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Cold War & Beyond Unit Review
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What did the Truman Doctrine state?
President Truman would demand free elections in E. Europe
The US would not allow free elections in Greece
The US would establish colonies in Greece & Turkey
USA would provide money to countries threatened by Communism
2
What happened to the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989?
A riot broke out to keep East Berliners out of West Berlin.
Nazi terrorists bombed it.
Soviet tanks destroyed it.
It was torn down by the German people.
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What two events in 1949 increased "US fears about the spread of communism"?
Sputnik was launched
Soviets exploded their first atomic bomb
Harry Truman began his 2nd term as President
Chinese Communists took control of China
4
How did the Soviet Union respond to revolts against Communism in E. Europe?
Peaceful co-existence
De-Stalinization
Long debates & negotiations with the rebels
Violently crushed with troops
5
What was the first man-made space satellite, and which country launched it?
Sputnik, Soviet Union
Dong Fang Hong, China
Gustav, Nazi Germany
Apollo, United States
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Who was the leader of the Cuban Revolution & allowed the Soviets to place missiles in Cuba?
Harry S. Truman
Nikita Khrushchev
John F. Kennedy
Fidel Castro
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What term was coined by Winston Churchill to refer to the division of Europe after WWII?
Berlin Wall
Iron Curtain
Trench Warfare
Cold War
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What were the two competing alliances that dominated Europe during the Cold War?
Axis & Allies
SEATO & United States
NATO & Warsaw Pact
Triple Alliance & Triple Entente
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Who became the Soviet Premier in 1955 & pursued "de-Stalinization"?
Josip Tito
Vladimir Putin
Nikita Khrushchev
Vladimir Lenin
10
What did the East German government build in 1961 to prevent its citizens from fleeing?
Berlin Wall
Warsaw Pact
Berlin Airlift
Nuclear deterrent
11
Who replaced Yeltsin as president of Russia in 2000 (he’s still president in 2016)?
Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Lenin
Boris Medvedev
George W. Bush
12
What African country was the first former British colony to gain independence (1957)?
Angola
South Sudan
Kenya
Gold Coast/ Ghana
13
What was the system of racial segregation in South Africa?
Zionism
Apartheid
Dictatorship
Pan-Africanism
14
What program did the US begin in 1947, giving $13billion to help rebuild Europe after WWII?
NATO
Marshall Plan
Truman Doctrine
Domino Theory
15
Where did Serbian forces pursue ethnic cleansing against Muslims, killing 250,000?
Berlin
Afghanistan
Germany
Bosnia
16
Who created an independent Communist state in Yugoslavia?
Imre Nagy
John F. Kennedy
Josip Broz Tito
Fidel Castro
17
What Arab dictator led his country to invade Iran & Kuwait before being toppled by the USA?
Yasser Arafat
Khan Noonien Singh
Ayatollah Khomeini
Saddam Hussein
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What happened to West & East Germany in 1990?
They were re-united to form one Germany.
Global warming caused their islands to sink into the ocean.
They declared war on each other.
They formed an alliance to fight against the French.
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What country declared independence on May 14, 1948, aiming to be a homeland for Jews?
Jordan
Iran
Israel
Germany
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What religion predominates in Syria, Lebanon, & Jordan, independent after WWII?
Hindu
Judaism
Catholic Christianity
Muslim
