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This quiz is a review for a unit on the Cold War. #worldhistory #coldwar #highschoollevel
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1
What reason did the East Germans give for putting up the Berlin Wall?
Keep in their own people
keep out NATO
Keep out illegal immigrants
keep out Fascists
2
Which reform restructured the Soviet economy?
Glasnost
Demokratizatsiya
Perestroika
3
He was first Soviet hockey player to be allowed to leave the USSR and play in the NHL.
Anotoli Tsarov
Alexei Kasatonov
<p>Slava Fetisov</p>
Viktor Tikohonov
4
Which Soviet leader started a series of reforms in the late 80s?
Leonid Brehznev
Joesph Stalin
Mikhail Gorbachev
<p>Nikita Kruschev</p>
5
The acronym for the Soviets and Americans destroying each other in a nuclear war was
NATO
MAD
NAFTA
SALT
6
What tried to make China into an industrial power but failed, causing 30 million deaths?
Great Leap Forward
Khmer Rouge
Cultural Revolution
Vietnam War
7
The eventual U.S. foreign policy that was created was called
America First
Detente
Isolationism
Containment
8
What did the people of Prague want in 1968?
better relationship with the U.S.
MTV
more democratic reforms
to get out of the Warsaw Pact
9
During the Cuban Missile Crisis, the United States put a ____________ on Cuba.
quarantine
sanction
blockade
missile
10
Both the Soviet Union and the U.S. spent massive amounts of money on
education
nuclear weapons
propaganda
cultural programs
11
Which country aligned with the Soviet Union because it was fighting a civil war?
Angola
Nicaragua
India
Egypt
12
Who was the first animal the Soviets sent up in space?
<p>Laika</p>
Yuri
Bobo
Demetri
13
The main concern of the Allies at Yalta and Potsdam was about
whether the alliance should break up
how to pay for the war
what to do with Eastern Europe
what to do with Nazi leaders
14
Which Cold War event put the U.S. at its highest DEFCON level (2)?
Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
Cuban Missile Crisis
<p>Berlin Blockade</p>
Korean War
15
Which of the following was not a problem in the USSR during the end of the Cold War?
lack of consumer goods
massive emmigration
rising internal dissent
too much money spent on nukes
16
What are the children in this picture doing?
duck and cover drill
tornado drill
lock down
fire drill
17
What is this U2 spy plane photo showing?
hydroelctric dam in China
nuclear launch site in Turkey
nuclear reactor in Chernobyl
nuclear warhead launch site in Cuba
18
The Red Scare saw Senator McCarthy accusing people in the U.S. of being
communist
unpatriotic
traitors
anarchists
19
What type of war was fought in Vietnam?
guerilla
trench
nuclear
naval
20
Because of the Space Race, both the Soviet Union and the U.S. put a great emphasis on
client states
the military
education in science & math
legal system
21
The formation of the Congress of People's Deputies was an example of
Glasnost
Demokratizatsiya
Perestroika
22
What was the communist group that wanted to make Cambodia into a agricultural state?
Red Shirts
Khmer Rouge
Viet Cong
<p>Reds</p>
23
This country was communist but did not have a good relationship with the USSR.
Angola
China
Cuba
East Germany
24
What is the photo illustrating about life in the U.S. during the Cold War?
Civil Rights Movement
suburbanization
good education system
personal freedoms
25
A result of the "Iron Curtain" was the creation of this alliance:
Central Powers
NATO
Allies
Warsaw Pact
26
Which Eastern European country first broke away from the USSR?
Hungary
East Germany
Czechoslovakia
Poland
27
The Soviet invasion of ______________ led the U.S. to boycott the Moscow Olympic games.
Syria
Afghanistan
Iran
Pakistan
28
What was the reform that allowed greater freedom of expression?
perestroika
demokratizatsiya
glasnost
29
The Vietnam War spilled over into neighboring ____________, allowing Pol Pot to take over.
China
Cambodia
Laos
Thailand
30
Who made this speech about the future of Europe?
Joseph Stalin
President Rossevelt
Presisdent Truman
Winston Churchill
31
A massive aid package to counter communism was offered by the United States called
Truman Plan
Freedom Plan
Operation Vittles
Marshall Plan
32
The first test of the new American foreign policy came in
Korea
Nicaragua
Armenia
Vietnam
33
These were the rebels in Afghanistan that fought the Soviets with weapons from the U.S.
Contras
Viet Cong
Mujahideen
Khmer Rouge
34
Which of the following countries was a member of the Warsaw Pact?
Poland
Finland
United Kingdom
West Germany
35
Most countries in this region aligned themselves with the U.S.
<p>Eastern Europe</p>
<p>Middle East</p>
Latin America
Africa
36
Who is in this picture?
Joseph Stalin
Mao Zedong
Deng Xioping
Ho Chi Minh
37
These militant students enforced the policies of the Cultural Revolution.
May 4th Movement
Red Guard
Red Shirts
Black Shirts
38
What is the photo illustrating about life in a communist country during the Cold War?
poor court system
long lines
shortage of food
universal health care
39
Which side of the Berlin Wall is this image showing?
East side
West side
40
What is going on in the video?
collapse of the Iron Curtain
fall of Red Square
fall of the Berlin Wall
Berlin Blockade
41
The Vietnam War was fought between the _____________ of the north and South Vietnam/U.S.
Maoists
Reds
Khmer
Viet Cong
42
Where did the most violence occur as people tried to take down the communist government?
East Germany
Czechoslovakia
Romania
Bulgaria
43
The Americans "won" the Space Race by
sending the first man in space
sending the first satelite in space
landing on the moon
sending the first woman in space
44
After Stalin died in 1953, the _____________ was formed to counter NATO.
Axis Powers
Central Powers
Triple Alliance
Warsaw Pact
45
The Soviet Union tried to blockade the city of
Berlin
Budapest
Warsaw
Prague
46
The Korean War was mostly a stalemate, beginning and ending at the
Pusan Perimeter
38th Parallel
Chinese border
Seoul
47
Which of the following was a similarity between Soviet and American ways of life?
free elections
<p>dachas</p>
good education systems
many consumer choices
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The USSR had tight control of places like East Germany & Czechoslovakia as seen in
Korean War
Vietnam War
<p>Cuban Missile Crisis</p>
Prague Spring
