The Cold War

Question 1

The international crisis that occurred regarding missiles in Cuba was called _________________________.

Accepted Answer

the Cuban Missile Crisis

Question 2

The Soviet Union was the name Russia adopted after the Communist Revolution of ______________.

Accepted Answer

1917

Question 3

A competition to get more and more powerful weapons is called ________________________.

Accepted Answer

an arms race

Question 4

Cuba is _______________ miles from Florida.

Accepted Answer

90

Question 5

Because the Soviets worked people to death in prison, Solzhenitsyn called the Russian gulags the _______________________

Accepted Answer

Destructive Labor Camp

Question 6

The Soviets built the Berlin Wall through the middle of the city so that those in East Berlin _________________.

Accepted Answer

could not escape

Question 7

This is a symbol of what holiday?

Accepted Answer

Saint Patrick&#x27;s Day

Question 8

_________________________ is when you prevent something from spreading.

Accepted Answer

containment

Question 9

The President at the beginning of the Cold War was _______________________.

Accepted Answer

Harry S Truman

Question 10

This is the flag of the Qing dynasty of ___________________.

Accepted Answer

China

Question 11

World War II British Prime Minister Winston Churchill said there was ______________________between the West and East.

Accepted Answer

Iron Curtain

Question 12

The greatest character in Mario Kart is _______________________.

Accepted Answer

Mario, Toad, Luigi, Yoshi

Question 13

Robert Kennedy wrote a memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis called __________________________.

Accepted Answer

Thirteen Days

Question 14

The name of this ordinary guy is ______________________.

Accepted Answer

Emmett

Question 15

Through a series of diplomatic actions, President _____________ convinced the Russians to not set up missiles in Cuba.

Accepted Answer

Kennedy

Question 16

After World War II, the Soviets set up countries controlled by them in _________________________________.

Accepted Answer

Eastern Europe

Question 17

The word Labor means ___________________.

Accepted Answer

work

Question 18

The Cold War was the political conflict between ___________________ and the United States from 1945-1991.

Accepted Answer

the Soviet Union

Question 19

This mysterious Pokemon is _________________________

Accepted Answer

Blastiose

Question 20

A ______________________ is someone that does something for you so you do not have to do it yourself.

Accepted Answer

proxy

Question 21

This is the flag of the country of _______________________.

Accepted Answer

Taiwan

Question 22

The city of ______________ was divided after World War II between the Allies and the Soviets.

Accepted Answer

Berlin

Question 23

Some of the places Russia and the United States fought proxy wars were Vietnam and _____________________.

Accepted Answer

Korea

Question 24

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovitch is the story of one 24 hour day in the life of __________________.

Accepted Answer

a zek, a gulag prisoner

The Cold War

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The Cold War

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