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The Cold War
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1
The US and the USSR each engaged in a continual build up of weapons. This was known as
The Arms Race
The Space Race
The Detente
Militarization
2
What event is considered to be the beginning of the Cold War?
Vietnam War
Korean War
Cuban Missile Crisis
Soviets take over Eastern Europe
3
Promote Peace in the World - After WWII.
NATO
Warsaw Pact
League of Nations
United Nations
4
Brought aid to Europe after WW2
Marshall Plan
Truman Doctrine
NATO
Warsaw Pact
5
Stalemate is when neither side can seem to win
False
True
6
The United States tried to stop the spread of Communism through a policy known as
Massive Retaliation
The Truman Doctrine
Containment
Deterrence
7
Communist Governments of the Cold War?
Republics
Democracies
Dictatorships
Monarchies
8
The Cold War was a war of ideas between
Communism and Totalitarianism
Democracy and Fascism
the US and the USSR
Communism and Democracy
9
What would be the best title for this image?
The Iron Curtain
Massive Retaliation
The Domino Theory
The Korean War
10
The US has what type of economy?
Collective
Capitalist
Totalitarian
Socialist
11
How did MacArthur mess up during the Korean War?
Used atomic weapons on the wrong target....twice
talking trash about Truman....dont mess with Harry S
Forgot his wife's birthday.....
Angered the Chinese
12
Closest we came to war with the USSR.
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Gulf War
Vietnam War
U2 Incident
13
Name the USSR leader at the beginning of the Cold War
Tojo
Churchill
Stalin
Lenin
14
What was the significance of the Berlin Wall?
Kept peeps in communist Berlin
Protect western Europe from Soviet invasion
Kept Soviet spies out of West Berlin
Protect the USSR from invasion by the US
15
Both sides would be destroyed.....
First Strike
Massive Retaliation
Super Powers
MAD-Mutually Assured Destruction
16
Who was the president at the beginning of the Cold war?
Ronald Reagan
Harry Truman
Winston Churchill
Jimmy Carter
17
How did the Korean War War end?
The US took control of North Korea
MacArthur became President
Stalemate - Korea is still divided into North and South
China was destroyed
18
The destruction of the Berlin Wall symbolized what?
the end of the Cuban Missile Crisis
the end of the Vietnam War
the fall of capitalism
the fall of Communism
19
After World War Two, Europe was divided into two "camps" (parts)
True
False
20
After WW2, who were the primary Super Powers?
Egypt and Spain
US and USSR
Cuba and North Korea
France and England
21
How high was the Iron Curtain?
its not a real thing
23.5 meters
14 fathoms
23.5 feet
22
How long did the Cold War last?
from Post WW2 to mid 1990s
from Vietnam War til Franz Ferdinand died
from TR to 2014
2 light years
23
Who is President during Cuban Missile Crisis (think about the political cartoon).
Truman
Eisenhower
Roosevelt
Kennedy
24
Winston Churchill said that European countries living under Soviet domination were behind
The 8-Ball
The Curve
The Berlin Wall
The Iron Curtain
25
What type of economy did the Soviet Union have?
Collective
Communist
Capitalist
Totalitarian
26
Democratic Western European military alliance with the United States
Warsaw Pact
NATO
Allied Powers
United Nations
