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1
The name of U.S. President Reagan’s “Star Wars” program, to build anti-missile satellites?
Battlestar Defense System
Strategic Arms Limitation
Strategic Defense Initiative
Anti-Soviet Defense Program
2
Mao's campaign to unleash the Red Guards to purge China from western influence is known as:
Cultural Revolution
Taiping Rebellion
Reign of Terror
People’s Front Renewal
3
After his victory over the Nationalists, Mao Zedong helped divided this country under communist
Korea
Mongolia
Japan
Laos
4
What started the Korean War?
North Koreans crossed the 38th Parallel to invade the South
The Chinese declared war on South Korea
President Truman nukes North Korea
General MacArthur invaded North Korea
5
Which country suffered the greatest loss of life (civilian and military) in WWII?
United States
Germany
Soviet Union
Japan
6
What did the Berlin Airlift of 1948-1949 accomplish?
The Soviet Army was trapped in Eastern Germany
Stalin was pressured to dissolve the Warsaw Pact
President Truman was forced to resign in 1949
Berliners got aid by the U.S. by flying planes into the city
7
The Vietnamese leader who first defeated the French ruled North Vietnam during Vietnam War?
Mao Zedong
Kim Il Sung
Ngo Dinh Diem
Ho Chi Minh
8
All of the following countries are still officially Communist today EXCEPT:
Laos and Vietnam
Cuba
East Germany and Russia
China and North Korea
9
Who were the Khmer Rouge
Communist fighters in Cambodia who slaughtered millions
North Vietnamese political party who took control in 1975
Laotian mountaineers who helped American forces
Vietnamese special forces who expanded the war into Laos
10
Where was MOST of the Cold War fought?
In the “satellite countries” of the Third World & Asia
In the NATO-allied countries of Western Europe
In the Warsaw Pact-allied countries of Eastern Europe
In the nonaligned countries of Africa and Middle East
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President Harry Truman’s foreign policy, designed to stop the spread of communism called:
The Domino Theory
Detente
Containment
Brinkmanship
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The United States and 48 other nations created this to make peace & to protect from WWIII
United Nations
League of Nations
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Anti-War Coalition
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What ended the Cold War?
The fall of Saigon to the North Vietnamese Army in 1975
The destruction of the Berlin Wall in 1989
The creation of the European Union in 1992
The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991
14
What two nations would have strong disagreements coming out of World War II?
Soviet Union and Germany
Germany and United States
United States and Soviet Union
United States and France
15
The surprise attack by the North Vietnamese during the Vietnamese Lunar New Year Vietnam 1968:
Tet Offensive
Gulf of Tonkin Incident
Invasion of Cambodia
Bombings of Laos
16
Which Latin American Communist movement is still in power today?
Fidel Castro’s government in Cuba
The FMLN in El Salvador
Salvador Allende’s government in Chile
The Sandinistas in Nicaragua
17
Among the postwar aims of the United States were all of the following EXCEPT:
Introduce English as official language for Europe
Rebuild European Governments and create new economic markets
Encourage democracy in other countries and prevent communism
Gain raw materials & markets to fuel European industry
18
This was the treaty between the U.S. & the Soviet Union to cut back on nuclear weapons.
Warsaw Negotiation
Brinkmanship
E.P.A.
SALT I
19
What can be said about Korea today?
The U.S. still has ground troops in South Korea
All the Above
A border continues divide North & South today
North Korea has developed Nukes
20
Who were the Vietcong?
North Vietnamese soldiers
Gun runners and smugglers for the Americans in Vietnam
Communist guerrilla fighters in South Vietnam
Members of the South Vietnamese Army
21
The name of the plan from 1958-1962; Mao Zedong would initiate to rapidly industrialize China
The Great Plan
The Red Movement
The Great Leap Forward
The Great Awakening
22
U.S. foreign policy was shaped by all of the following during the Cold War era EXCEPT:
The Iran-Contra Scandal of 1987
The election of President Bill Clinton in 1992
Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979
The Vietnam War of 1954-1975
23
What ended the Korean War?
General MacArthur was made President of a united Korea
The North Koreans conquered the South
The two sides declared an armistice in 1953
The Chinese defeated South Korea
24
This would be constructed to divide the capital city in Germany by the Soviets.
Demilitarized Zone
Berlin Wall
No Man's Land
Iron Curtain
25
What was the major outcome of the Yalta Pact?
Divided Germany into occupying locations by Allied military.
It formed the League of Nations
It provided money to build war torn nations in Europe
Set up a defensive military alliance of Western European
26
All of the following Third World nations experienced civil wars during Cold War era EXCEPT:
Thailand
Phillippines
Vietnam
Korea
27
During the Chinese Civil War, which side received billions in U.S. supplies and weapons?
Japanese Troops
Mao's Korean Mercenary Army
Mao Zedong's Red Army
Jiang Jieshi (Chiang Kai-shek) Nationalist Army
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The superpowers’ willingness to go to the edge of war with mutual arms race became known as:
Containment
The Domino Theory
Detente
Brinkmanship
29
This alliance was formed to defend from Communist threat:
The Warsaw Pact
N.A.T.O.
S.E.A.T.O.
The United Nations
30
The coalition of Eastern European nations organized by the Soviet Union was known as the:
Warsaw Pact
Yalta Conference
League of Nations
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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Where did Chiang Kai-shek (Jiang Jieshi) Nationalists flee after their defeat in 1949?
Hunan Island
Vietnam
Taiwan
Okinawa
32
What event occurred in 1957 which fueled the space race?
Soviets successfully tested their first nuclear missile
President Eisenhower launched NASA
An American U-2 spy plane was shot down over Russia
Soviets successfully launched the satellite Sputnik I
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What was the purpose of the Marshall Plan?
To rebuild Europe
To punish Germany in post war Europe
To stop rapid inflation in Latin America
To invade Japan
34
The name given to Soviet influenced satellite nations in Eastern Europe:
Satellite U.S.S.R.
Iron Curtain
Red Guard
Iron Maiden
35
What happened to Iran in 1979 which changed history?
Iran lost all oil reserves in Iraq
The Shah of Iran was killed by massive bombings
An Islamist revolution drove the Shah out of the country
Ayatollah Khomeini became friends with the United States
36
The idea that one country falls under communism the other neighbors will fall too
Mao Zedong
Detente
Brinkmanship
The Domino Theory
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How was the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 resolved?
Soviet Premier Khrushchev apologized
The United States destroyed the missiles in Cuba
Soviet Union agreed to pull out nukes
Fidel Castro pushed U.S. forces out of Cuba
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Which of the following did NOT lead to the eventual collapse of the Soviet Union?
Alliances with Communist China under Premier Leonid Brezhnev
Glasnost or “openness” under Premier Mikhail Gorbachev
“De-Stalinization” under Premier Nikita Khrushchev
Perestroika or “restructuring” by Premier Mikhail Gorbachev
39
Which of the following is NOT (and is) a permanent member of the United Nations?
Germany
China
United States
France
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The policy to train South Vietnamese Troops to fight by themselves while U.S. troops leaves
The Domino Theory
Vietnamization
Demilitarization
Special Force Training
