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What is the policy of lessening Cold War tensions?
brinkmanship
détente
Perestroika
SALT
2
What was the treaty that limited the number of ICBM missiles signed by the U.S. & U.S.S.R?
SALT
Glasnost
S-Ban Treaty
Perestroika
3
Mikhail Gorbachev's policy of unsuccessful economic reform in the Soviet Union
brinkmanship
Glasnost
détente
Perestroika
4
The term the “Iron Curtain” originated by Winston Churchill. Where was he referring to?
Indochina
Middle East
Eastern Europe
China
5
What is the alliance among the Soviet Union and seven satellite states in Eastern Europe?
NATO
Warsaw Pact
Perestroika
Glasnost
6
Who was the leader of USSR in the 1950’s-1960’s?
Leonid Brezhnev
Joseph Stalin
Nikita Khrushchev
Mikhail Gorbachev
7
Who was the first U.S. President to go to China?
John F. Kennedy
Ronald Reagan
Lyndon Johnson
Richard Nixon
8
Who was the U.S. President during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Ronald Reagan
John F. Kennedy
Richard Nixon
Lyndon Johnson
9
Which of the following is the best answer for the start of the Korean War?
The death of Sun Yat-sen
The Japanese invasion of Manchuria
North Korean invasion of South Korea
South Korean invasion of North Korea
10
What happened to Germany after WWII?
Germany was divided in zones, then became East & W. Germany
Germany took responsibility for the war and pay reparations
German Nationals refused to admit blame for the war
Germany had to give up its colonies to France
11
Which of the following was one of the goals of the Marshall Plan (1947)?
fund the construction of the iron curtain
rebuild the economy of Western Europe
provide defensive weapons to Great Britain
bring Nazi war criminals to trial in Nuremberg
12
Which country launched the first satellite into space,
SputnikI
on October 4, 1957?
Germany
The United States
The Soviet Union
China
13
While democratic elections were allowed in West Germany, East Germany
fell to communism
joined the United Nations
won its independence
began war with the Soviets
14
President Nixon’s Vietnamization policy emphasized that the United States must
open trade relations with a unified Vietnam.
empower South Vietnamese forces to take over in combat.
defeat communism in Vietnam to preserve other countries.
Burt Block is your Supreme Commander.
15
The Bay of Pigs was a failed attempt to overthrow
Anastasio Somozoa
Fidel Castro
Fulgencio Batista
Burt El Blocko
16
Which of the following was
NOT
one of the agreements made during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
The U.S. would not invade Cuba
The Soviets would withdraw their nuclear weapons from Cuba.
The U.S. and U.S.S.R. would stop building nuclear weapons.
The U.S. would remove missiles fromTurkey.
17
What was Mao’s policy to re-start the revolution by starting peasant uprisings?
Indochina Revolution
the 5 year plan
red guards
cultural revolution
18
Which of the following doctrines promised to aid nations struggling against communist movement?
Eisenhower Doctrine
Marshall Plan
Monroe Doctrine
Truman Doctrine
19
Who was the leader of communist Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Burt El Blocko
Kim Ill Sung
Fidel Castro
Fulgencio Batista
20
What is the policy of lessening Cold War tensions between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. called?
brinkmanship
Perestroika
détente
Glasnost
21
Who was the General of the U.S. and U.N troops during the Korean Conflict?
Fidel Castro
General Burt Block
Douglas MacArthur
Dwight Eisenhower
22
Which event is most closely associated with the end of the Cold War?
tearing down the Berlin Wall
withdrawal of United States troops from Vietnam
President Richard Nixon’s visit to China
sending United States troops to Afghanistan
23
Who was the first communist leader of North Korea?
Kim Jong-un
Kim Ill Sung
Mao Zedong
Nikita Khrushchev
24
What was one of Stalin’s goals in Eastern Europe?
to plant democracy in the area
to spread communism into the area
to stop the spread of communism
to allow free elections
25
Who was the leader after China’s civil war had ended?
Mao Zedong
Jiang Jieshi
Faizal Eben
Naku Shun
26
What is the policy of limiting communism to the areas already under Soviet control called?
containment
brinkmanship
détente
SALT
27
What were Gorbachev's social reform that ended religious bans & censorship in the Soviet Union?
Warsaw Pact
perestroika
glasnost
détente
28
The state of tension between nations w/o armed conflict between the main rivals was known as
the iron curtain
the world war
the Cold War
the Marshall Plan
29
Which country joined the Korean War after U.N. forces reached North Korea?
Soviet Union
Vietnam
Japan
China
30
Who was the soviet Leader who reformed the USSR in the 1980s?
Nikita Khrushchev
Joseph Stalin
Leonid Brezhnev
Mikhail Gorbachev
31
What is the military alliance among the U.S., Canada, & nine Western European countries called?
SALT
Perestroika
Warsaw Pact
NATO
32
What economic system was used to reshape China's economy after the civil war?
communism
social democracy
laissez faire
capitalism
33
The Warsaw pact was Soviet reaction to what U.S. led action
The Marshall Plan
U.S. military action in North Korea
The creation of NATO
The Truman doctrine
34
What is the practice of going to the verge of war in order to win an advantage over a enemy?
end game
brinkmanship
détente
Domino Theory
35
The U.S., U.S.S.R.(Russia), Britain, France, &______are permanent members of he United Nations.
Germany
Japan
Canada
China
36
Following the United States’ military withdrawal from Vietnam in 1973, Vietnam
remained divided between North and South
became a democratic nation
was quickly taken over by China
adopted a communist form of government
37
All of the following were conflicts during the Cold War
EXEPT
Vietnam
Korea
London
Berlin
38
Which best describes the underlying causes of the Cold War?
economic & political differences between the U.S. & U.S.S.R.
the destruction of Europe and Asia during WW 2
the remaining anger of enemies former of World War II
bitter personal disputes between Stalin and Truman
39
What did the U.S. offer to strengthen democratic governments in Europe?
the arms race
the Berlin airlift
the United Nations
the Marshall Plan
40
What is the dividing line between North an d South Korea is known as?
The Great Divided
24th Parallel
38th Parallel
The Korean Divide
41
The Soviet Union set up the __________ in response to efforts from the West to reunify Germany.
Berlin Blockade
Berlin Airlift
Iron Curtain
German Democratic Republic
42
Who was the leader of Red China after the revolution until 1970s?
Nikita Khrushchev
Kim Ill Sung
Kim Jong-un
Mao Zedong
43
What was the purpose of the Truman Doctrine?
to raise funds for Communist activities in Europe
to judge political parties that favored communism
to create a Communist party in the United States
to support countries that rejected communism
44
What were the Soviet controlled border nations between U.S.S.R. and the West in Europe called?
the wall
satellite nations
NATO
SALT Nations
45
How did the U.S. respond to the Berlin Blockade?
appeasing the East Germans by handing them West Berlin
declaring war on East Germany
allied with NATO to fight the East Germans
using airplanes to supply West Berlin for 327 days
