations.
To spread communism.
To promote free trade in Western Europe by limiting taxing.
To stop capitalism
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Why were people escaping from communist Eastern Europe to democratic nations in Western Europe?
They wanted a less controlling government.
They wanted to spy on Western Europeans for the home country
They were forced to do so by the Marshall Plan.
They wanted a better standard of living.
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Who took power in China in 1949 in a revolution?
Ho Chi Minh and the VietCong
Mao Zedong and the Communist Party
Hootie and the Blowfish
Nikita Khrushchev and the Soviets
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Why was NASA created?
to compete with the USSR in a space race
to promote free trade among member nations
because the USSR sent up the satellite Sputnik
in response to the creation of NATO
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The imaginary line that separated communism from democracy in Europe (named by Churchill) was
the 38th parallel
the Iron Curtain
the Berlin Wall
the demilitarized zone
