Tompkins Cold War Review

Question 1

General Douglas MacArthur argued that the Korean War

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should be extended into a war against China.

Question 2

Collective defense treaty signed by the Soviet Union & its 7 Eastern Block satellite states.

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Warsaw Pact

Question 3

The closest the world ever came to nuclear war.

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Cuban Missile Crisis

Question 4

What was the Berlin airlift a response to?

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Soviet blockade of West Berlin

Question 5

USSR exploded its first atomic bomb in 1949.

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Arms race

Question 6

A failed military invasion of Cuba undertaken by the CIA.

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Bay of Pigs

Question 7

A competition between two or more states to have superior armed forces.

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Arms race

Question 8

Of the following participants in the Korean War, which fought on the side of the Communists?

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China

Question 9

American foreign policy that had the purpose to counter Soviet expansion during the Cold War by providing armaments.

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Truman Doctrine

Question 10

Socialist state to the north fought against capitalist south & in the end Communism wins.

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Vietnam War

Question 11

The 38th parellel became an important dividing line between...

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North and South Korea.

Question 12

How did the U.S. respond to the Soviet's first explosion of the atomic bomb?

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by exploding a hydrogen bomb

Question 13

Socialist state to the north fought against the capitalist south & in the end remained divided.

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Korean War

Question 14

Competition between the Soviet Union and the US for dominance in spaceflight capability.

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Space race

Question 15

American initiative to aid Western Europe with economic assistance to rebuild their economies.

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Marshall Plan

Question 16

The first satellite launched into space was

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Sputnik

Question 17

It is a geopolitical strategy to stop the expansion of an enemy.

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Containment

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The practice of making accusations of subversion or treason without proper regard for evidence.

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McCarthyism

Question 19

A state with a dominant position that is characterized by its extensive ability to influence the world.

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superpower

Question 20

Guarded barrier that physically & ideologically divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989.

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Berlin Wall

Question 21

A period of geopolitical tension between the Soviet Union &. The United States.

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Cold War

Question 22

What are border nations between the USSR and the West serving as a buffer zone called?

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Satellite Nations

Question 23

Communists gained control of the mainland and forced the nationalists to retreat to Taiwan.

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Chinese Civil War

Question 24

Alliance between North America & European countries to provide a system of collective defense.

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NATO

Question 25

Who gave a speech claiming "an iron curtain" has fallen across Europe?

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Winston Churchill

Question 26

The HUAC's job was to

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Find Communists in key industries that helped shape public opinion

Question 27

Who is best known for investigating communism in the film industry?

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HUAC

Question 28

It is an armed conflict between 2 states which act on behalf of others that aren’t directly involved.

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Proxy War

Question 29

It symbolized the efforts by the Soviet Union to block itself from open contact with the West.

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Iron Curtain

Question 30

After World War II, Germany was split in four by the United States, Great Britain, France and

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Soviet Union

Question 31

Stalin decided to gain control of West Berlin and blocked Western Allies access to the city.

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Berlin Airlift

Question 32

Who was the leader of the communists in China?

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Mao Zedong

Question 33

The alliance between the Soviet Union and its allies during the Cold War was called

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Warsaw Pact

Question 34

Apollo 11 landed on the moon on July 16, 1969.

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Space Race

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