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The United States rebuilt Japan after WWII.
False
True
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What was the Berlin airlift?
When the USA dropped supplies of food, water to the Germans
Beliefs that form a country's political and economic system
A new atomic weapon
A wall built by the Soviet Union to keep East Germans inside
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What was the result of the Korean war?
Democratic South Korea defeated the communist North Korea
America defeated both Koreas
Communist North Korea defeated the democratic South
It ended in a tie splitting Korea into North & South
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Communism
A new type of bomb
A wall built by the Soviet Union to keep EastGermans inside
When government owns all business and citizens own nothing
When the USA dropped supplies of food, water to theGermans
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Soviet Union
A trade worker's union
A small country near France
The communist Russian empire also known as USSR
A defense treaty alliance between 28 democratic countries
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America occupied Japan after WWII
False
True
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What is the United Nations
A professional soccer team.
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization
An organization of nations that tries to prevent future wars
The rebuilding of Europe after the war.
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West Germany, France, England, Italy, were Western Bloc countries
False
True
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Communist dictatorship
citizens elect leaders, own property, free market business
no elections, one person controls all power
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Atomic Bomb
an explosive device that uses nuclear energy
A symbol of the "iron curtain"
A small country near France
A new type of automobile
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Eastern Bloc countries
Communist countries controlled by the Soviet Union
Free democratic countries that elect their leaders
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Western Bloc countries
Communist countries controlled by the Soviet Union
countries were free democratic countries
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What is NATO? (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
When the USA dropped supplies of food, water to the Germans
An alliance between the USA and 28 democratic countries
A symbol of the "iron curtain"
A wall built by the Soviet Union to keep East Germans inside
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How did the Korean War start?
The Korean peninsula tried to break up with China
Communist North Korea attacked democratic South Korea.
Communist North Korea insulted South Korea's mom.
Japan Attacked South Korea
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Japan became a strong ally (friend) of the USA after WWII
True
False
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Japan become a democracy after WWII
False
True
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What was the result of the Cuban missile crisis?
America surrendered to Cuba and became communist.
America backed down and let the Cubans keep the missiles.
Cuba surrendered to the USA and became democratic.
After a two week standoff Soviets removed the missiles
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Poland, East Germany, Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria were Eastern Bloc countries.
True
False
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America rebuilt Japan after WWII
False
True
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How did America get involved in the Korean War?
America dropped another atomic bomb.
America sent military forces to help democratic south Korea
America sent military forces to help China
America sent military forces to help communist North Korea
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containment
a military strategy to stop the expansion of communism
Beliefs that form a country's political andeconomic system
When Soviet Union put nuclear missiles in Cuba
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What was the Berlin Wall?
A defense treaty between 8 communist countries
A wall built by the Soviet Union to keep East Germans commun
A defense treaty alliance between 28 democratic countries
A missile defense shield
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Why was America and the Soviet Union afraid to go to war?
They were the only two countries that had Nuclear bombs
They ran out of bullets
They were wimps
They started to like each other after WWII
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Democratic and Capitalist system
no government or rules at all
a king rules by devine right
citizens elect leaders, prices are set by the free market
All power is controlled by one person
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Truman Doctrine
The plan to rebuild Europe after WWII
A wall built by the SovietUnion to keep East Germans inside
A gov't that owns business and sets prices
Pres. Truman's policy to support free democratic countries
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What was the Cuban Missile crisis?
America bombed the Cubans with nuclear missiles.
Cuba bombed America with nuclear missiles
Soviet Union placed nuclear missiles in Cuba near Florida
The USA ran out of nuclear missiles
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What was the "Cold War"
A government where citizens elect their leaders
Tension between the USA & Soviet Union without real fighting
When Soviet Union put nuclear missles in Cuba
A war fought in the winter
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What was the Marshall Plan?
A new atomic weapon
The plan to rebuild Europe after WWII
The secret plan to win WWII
A defense treaty alliance between 28 democratic countries
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What could happen in a nuclear war?
The Soviet Union would win
People would all glow and wouldn't need light bulbs anymore
All life on Earth could die out
The USA would win
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What does ideology mean?
Beliefs that form a country's political and economic system.
A gov't that owns business and sets prices
Tension between the USA & Soviet Union without fighting
A symbol of the "iron curtain"
