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How did the Korean War end?
What is the Domino Theory?
Cold War Test 2 Review
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What is the Domino Theory?
A game played with rectangular tiles
The idea that if a country falls to communism nearby countries will follow
A pizza restaurant
A policy that led to the end of communism
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How did the Korean War end?
Ceasefire
The U.S. won
The country was united under communist leadership
The country was united under democratic leadership
3
Which country led the Space Race by launching the first satellite Sputnik?
Soviet Union
China
North Korea
United States
4
All of the following were deterrents used at the Berlin Wall EXCEPT:
Tank traps
drones
Trip Wires
Dogs
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What does Perestroika mean?
An anti-ballistic missile program designed to shoot down missiles in space
Soviet policy of free speech and elections
Soviet restructuring of the economy towards a free market
A treaty that limited nuclear weapons
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What was the Iron Curtain?
A symbol for the divide between communist East Germany and West Germany
A symbolic divide between democracy and capitalism
A wall dividing East and West Germany
A window covering in Churchill's home
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What is Glasnost?
Soviet restructuring of the economy towards a free market
An anti-ballistic missile program designed to shoot down missiles in space
A treaty that limited nuclear weapons
Soviet policy of free speech and elections
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Why was the Berlin Wall built?
To provide a mural for grafitti art
To keep West Berliners out
To provide entertainment for people to watch escape attempts on tv
To keep East Berliners from leaving
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How did the Vietnam War end?
The country was united under democratic leadership
Ceasefire
The country was united under communist leadership
The U.S. won
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Why do people generally live longer today than they did in the 1950’s?
Vaccines
Healthier environment
The population is smaller
More doctors
11
The Cuban Missile Crisis was a
13-day standoff in 1962 and the closest the world has ever come to nuclear war
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False
True
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All of the following were ways US soldiers were affected by the Vietnam War EXCEPT:
They were wounded by traps
They were supported by the majority of Americans
They were drafted
They turned to drugs
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The Korean and Vietnam Wars were proxy wars meaning they were a result of the conflict between the US & Soviet Union.
True
False
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What marked the end of the Cold War?
The Paris Peace Accords
The fall of the Berlin Wall and the Soviet Union
The election of Ronald Reagan as President of the U.S.
The moon landing
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The following Cold War events were a failure for the U.S. EXCEPT:
1st man in space
Moon landing
U-2 Incident
Bay of Pigs
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What was the U.S. trying to prevent by engaging in the Cold War?
The spread of communism
The spread of democracy
Other countries from winning the space race
Other countries from developing nuclear weapons
17
What was the role of most women in the 1950’s?
Factory worker
College student
Homemaker
Head of the household
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What is the purpose of the GI Bill?
To provide health insurance to veterans
To pay for war supplies
To encourage men to volunteer for the military
To provide support to veterans for housing, education, etc.
