Cold War Unit Test

During the Cold War, major incidents took place in all of the following places, except:

The iron curtain was a metaphor for what?

The Bay of Pigs invasion was a complete failure

The Soviet Response to NATO was:

The Marshall Plan was designed to stop the spread of communism by providing:

Major foe of the U.S. during the Cold War

America’s goal during the Cold War was to:

Which event did the Soviet Union shoot down an American spy plane

The SALT treaties did what..

Which of the following was a US policy to stop the spread of communism?

John F. Kennedy was assassinated by...

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was initially formed to

The Berlin Wall was torn down in 1989

One way in which the Korean War and the Vietnam War are similar is that both:

The primary purpose of the United Nations is to:

The US achieved its goal of stopping the spread of communism during the Vietnam War?

One reason for the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961 was to:

The people of Berlin were fleeing from

One reason Mikhail Gorbachev implemented the policies of glasnost and perestroika in the Soviet Union was to...

The 38th parallel divides what 2 countries?

The destruction of the Berlin Wall and the breakup of the Soviet Union signify the:

1. The Cuban Missile Crisis was the closest the world has ever been to:

When one country falls to communism then the countries next to that country will also fall to communism is called what?

Why was the Cold War considered “cold”?

The events in these 2 headlines contributed to the:

Glasnost can be best described as...

Joseph McCarthy used what to take out his political enemies?

All of the following embarrassed the US during the Cold War except:

Who said: “And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country

Who said this in front of the Berlin Wall? Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!”