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7th Grade NC Social Studies Review of the Cold War
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1
Which was another theme of the cold war?
Baby Boomers
Proliferation of Nuclear Arms
Weather Changes
Disagreement about financial spending
2
The Soviet policy of open discussion of political & social issues instituted by Gorbachev.
Sputnik
Perestroika
Gulag
Glastnost
3
This war began by militants crossing the 38th parallel and ended in a stalemate:
Vietnam
Cold
Korea
Desert Storm
4
Which of these reflects a theme of the cold war?
Tensions between the USSR & Korea
Tensions between Soviet Union & the US
Tensions between the Communists & Fascists
Tensions between the US & China
5
This FBI director at the time of McCarthyism abused power searching for communists in the US.
Hoover
Potsdam
Yalta
Marshall
6
USSR didn't like sharing Berlin & blocked all access points into this part of the city:
East
North
South
West
7
How many nuclear bombs have been used in war?
two
zero
five
unknown
8
The Blockade made Soviets look greedy. This encouraged non-communist countries to create:
CIA
UN
NAFTA
NATO
9
This support organization was organized by and for communist countries:
The Potsdam Pact
The Warsaw Pact
The CCCP Pact
The Poland Pact
10
Who was the first person to use the term, IRON CURTAIN?
Kennedy
Kruschev
Rosenberg
Churchill
11
Who fought in the Bay of Pigs?
Exiles
Soviet Soldiers
US Soldiers
Paid Moles
12
Which countries were part of the "Occupation Zone" of Germany after WWII?
France, USSR, Great Britain, Germany
US, France, Great Britain
US, USSR, Great Britain, Italy
USSR, France, Great Britain, US
13
Which name was not a president during the cold war?
Kennedy
Truman
Roosevelt
Eisenhower
14
USSR uses barbed wire fencing & armed guards, later fortifying with concrete barriers called:
East Berliners
Berlin Fortress
Berlin Wall
Berlin Barracade
15
Senator Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin, investigated thousands of people suspected as what?
espionage
secret police
communism
mole
16
Name of the plane that could fly up to 70,000 feet and take satellite pictures
REM
U2
KGB
Bono
17
Which of these is considered a cause of the Cold War?
Need for land
Lack of weapons
Poor economies
Superiority in Space
18
This was not a reason the US flourished after WWII:
Proliferation of offspring called Baby Boomers
The land was not decimated from war
Jobs were widely available for returning soldiers
War factories started making non-war items
19
The Marshall Plan, giving billions of dollars to Europe to rebuild was very successful!
False
True
20
This country agreed to store Soviet nuclear missiles, aimed at the US:
Jamaica
Haiti
Cuba
Dominican Republic
21
The US entered this war to fight communism, but eventually withdrew due to large fatalities.
Viet Cong War
Saigon War
Korean War
Vietnam War
22
Last name of the American born couple who spied for the Soviets and gave away nuclear secrets:
Rosenberg
McCarthy
Venova
Espionage
23
Worried about the domino effect of communism, the US believed in the strategy of:
espionage
containment
perestroika
isolationism
24
The Truman Plan, to help contain communism, was for two countries: Turkey and
Czechoslovakia
Greece
Hungary
Italy
25
US President that helped contain communism through "devious, covert operations".
Eisenhower
Truman
Kennedy
Nixon