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1
Who was the Nationalist Leader of China?
Chiang Kai-Shek
SyngmanRhee
Ho Chi Minh
Mao Zedong
2
The Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan were designed to:
To benefit ourselves economically
To prevent Communism from spreading
Because we made a deal with Europe
Promote economic and political stabilityin Europe
3
Which U.S. President introduced the policy of containment?
Harry S Truman
Ronald Reagan
John F. Kennedy
Franklin D. Rosevelt
4
For the U.S., how were the Korean and Vietnam wars similar?
Ending the rise of Totalitarian dictatorships
Both sought to prevent the spread of Communism
Involvement to prevent nuclear warfare.
The U.S. wanted to mediate international conflicts
5
During the Cold War, NATO and the Warsaw Pact represent:
Two competing military alliances
Competing trade routes
Competing companies making nuclear bombs
Competing ideologies
6
The defeat of what colonial power in WWII effectively led to the North-South split in Korea?
Japan
U.S.
China
Russia
7
Who was the Communist leader of Korea?
Ho Chi Minh
Kim II Sung
Fidel Castro
Pol Pot
8
Marshall Plan, the Iron Curtain, and the Berlin Airlift are events associated with what era?
World War II
The Cold War
Interwar
World War I
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The Iron Curtain:
Seperated Communism countries from non-Communism Countries
To prevent another war
To equally divide Europe
Was established to keep peace
10
During the Cold War, the people of which group of nations were powerless against the Soviet?
The Domino Theory
Western Bloc
Soviet Satellites
The Republic of China
11
Which group of nations were powerless against the Soviet Union's troops?
Communist Countries
United Nations
Western Bloc
Soviet Satellites
12
The Cold War that followed WWII emerged as a rivalry between?
U.S. vs. Korea
U.S. vs. China
U.S. vs. Britain
U.S. vs. Soviet Union
13
What was the main goal of the U.S. in Vietnam?
To prevent a nuclear war
To help establish a Democracy
Containing Communism
To reconstruct after WWII
14
Which Cold War symbol is indicated on the map below?
Berlin Wal
Iron Curtain
Warsaw Pact vs. NATO
The Cuban Missile Crisis
15
What are the two ideologies which created conflict between the two superpowers?
Democracy vs. Totalitarianism
Communism vs. Nazism
Capitalism vs. Communism
Monarchy vs. Democracy
16
Vietnam was a former colony of what country?
Japan
France
Soviet Union
China
17
Which war resulted in another country falling to communism and remained divided peninsula?
Korean War
Chinese Civil War
Vietnam War
Cold War
18
After 3 years of fighting the Korean War, the border between North and South Korea:
Established the Korean Wall
Moved down to expand North Korea
Remained at the 38th Parallel
eliminated and united as one Korea
19
Who was the Communist Leader of China?
Ho Chi Minh
Mao Zedong
Kim II Sung
Pol Pot
20
WhichU.S. president signed into law the Civil Rights Act?
Dwight Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
Gerald Ford
Lyndon Johnson
21
JFK, Castro, and Cuba are representations of what two events:
WWIII and Cuban Missile Crisis
Collapse of Communism and WWII
Cuban Revolution and Bay of Pigs
Bay of Pigs and Cuban Missile Crisis
22
Who was the Communist leader of Cuba?
Fidel Castro
Kim II Sung
Ho Chi Minh
Pol Pot
23
The outcome of China's civil war worried American's because:
The U.S.S.R. was in the lead as a superpower
China would start spreading Communism
American containment was failing
Communism was successfully advancing over the world
24
The Cold War can be described as:
Another world war
A war to end all wars
A nuclear war
An ideological war
25
Inthe late 1960s, the writings Simone de Beauvoir createdrenewed interest in
federalism
feminism
communism
capitalism
26
The policy of containment prevented the expansion of what type of government system?
Communism
Democracy
Monarchy
Totalitarianism
27
When were the approximate years of the Cold War?
1914-1918
1939-1945
1945-1990
2001-Current
28
What action became a symbol of the divide between the U.S. and the Soviet Union?
Construction of the Berlin Wall
Rivalry after WWII
The space race
The Cuban Missile Crisis
29
Actively engaged with the civil rights movementand the anti-war movement
Beatniks
Hippies
30
Who was the leader of Nationalist China, who fled offshore to the island of Taiwan?
Kim II Sung
Chiang Kai-shek
Mao Zedong
Pol Pot
31
U.S. secretary of state whocompared Communist expansion to the spread of an infection
Richard Nixon
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
George Kennan
Dean Acheson
32
Whenthe Soviet Union launched the
Sputnik I
satellite in 1957,Americans feared that the Soviets
were ahead of the U.S. in theproduction of missiles.
could now use satellites to bomb the United States
could use satellite technology to steal secretsfromAmericans
would become the first nation to place astronauts onMars
33
Who was the Nationalist Leader of Korea?
Douglas MacArthur
Kim II Sung
Syngman Rhee
Chiang Kai-Shek
34
Which three people led successful communist uprisings in their nations:
Ho chi Minh, Kim II Sung, and Syngman Rhee
Ho Chi Minh, Fidel Castro, and Mao Zedong
Fidel Castro, Joseph Stalin, and Mao Zedong
JFK, Kim II Sung, and Chiang Kai-shek
35
Who was the leader of the Communists in China's civil war?
Kim II Sung
Mao Zedong
Pol Pot
Ho Chi Minh
36
Who was the Communist Leader of Cambodia?
Kim II Sung
Mao Zedong
Pol Pot
Ho Chi Minh
37
the actual purchasing powerof income
bloc
heavy industry
inflations
real wages
38
What is the current status of Vietnam today?
Remains divided
Reunited as a communist nation
Established as a U.S. territory
Taken over as a Soviet Satellite nation
39
Who was the Communist Leader of Vietnam?
Pol Pot
Mao Zedong
Ho Chi Minh
Kim II Sung
40
During the 20th Century, what country began to align their policies with those of the U.S.?
Britain
Germany
Soviet Union
France
41
Using the map below, which war resulted in the country reuniting as a communist nation?
Cold War
Korean War
Vietnam War
China Civil War
42
Which event is most acknowledged to have nearly lead to a nuclear war?
Bay of Pigs
Cuban Revolution
The Red Scare
Cuban Missile Crisis
43
How did the U.S. respond to the Soviet Union stockpiling weapons in Cuba?
Decided to drop a missile upon Cuba
Went to the UN for support
Pulled out of Cuba
They blockaded Cuba with Navy ships
44
In Berlin, this President said, "As a free man, I take pride in saying,
"
Ich bin ein Berliner
"
Harry S Truman
Richard Nixon
Ronald Reagan
John F. Kennedy
45
TheU.S. senator responsible for the anti-Communist movement known as the “RedScare” was . . .
Joseph McCarthy.
Earl Warren.
Barry Goldwater.
Lester Pearson.
46
Which U.S. President introduced the policy of Containment?
Reagan
Truman
Obama
FDR
47
How did the U.S. attempt to help Western Europe after WWII?
Sought justice for war crimes
Re-armed nations for protection against invasion
Gave economic assistance to war-torn countries
Established democracies across Europe
48
What is described as the fall of one country to communism leading to the fall of its neighbors?
Truman's policy of containment
NATO
The Domino Theory
Warsaw Pact
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stressed the importance of betteringone's inner self over and above material possessions.
Beatniks
Hippies
50
Why were the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. reluctant to be involved in direct military action?
Both economy's would be destroyed
Potential for global nuclear war
Both populations would be destroyed
Both sides strived for world peace