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COLD WAR QUIZ for WORLD HISTORY II in VIRGINIA
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1
What nation remains divided after the conflict between the two sides never signed a treaty?
Vietnam
China
Korea
Cuba
2
What WWII-conference saw the theoretical beginning of the Cold War between the US & USSR?
Calta Yonference
Tehran Conference
Yalta Conference
Potsdam Conference
3
Who is credited for modernizing China before being removed from power following Tiananmen Sq. ?
Deng Xiaoping
Ho Chi Minh
Mao Zedong
Chiang Kai-shek
4
What has finally caused this man to wake up?
Soviet Invasion
Sputnik
Alarm Clock
Nuclear Attack!
5
According to the Domino Theory, if one country becomes communist, the one next door will...
build a tremendous wall.
become a democracy.
become Communist.
topple and fall into the next one.
6
What is the line of latitude that marks the border of North and South Korea? (The DMZ)
17th Parallel
Prime Meridian
38th Parallel
Equator
7
What did the Berlin Wall do?
Divide USSR and China
Divide East and West Berlin
Divide UST (Trump) and Mexico
Divide East and West Germany
8
What phrase did Winston Churchill coin in describing the new divide in Europe?
Welded Wall
Fortified Fence
Steel Stopper
Iron Curtain
9
With no direct fighting in a Cold War, what was our goal in terms of stopping the Communists?
Nuclear Destruction
Containment
World War III
Armageddon
10
What do these nations have in common during the Cold War?
They were in NATO
They were in the Warsaw Pact
They were in OTAN
They were Non-Aligned (not on either side)
11
Who oversaw
Operation Smiling Buddha
?
Joseph Stalin
Indira Gandhi
Adolf Hitler
Mohandas Gandhi
12
To counter the rising USSR threat, USA & our allies formed an alliance based on mutual security
Monroe Doctrine
Warsaw Pact
Marshall Plan
NATO
13
What happened on November 9, 1989?
Chinese wall fell
US invaded Vietnam
Berlin Wall fell
Germany invaded Poland
14
What was the first "DOMINO" to fall after the Soviet Union became communist in 1917?
India
China
Korea
Vietnam
15
Despite having the 1st satellite, dog, and man to orbit earth; where are the Soviets absent?
THE MOON
THE MOON
THE MOON
THE MOON
16
What acronym came to define the fact that if we launched a nuke, it would end the world...
MAD
BAD
RAD
SAD :(
17
What was the significance of this photo?
This photo shows Soviet nuclear missiles 90 miles from USA
This photo shows nuclear missiles in Turkey
It was the first photograph ever taken.
This photo proves the Soviet Union has nuclear weapons
18
What was Burt's response if there was danger about?
Duck and Cover
Machine gun that stupid monkey
Jump kick to disarm the monkey, then nonstop face punches
Duck and Run
19
What describes the period of the easing of tensions between the US and the USSR in the 70s?
Detente
MAD
Glasnost
Charlie
20
What was
Perestroika
?
Economic Restructuring
Day the Wall fell
Night of Broken Glass
Leader of the Soviet Union
21
What was the name of the alliance of Soviet Bloc nations that guaranteed mutual security?
NATO
Warsaw Pact
OTAN
United Nations
22
Complete the Quote:
"I love your wall!"
"I hate your stupid communist face"
"Leave me alone!"
"Tear down this wall!"
23
Who's idea was it to actually loan money to Europe after World War II?
Douglas MacArthur
Leesburg Leroy
Mom's Pies
George Marshall
24
Who was Britain's
Iron Lady
; serving more than 11 years as Prime Minister?
Golda Meir
Horatio Nelson
Margaret Thatcher
Hillary Clinton
25
What is
Glasnost
?
German word for War
French word for Megaphone
Russian word for Openness
Russian word for Peace
26
Who is Forrest looking for here?
Foxtrot
Charlie
Alpha
Tango
27
What happened at home that caused the United States to leave the Vietnam War?
Anti-War Protests
Cuban Missile Attack
Bubba died.
JFK was assassinated
28
Why are all of these childrens so eager to get these 'chuc-o-lahts'?
West Berlin had been blockaded by the Soviets.
German kids had never tried chocolate.
German kids use chocolate as weapons in the famous Choco-War
Nazis banned Chocolate until the Soviets brought it in 1978
29
Who led the People's Republic of China after winning the Chinese Civil War?
Mao Zedong
Ho Chi Minh
Chiang Kai-shek
Deng Xiaoping
30
What did the Bitsy Big Boy Boomeroo represent in the Butter Battle Book?
Wall Landscaping
Eight Nozzle Elephant Toted Boom Blitz
Trench Warfare
Nuclear Bombs
