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A review quiz covering the major hot spots in the #ColdWar
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1
How was Canada involved in the Vietnam War?
We had no part in the war
We supported the US with ground troops
We publicly condemned the war
We sold the US weapons
2
What was the Soviet response to the Marshall Plan, which poured US $$ into Europe?
NATO
Warsaw Pact
World Trade Organization
COMECON
3
Which of these events came first?
formation of the UN
Iron Curtain speech
formation of the Warsaw Pact
formation of NATO
4
What does the Cold War acronym MAD stand for?
Mutually Assured Demolition
Mutually Allied Defenses
Mutually Assured Deterrence
Mutually Assured Destruction
5
What does the acronym NATO stand for?
North American Treaty Organization
North American Trade Organization
North Atlantic Trade Organization
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
6
Which country saw the end of "Prague Spring" with an invasion by the USSR in 1968?
Czechoslovakia
Yugoslavia
Poland
Ukraine
7
Who was the leader of the rogue Communist state of Yugoslavia, who defied Soviet control?
Josef Tito
Che Guevara
Igor Gouzenko
Mao Zedong
8
Which international cooperation body was created on October 24, 1945?
the United Nations
the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
COMECON
the Warsaw Pact
9
Which side of the Cold War tested the deadly H-bomb first?
Canada
USSR
China
United States
10
What country's political crisis inspired Che Guevara to help organize the Cuban Revolution?
Mexico
Guatemala
Ghana
China
11
What is considered to be the first proxy war in the Cold War?
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Cuban Missile Crisis
Vietnam War
Korean War
12
Which Canadian Prime Minister 'lectured' US President Lyndon B. Johnson?
Diefenbaker
St. Laurent
Pearson
Trudeau
13
The creation of which country in 1948 has been the cause of Middle East strife ever since?
Palestine
Israel
India
Lebanon
14
Who was the leader of the Communist revolution in China?
Mao Zedong
Ho Chi Minh
Chiang Kai Shek
Che Guevara
15
What building was also used as a form of propaganda during the Cold War?
Bomb Shelter
Schools
Jazz Clubs
World Expo
16
Which African nation was the first to claim independence from European domination in 1957?
Ghana
Congo
Ethiopia
Egypt
17
What uprising was 'crushed' in 1956, making the Soviets appear cruel?
Poland
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Vietnam
18
Which leader argued that the responsibility of safeguarding democracy was an American duty?
Harry S. Truman
Lester B. Pearson
Winston Churchill
Josef Stalin
19
Which UN group can override the decisions made by the General Assembly?
International Court
Security Council
Unicef
World Health Organization
20
Which factor precipitated to the anti-war movement?
Live Media coverage
Civil Rights Movement
Music and protest songs
My Lai massacre
21
What US strategy sought to 'contain' communist threats in Europe?
Truman Doctrine
Berlin Wall
Berlin Airlift
Marshall Plan
22
Which US leader brought the world to the brink of nuclear war?
Johnson
Truman
Kennedy
Eisenhower
23
Which European country controlled Vietnam before US interference in 1954?
Belgium
France
England
Russia
24
What event marked the 'tragic climax' of the anti-war movement?
Prague Spring demonstrations
My Lai Massacre
Kent State massacre
Student demonstrations in France
25
What was the hottest 'flash point' in the Cold War?
Korean War
Cuban Missile Crisis
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Vietnam War
26
What is the process by which a country takes over ownership of all industries?
Nationalisation
Capitalisation
Militarization
Propagandization
27
What strategy was used once the 'corridors' into East Germany were closed by the Soviets?
NATO
Berlin airlift
Truman Doctrine
Marshall Plan
28
Which Cold War leaders are pictured here?
Truman and Stalin
JFK and Brezhnev
Khruschev and JFK
Khruschev and Pearson
29
Which US president was able to win the propaganda war with an oven?
Nixon
Kennedy
Eisenhower
Truman
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What does the term "Detente" mean?
Relaxation of tensions
Space Race
Brinkmanship
Escalation of war
