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1
What US policy was aimed at "containing" communism around the world?
Domino Policy
Kennedy Doctrine
Detente
Truman Doctrine
2
What was the Berlin Airlift?
Berlin was used by Soviets during the Space Race to launch satellites.
The West dropped supplies to civilians in Berlin to break a Soviet blockade
The Soviets in Berlin were bombed by NATO airplanes during the Cold War.
The Allies evacuated civilians from Nazi-controlled Berlin in World War II.
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What 2 policies in the USSR brought "openness" to discuss its issues and "reconstruction" of its economy/government?
Glasnost and Perestroika
Mujahideen and Laika
Blitzkrieg and Kristallnacht
Khrushchev and Brezhnev
4
Which of the following can be associated with China during the Cold War?
Mao Zedong, Great Leap Forward, Cultural Revolution, communes
Opium Wars, Imperialism, Boxer Rebellion, and civil wars
Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Island-hopping, Pearl Harbor, Battle of Okinawa
The United States invaded them, Viet Cong, Tet Offensive, Guerilla warfare
5
What strategy did the US and USSR implement to prevent widespread nuclear war?
Marshall Plan
Mutually Assured Destruction
Glasnost and Perestroika
Detente
6
Which choice best describes the Cold War?
The US battled the USSR directly all over the world
Both sides used nuclear weapons against each other.
The US and the USSR were the only nations involved in the Cold War.
It was more of an ideological, indirect conflict than a violent conflict
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Which of these are an example of a proxy war?
Spanish Civil War
Spanish-American War
Korean War
World War II
8
What were some outcomes of the Cold War?
US lost much economic power, no nations have nuclear missiles anymore
USSR collapsed, West/East Germany reunited
The penguins won the Cold War against the Polar Bears
Former USSR nations went democratic, China/Vietnam adopted some capitalism
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What began the Space Race?
The US launched Explorer 1 and Alan Shephard into space
The US landed Apollo 11 on the Moon
The Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, Laika, and Yuri Gagarin into space
USSR landed the Sputnik 1 mission on the Moon
10
The Soviet Union's failed invasion of Afghanistan is most similar to which other war?
Vietnam War
Cold War
Korean War
World War II
11
What were some of the problems in the Soviet Union that led to its downfall?
Too many nuclear weapons, capitalism, wealth inequality
They didn't like blue jeans and Rock and Roll like America
Inefficiency, waste, too much military spending, member nations broke away
Citizens didn't support the Cold War, production too high, not enough nukes
12
Which of these two alliance organizations were formed in the early days of the Cold War?
Tripartite Pact and the Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere
Axis Powers and the League of Nations
Triple Alliance and Triple Entente
NATO and the Warsaw Pact
13
What best describes the United States' relation to the Vietnam War?
The US managed to defeat the Soviet Union through their efforts in Vietnam.
The Vietnam War was inconsequential to the United States.
The US won the Vietnam War and prevented the spread of communism in Asia.
The US withdrew from Vietnam and the war became a political failure
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TRUE OR FALSE: The Apollo 11 Moon Landing was a conspiracy and never actually happened.
True
False
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Why prompted the Cuban Missile Crisis?
The Soviet Union launched a nuclear missile at the Cuban city of Havana.
The nuclear reactor at Chernobyl had an accidental meltdown
US failed to overthrow Fidel Castro, he asked the USSR for nuclear missiles
Cuba sent nuclear missiles to Turkey, within range to hit Russia.
