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Cold War Asia and Cuba
Cold War Asia and Cuba
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1
The pictures
BEST
represent the
Berlin Airlift and Berlin Wall
Korean and Vietnam War
Bay of Pigs and Cuban Missile Crisis
2
After three years of fighting the Korean War, the border between North and South Korea
remained at approximately the 38th degree
shifted all the way to China
was removed, creating a united Korea
3
Each event is related to the rivalry between the U.S. and the USSR during the Cold War
EXCEPT
the race to be first on the moon
the U.S. decreasing educational funding
the Russian launching of Sputnik I
the U-2 Incident in Russia
4
Today, the area shaded green is a leading economic power in Asia despite
a conflict with China & the fear of a Chinese takeover
religious conflicts that threaten to tear the nation apart
a poor standard of living and low literacy rate
5
The Korean War began in 1950 when
both are correct
the communist South Korean army invade North Korea
the communist North Korean army invaded South Korea
6
After being defeated in the Chinese Civil War, Chiang Kai-shek and his Nationalist followers
fled to nearby Taiwan where they set up a democracy
were rounded up and executed
7
The motivation behind U.S. involvement in wars in Korea & Vietnam was to
stop the spread of communism
stop the Soviets from bringing missiles into the countries
prevent the outbreak of WW III
8
Name the leader from the country shaded yellow who oversaw a genocide during the 1970s.
Pol Pot
Slobodan Milosevic
Ho Chi Minh
9
Name the policy: If one country fell to communism it would lead to the fall of others nearby
the Great Purge
domino theory
theory of deterrence
the final solution
10
Answer the question based on the info & image.
the Truman doctrine
the policy of containment
the theory of deterrence
11
During the Cold War, the U.S. and the Soviet Union each spent tremendous sums of money on
nuclear weapons
fighting terrorism
restoring Europe after WW II
12
Select the answer that
best
completes the diagram.
Chiang Kai-shek
Mao Zedong
Joseph Stalin
13
At the end of the Chinese Civil War, China was divided into 2 separate nations –
China & Hong Kong
Hong Kong & Taiwan
India & Pakistan
China & Taiwan
14
All of the following are true of the Vietnam
EXCEPT
located in Southeast Asia
is a divided into Communist North & Democratic South today
determined to gain independence from Japan & later France
During Age of Imperialism controlled by France
15
Which answer best completes the chart?
Vietnam
China
Russia
Great Britain
16
Who was the North Vietnamese communist revolutionary leader?
Ho Chi Minh
Hideki Tojo
Mao Zedong
Chiang Kai-shek
17
Which 1962 incident is acknowledged to be the confrontation which nearly started a nuclear war?
building of the Berlin Wall
the blockade of Berlin & Berlin Airlift
the Cuban missile crisis
18
containment resulted in alliances against china & the soviet union & finally armed conflict in
China and Russia
Korea and Vietnam
Japan and Germany
19
The 2 political cartoons both depict what Cold War theory about the use of nuclear weapons?
Isolationism
Deterrence
Detente
Quarantine
20
How did President Kennedy respond to the buildup of nuclear weapons in Cuba?
He defeated Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev in arm wrestling
He immediately ordered an invasion of Cuba
He announced a naval quarantine around Cuba
21
Which is
NOT
true of the Chinese Civil War of the 1930s and 1940s?
blue
red
yellow
green
22
The quote & picture
both
support
nuclear disarmament treaties
the need for more nuclear weapons.
23
The two countries shaded in were occupied by what empire during World War II?
Russia
Japan
Great Britain
China