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Unit 10: Cold War
Unit 10: Cold War
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Race between the USA and the Soviet Union to explore advanced technology during the Cold War.
NATO
Arms Race
Cold War
Trench Warfare
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Which of the following was a proxy war?
American Revolution
Vietnam War
Haitian Revolution
World War I
3
Islamic extremist group that controlled Afghanistan with fundamentalist Islam
Al Queda
Isis
Basque
Taliban
4
The Warsaw Pact was formed to
American involvement in Vietnam
Create a military alliance with SU & Eastern Europeannations
West German economic success
British and French dominance in Africa & Middle East
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What is a proxy war?
Religious wars
war supported by a power that is not actually involved
wars over territory
A war over who gets to use a proxy server
6
What policy did President Truman develop in response to Soviet expansion in Eastern Europe?
Containment
Communism
Flexible Response
Isolationism
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Which group of people were targeted in the Darfur genocide?
Tutsi
Hutu rebels
Men, women, children
educated people
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Who was the Rwandan genocide between?
Muslims and Christians
Israelis and Arabs
Jews and Nazis
Hutu's and Tutsi's
9
What was the Cambodian Genocide?
a group of people that would be tortured and killed
a group of people who went to war
someone who helps out the people
people who helped the government
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The US entered this war to fight communism, but eventually withdrew due to large fatalities
Saigon War
Viet Cong War
Vietnam War
Korean War
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What were the Chinese people protesting in China during the Tianamen Square protests?
Freedom of Democracy
Gender Equality
Food Shortage
Racism
12
Who was the leader of the Salt March?
Nelson Mandela
Gandhi Mohandas
Mohandas Gandhi
The Pope
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International organization formed to promote peace and end conflicts between countries.
OPEC
UN
NATO
USDA
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What is the Iron Curtain?
It was an imaginary line that divided America.
Created racial tensions between Western & Eastern Europeans
It built a physical wall between Eastern and Western Europe
Imaginary line that divided communism and non communism
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Mother Teresa's vision was to...
build an organization with thousands of co-workers
be successful
Love God and help the the poor
be as poor as possible
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What did Khomeini promise to bring to Iran?
equally distributed food supplies
equal rights for women
a wall
traditional religious values
17
Golda Meir was the _____ Prime Minister of Israel and first woman to be elected at position.
4th
1st
7th
3rd
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Responsible for the 9/11 attacks on the United States
Isis
Al Queda
North Korea
Syrians
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What groups of people were mostly targeted by the Khmer Rouge?
Former government leaders
People of Western and Asian descent
Educated people (doctors, teachers, monks, etc.)
Poverty-stricken people (peasants, maids, unemployed)
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Country that agreed to store Soviet nuclear missiles, aimed at the US:
Dominican Republic
Jamaica
Haiti
Cuba
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A barrier that divided communist East Berlin from non communist West Berlin.
Berlin Wall
Great Wall of China
Iron Curtain
Tower of Babel
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Military alliance among 26 to help each other if attacked by the Soviet Union.
NATO
Warsaw Pact
EU
UN
23
Where did the genocide in Darfur take place?
Botswana
Sudan
Chad
Kenya
24
War between North and South Korea over communism from 1950 to 1953
Korean War
NATO
Vietnam War
Cuban Missile Crisis
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What was the purpose of containment?
The protests towards the Vietnam War
The formation of NATO.
Stop the spread of communism
Stop the perceived threat of capitalist expansion
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Tension after World War II between powers in the Eastern Bloc and powers in the Western Bloc.
Arab/Israeli Conflict
Cold War
Berlin Wall
Arms Race
