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The Warsaw pact was Soviet reaction to what U.S. led action
The Marshall Plan
The Truman doctrine
U.S. military action in North Korea
The creation of NATO
2
The state of tension between nations w/o armed conflict between the main rivals was known as
the iron curtain
the Cold War
the Marshall Plan
the world war
3
Who was the first communist leader of North Korea?
Kim Ill Sung
Mao Zedong
Nikita Khrushchev
Kim Jong-un
4
The term the “Iron Curtain” originated by Winston Churchill. Where was he referring to?
Indochina
Middle East
China
Eastern Europe
5
What was the purpose of the Truman Doctrine?
to judge political parties that favored communism
to create a Communist party in the United States
to raise funds for Communist activities in Europe
to support countries against a communist takeover
6
What happened to Germany after WWII?
Germany took responsibility for the war and pay reparations
Germany had to give up its colonies to France
German Nationals refused to admit blame for the war
Germany was divided in zones, then became East & W. Germany
7
The Bay of Pigs was a failed attempt to overthrow
Burt El Blocko
Fulgencio Batista
Fidel Castro
Anastasio Somozoa
8
What is the dividing line between North an d South Korea is known as?
The Great Divided
38th Parallel
The Korean Divide
24th Parallel
9
What is the policy of lessening Cold War tensions between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. called?
Perestroika
Glasnost
brinkmanship
détente
10
The Soviet Union set up the __________ in response to efforts from the West to reunify Germany.
Berlin Airlift
Iron Curtain
German Democratic Republic
Berlin Blockade
11
What is the policy of lessening Cold War tensions?
détente
SALT
brinkmanship
Perestroika
12
What were Gorbachev's social reform that ended religious bans & censorship in the Soviet Union?
Warsaw Pact
perestroika
détente
glasnost
13
Who was the leader of USSR in the 1950’s-1960’s and was apart of the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Mikhail Gorbachev
Joseph Stalin
Leonid Brezhnev
Nikita Khrushchev
14
Which country joined the Korean War after U.N. forces reached North Korea?
Vietnam
Soviet Union
Japan
China
15
Mikhail Gorbachev's policy of unsuccessful economic reform in the Soviet Union
détente
brinkmanship
Perestroika
Glasnost
16
What did the U.S. offer to strengthen democratic governments in Europe?
the United Nations
the Berlin airlift
the arms race
the Marshall Plan
17
Who was the first U.S. President to go to China?
Richard Nixon
Lyndon Johnson
Ronald Reagan
John F. Kennedy
18
All of the following were conflicts during the Cold War
EXEPT
Vietnam
London
Berlin
Korea
19
What was Mao’s policy to re-start the revolution by starting peasant uprisings?
the 5 year plan
red guards
cultural revolution
Indochina Revolution
20
What were the Soviet controlled border nations between U.S.S.R. and the West in Europe called?
SALT Nations
satellite nations
the wall
NATO
21
Following the United States’ military withdrawal from Vietnam in 1973, Vietnam
adopted a communist form of government
remained divided between North and South
was quickly taken over by China
became a democratic nation
22
Which of the following doctrines promised to aid nations struggling against communist movement?
Monroe Doctrine
Marshall Plan
Eisenhower Doctrine
Truman Doctrine
23
Which of the following was one of the goals of the Marshall Plan (1947)?
fund the construction of the iron curtain
rebuild the economy of Western Europe
provide defensive weapons to Great Britain
bring Nazi war criminals to trial in Nuremberg
24
Who was the leader of Red China after the revolution until 1970s?
Nikita Khrushchev
Kim Jong-un
Kim Ill Sung
Mao Zedong
25
Which of the following is the best answer for the start of the Korean War?
North Korean invasion of South Korea
South Korean invasion of North Korea
The Japanese invasion of Manchuria
The death of Sun Yat-sen
26
What is the military alliance among the U.S., Canada, & nine Western European countries called?
Warsaw Pact
SALT
NATO
Perestroika
27
What was the treaty that limited the number of ICBM missiles signed by the U.S. & U.S.S.R?
SALT
Glasnost
S-Ban Treaty
Perestroika
28
Who was the leader after China’s civil war had ended?
Jiang Jieshi
Faizal Eben
Naku Shun
Mao Zedong
29
The U.S., U.S.S.R.(Russia), Britain, France, &______are permanent members of the United Nations.
China
Canada
Japan
Germany
30
Which event is most closely associated with the end of the Cold War?
tearing down the Berlin Wall
sending United States troops to Afghanistan
President Richard Nixon’s visit to China
withdrawal of United States troops from Vietnam
31
What is the policy of limiting communism to the areas already under Soviet control called?
containment
détente
SALT
brinkmanship
32
What was one of Stalin’s goals in Eastern Europe?
to allow free elections
to spread communism into the area
to stop the spread of communism
to plant democracy in the area
33
How did the U.S. respond to the Berlin Blockade?
appeasing the East Germans by handing them West Berlin
declaring war on East Germany
using airplanes to supply West Berlin for 327 days
allied with NATO to fight the East Germans
34
What is the alliance among the Soviet Union and seven satellite states in Eastern Europe?
NATO
Glasnost
Perestroika
Warsaw Pact
35
Which country launched the first satellite into space,
Sputnik
on October 4, 1957?
Germany
The United States
The Soviet Union
China
36
Which of the following was
NOT
one of the agreements made during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
The US blockade would be removed from the waters off the coast of Cuba
The U.S. would not invade Cuba
The U.S. and U.S.S.R. would stop building nuclear weapons.
The Soviets would withdraw their nuclear weapons from Cuba.
37
Which best describes the underlying causes of the Cold War?
the destruction of Europe and Asia during WW 2
bitter personal disputes between Stalin and Truman
the remaining anger of enemies former of World War II
economic & political differences between the U.S. & U.S.S.R.
38
Who was the Soviet Leader who reformed the USSR in the 1980s?
Mikhail Gorbachev
Leonid Brezhnev
Joseph Stalin
Nikita Khrushchev
39
What economic system was used to reshape China's economy after the civil war?
social democracy
communism
capitalism
laissez faire
40
Who was the U.S. President during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Ronald Reagan
Richard Nixon
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon Johnson
41
Who was the leader of communist Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Kim Ill Sung
Fidel Castro
Burt El Blocko
Fulgencio Batista
42
President Nixon’s Vietnamization policy emphasized that the United States must
Burt Block is your Supreme Commander.
open trade relations with a unified Vietnam.
empower South Vietnamese forces to take over in combat.
defeat communism in Vietnam to preserve other countries.
43
While democratic elections were allowed in West Germany, East Germany
joined the United Nations
won its independence
fell to communism
began war with the Soviets
