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After the Soviet Union cut off access to West Berlin, how did the Allies help?
Communist leaders gave them all homes and jobs
Berlin Airlift-supplies were brought to West Berlin by plane
They were each given Marshall Checks.
Supplies were carried in through a series of tunnels
2
What event started the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Soviet Union shooting down U2 spy plans
The Bay of Pigs Invasion
The removal of Soviet Missiles
Gulf of Tonkin Attacks
3
To stop Communism from spreading the US and its allies used the strategy of
The Domino Theory
Extermination
Guerrilla Warfare
Containment
4
What were satellite nations?
States that were visible from satellites
Border Nations between the US and the East serving as a buffer
Border nations between the USSR and the West serving as a buffer
States which had satellites
5
This photograph symbolizes the
Importance of the Berlin Airlift
Creation of a divided Germany
Fear of Nazism among Germans
Fall of the Berlin Wall
6
Who were the Big 3 at the Yalta Conference?
Stalin, Hitler and Kennedy
Stalin, Churchill and Roosevelt
Stalin, Churchill and Nixon
Roosevelt, Stail and Aveley
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Which country did NOT control Germany after WW2
America
France
Soviet Union
Poland
8
The international organization created after WWII to prevent future wars
United Nations
Warsaw Pact
League of Nations
SALT Treaty
9
This was the final leader of the Soviet Union
Stalin
Khrushchev
Brezhnev
Gorbachev
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What did the Marshall Plan do?
Broke apart Germany
Provided Billions of Dollars for rebuilding Europe
Allowed all refugees to live in America
Built a wall in Berlin
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The conflict between America and Soviet Union after WW2 was called ...
Nuclear War
Cold War
WW3
Hot War
12
Which country did The Soviet Union invade?
Cuba
France
Dubai
Afghanistan
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Soviet invasion of Afghanistan is often known as
Soviet's Vietnam
Soviet's China
Soviet's Cuba
Soviet's Korea
14
What year did the Soivet Union disintegrate (break up) in
1945
1991
1990
1989
15
One reason for the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961 was to
promote reunification of East Germany and West Germany
meet the requirements of NATO
complete the post World War 2 rebuilding of Berlin
keep East Germans from fleeing to the West section of Berlin
16
Select the TWO examples of proxy wars
Cuban Missile Crises
Korea War
Vietnam War
China War
17
What happened to Germany after WW2
Gained total control of Europe
Divided amongst the Allied Powers
Paid High War Debts
Nuclear Attack
18
This term were used to describe the spread of communism
Domino Theory
Iron Curtain
Multiply Theory
Proxy Wars
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This image symbolises
Berlin Blockade
Cuban Missile Crisis
Iron Curtain
Berlin Airlift
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An economic system in which private business run most industries.
Democracy
Capitalism
Monarchy
Communism
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A competition of exploring space between the United States and the Soviet Union.
Human Race
Arms Race
Nuclear Race
Space Race
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A proxy war was ...
A war which is still ongoing
A battle where both superpowers fought using nuclear weapons
Wars between smaller countries fighting for the larger superpowers
A war without a winner
23
The Korean war was between_________ and ______ vs _______ and ______ which ended in a stalemate
North and South Korea Vs the US and the Soviet Union
Soviet Union and Korea Vs the US and Vietnam
North Korea and China vs South Korea and the US
Germany and Austro Hungary VS US and Great Britan
24
What was the name of the Pact signed by Soviet Union and other communist states
Warsaw Pact
SALT
UN
NATO
25
What was MAD?
Mutually Assured Distraction
Most Assured Destruction
Mutually Assured Distruction
Mutually Agreed Distruction
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System of government in which all economic and social activity is controlled by the government.
Capitalism
Communism
Democracy
Monarchy
27
Who negotiated with the Soviet Union and said, "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall" in 1987?
Joseph Stalin
John F Kennedy
Jimmy Carter
Ronald Reagan
28
When did WW2 end?
1914
1939
1945
1949
29
Which event marked the end of the Cold War?
Fall of the Berlin Wall
Berlin Blockade
Berlin Airlift
Rise of the Berlin Wall
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Who gave the famous 'Iron Curtain' speech?
Jimmy Carter
Dwight Eisenhower
Winston Churchill
Robert Menzies
