What prompted the Berlin Airlift?

The Soviet Union blocked access to West Berlin

After the Vietnam War ended...

The Domino Theory was proven to be false

Why did the United States fight in Korea and Vietnam?

To contain the spread of communism

After the My Lai Massacre...

Americans questioned their support for the Vietnam War

The United States were alarmed by the Soviet Union at the end of WWII because...

The Soviet Union appeared to want expand its control on the world

Why did so many revolutions happen in the Soviet Union in 1989?

The Soviet Union relaxed its control

The Marshall Plan promised

To give economic assistance to help rebuild Europe

The United States supported Afghanistan in the Soviet-Afghan War because...

Afghanistan wanted to fight the spread of communism in their region

What was a major reason the United States lost the Vietnam War?

The North Vietnamese were more determined than the US

What major event helped lead to the end of the Cold War?

The collapse of the Soviet Union

Glasnost and Perestroika provided

Openness and economic reform to the USSR

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1
The economic system where the means of production are controlled by a collective of all people is...
Laissez-Faire Economy
Industrial Economy
Capitalism
Communism
2
What prompted the Berlin Airlift?
Nazis regained power in Berlin
The Soviet Union blocked access to West Berlin
The US wanted a more efficient way to supply Berlin
The Soviet Union launched a satellite into space
3
The Cold War was "fought" between what two countries?
Soviet Union and Afghanistan
United States and United Kingdom
United States and Vietnam
United States and Soviet Union
4
After the Vietnam War ended...
The Domino Theory was proven to be false
Communism spread throughout Asia
The Cold War was over
Americans felt stronger than ever
5
What is the spread of misleading information to promote a political view called?
Blue Journalism
Propaganda
Public Education
Politics
6
The policy that the US would provide military, economic, and political aid to nations fighting communism was called...
The Marshall Plan
Manifest Destiny
The Monroe Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine
7
Why did the United States fight in Korea and Vietnam?
To contain the spread of communism
To demonstrate military might
To try out new weapons
Both countries were strategically important
8
After the My Lai Massacre...
The Vietnamese surrendered in the Vietnam War
Americans charged all participants with war crimes
The Soviet Union entered the Vietnam War
Americans questioned their support for the Vietnam War
9
The United States were alarmed by the Soviet Union at the end of WWII because...
The Soviet Union tried to run the Potsdam Conference
They claimed that they killed Hitler
The Soviet Union used nuclear weapons on Japan
The Soviet Union appeared to want expand its control on the world
10
Why did so many revolutions happen in the Soviet Union in 1989?
The Soviet-Afghan War ended
David Hasselhoff sang on the Berlin Wall
The Soviet Union relaxed its control
The Soviet Union increased its control
11
The Marshall Plan promised
To prevent another Hitler from ever achieving power
To give economic assistance to help rebuild Europe
To launch nuclear missiles at the Soviet Union if they ever attacked the US
To supply European countries with nuclear weapons
12
What theory believed that if one country fell to communism, the surrounding countries would fall?
Chain-Reaction Theory
Slinky Theory
Domino Theory
Weeble-Wobble Theory
13
The United States supported Afghanistan in the Soviet-Afghan War because...
Afghanistan threatened to use nuclear weapons if the US didn't help
The Soviet Union was cruel to the people of Afghanistan
They wanted to see the formation of a Islamic state
Afghanistan wanted to fight the spread of communism in their region
14
What was a major reason the United States lost the Vietnam War?
The United States decided to ally with the North Vietnamese
The North Vietnamese had better weapons than the United States
The United States did not have enough weapons
The North Vietnamese were more determined than the US
15
The economic system that is defined by private ownership and competition...
Communism
Capitalism
Laissez-Faire Economy
Industrial Economy
16
What is a Cold War?
A war between Scandinavian nations
A war with no direct fighting
A war with no morals
A war set in the Ice Age
17
Germany and Berlin were each divided in how many sectors?
4
3
2
1
18
What major event helped lead to the end of the Cold War?
The Miracle on Ice
The Berlin Airlift
The collapse of the Soviet Union
Rocky Balboa defeating Ivan Drago
19
Glasnost and Perestroika provided
Openness and economic reform to the USSR
The world with fun new words to say
Further restrictions on Western policies
Gorbachev with absolute power over the USSR
20
Winston Churchill coined what term to describe the division that the Soviet Union's influence created in Europe?
The Brick House
The Steel Chair
The Berlin Wall
The Iron Curtain

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