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1
What happened right after the Potsdam Conference?
Truman fired MacArthur.
Military forces reached a stalemate at the Korean border.
Truman ended the blockade of West Berlin.
Stalin occupied eastern Europe and set up communist govts.
2
The Iron Curtain divided which two regions:
Europe and Soviet Union
Europe and Asia
Europe and the Mediterranean Sea
Western Europe and Eastern Europe
3
Why was Germany divided after WWII?
Stalin built the Berlin Wall.
Stalin blockaded the country.
Allies set up occupation zones.
Germany voted to divide.
4
Theory that if one country fell to communism, nearby countries would too:
Brinkmanship Theory
Domino Theory
Containment Theory
Monopoly Theory
5
What sea borders a country affected by the Truman Doctrine?
Black Sea
North Sea
Baltic Sea
Caspian Sea
6
Was was the result of the Korean War?
Nationalists fled to Taiwan.
Korea remained divided at the 38th parallel.
Fear of communism in Asia ended.
Communism took over all of Korea.
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What was the result of MacArthur's invasion of North Korea?
The Soviet Union entered the war to support North Korea.
Soviet Union entered the war to support South Korea.
the US blockaded China's border.
China entered the war and drove his troops back.
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Why did the US enter the Korean War?
Soviet Union requested aid of the US.
Japan invaded North Korea, a US ally.
China requested aid from the US.
North Korea invaded South Korea, a US ally.
9
What did McCarthy and the HUAC have in common?
both opposed the Korean War
both opposed popular music
both accused the US Army of hiding communists
both targeted suspected communists
10
Bring out your Cold War/Iron Curtain map
I have my map!
I don't have any maps.
I have the wrong map.
I am relying on my group to have a map.
11
Which is NOT a correct statement about the definition of a cold war? it involves:
political actions
acts of espionage
economic actions
direct military action
12
What was the goal of the Marshall Plan?
revive war-torn economies of Europe
block Soviet access to Western Europe
install democracies in Asia
form a military alliance
13
What countries are not behind the Iron Curtain due to the Truman Doctrine?
Turkey and Bulgaria
Greece and Albania
Albania and Bulgaria
Greece and Turkey
14
Put the Soviet leaders in order:
Stalin, Khrushchev, Gorbachev
Gorbachev, Khrushchev, Stalin
Khrushchev, Gorbachev, Stalin
Stalin, Gorbachev, Perestroika
15
Put the presidents in order:
Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Nixon, Reagan
Reagan, Kennedy, Eisenhower, Nixon, Truman
Reagan, Eisenhower, Truman, Kennedy, Nixon
Truman, Eisenhower, Reagan, Kennedy, Nixon
16
What is significant about Cuba becoming communist?
Communism in Cuba failed quickly
It was the first communist country in the western hemisphere
It was last Eastern European country to become communist.
It led to US joining the Cold War.
17
Fidel Castro was leader of:
Cuba
Dominican Republic
Haiti
Jamaica
18
What were the effects of glasnost and perestroika? (more than one answer is correct)
It moved Soviet Union towards democracy.
People were denied the right to read many books.
Thousands of political prisoners were released.
Media was allowed to show govt. corruption.
19
Which leader relates to reforms such as glasnost and perestroika?
Khrushchev
Kennedy
Gorbachev
Reagan
20
How did NATO heighten tensions in the Cold War?
Using NATO, the policy of massive containment was promoted.
In response to NATO, Stalin formed the Warsaw Pact.
NATO had to defend all countries from threats.
Stalin was angered by an alliance being formed in peacetime.
21
What is a similarity between Bay of Pigs and the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Covert missions were discovered in both.
Kennedy and Gorbachev were in disagreement in both.
US failed in both.
Both involved the US, Cuba, and Soviet Union.
22
What countries became communist due to being near Soviet Union?
Finland and Poland
Romania and Poland
Soviet Union and Turkey
East Berlin and East Germany
23
What led to the decline of the Cold War? (more than one choice is correct)
fall of Berlin Wall
Camp David Accords
failure of communist economies
Gorbachev's reform programs
24
Mao Zedong was leader of:
Vietnam
China
North Korea
South Korea
25
Stalin, Gorbachev, and Khrushchev were leaders of:
Poland
Soviet Union
East Germany
Russia
26
Why was the Bay of Pigs incident humiliating for the U.S.?
the US failed to overthrow Kruschchev
The bomber aircraft bombed the wrong Caribbean island.
The Cuban rebels re-allied with Cuba.
The Cuban govt. knew about the invasion defeated them
27
Put in order: Sputnik launch/Missile Crisis/Iron Curtain speech/Potsdam Conf/Berlin Wall built
Potsdam, Iron, Sputnik, Wall, Missile
Missle, Iron, Potsdam, Sputnik, Wall
Sputnik, Missile, Iron, Potsdam, Wall
Wall, Iron, Potsdam, Missile, Sputnik
28
What was ironic about the Arms Race?
Warsaw Pact had more weapons than NATO.
NATO had better missiles than Warsaw Pact.
Mutually Assured Destruction prevented war, not weapons.
Reagan and Gorbachev were required to purchase more weapons.
29
The US wanted to stop the spread of this system, where the govt. controls means of production.
communism
capitalism
socialism
McCarthyism
30
How are NATO and Warsaw Pact similiar?
both had same amount of military weapons
members agreed to defend each other
both still exist today
both only included European and Asian countries.
31
What brought the US and Soviet Union close to nuclear war?
The Soviet Union built the Berlin Wall.
The Soviet Union placed missiles in Cuba.
The Soviet Union planted missiles in the US.
The US placed missiles in Poland.
32
What two communist countries do not border any non-communist countries?
Romania and Poland
Albania and Greece
East and West Germany
Soviet Union and Turkey
33
What was the goal of the Truman Doctrine?
assist countries trying to maintain democracy
provide housing and employment to minorities
provide veteran housing loans
end racial discrimination in employment and housing
34
What was significant about the launch of Sputnik? (more than one answer is correct)
began the space race
led to technological and scientific developments
first artificial satellite launched by the Soviet Union
first missile attack
35
Kim Il Sung was leader of:
Vietnam
North Korea
China
South Korea
36
What did Kennedy and Khrushchev achieve together?
tore down Berlin Wall
overthrew Castro in Cuba
prevented nuclear war through negotiations
launched Sputnik
37
What was the goal of Stalin cutting off land access to West Berlin?
rescue East Berlin from Communism
force Western powers out of Berlin
unite East and West Germany
prevent construction of the Berlin Wall
38
Which countries were under British control? (more than one answer is correct)
Palestine
Morocco
Malta
Cyprus
39
What happened on July 4, 1776?
The British declared independence.
The US declared war on Britain.
The US declared independence.
The American Revolutionary War ended.
40
How did Eastern Europeans respond to the decline of communist economies?
forced Gorbachev to step down
demanded freedom from communism
opposed Gorbachev's reforms
supported communism
41
Beliefs that reflect the interests of a nation or political system:
militarism
economic system
ideology
psychology
42
What led to the Cold War? (more than one answer choice is correct)
Korean War
US dropping the atomic bombs on Japan
the Iron Curtain speech
Truman telling Stalin about the atomic bomb
43
When private individuals or corporations own the means of production:
capitalism
socialism
chapitalism
communism
