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1
What is the meaning of this cartoon?
Soviets lacked the money to re-build war torn countries
Russian farms used factory workers
Collective farms did not produce enough food
2
How did the Star Wars program "bring down" Communism?
Soviet satellites destroyed by U.S. missles
Citizens demanded open borders
Soviets lacked to money to keep up in the arms race.
3
What did NOT happen as a result of Sputnik?
America increased nuclear bomb testing.
America created NASA.
America made efforts to improve math & science education.
4
What U.S. President did NOT give a major Cold War speech in Berlin?
Kennedy said (in German) "I am a Berliner".
Truman announced the "Airlift".
Reagan asked Gorbachev to tear down the wall.
5
What was PING PONG diplomacy?
Agreement to allow Chinese to attend Olympics
1st "interaction" between U.S. and mainland China
Bouncing from hotspot to hotspot during Cold War
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The Great Leap Forward included
plan to accept Marxism
plan to improve industrial & agricultural productivity
plan to increase literacy
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Which country was NOT considered part of the Soviet bloc?
Romania
Bulgaria
Turkey
8
What was Churchill's term for the split between Eastern and Western Europe?
Berlin Wall
Red Guard
Iron Curtain
9
What was NOT a result of the Cuban Missile crisis?
Russian withdrawl of missiles from Cuba
U.S. promise not to invade Cuba
Overthrowl of Fidel Castro
10
What was the first Communist supported country in the Western Hemisphere?
Haiti
Cuba
Argentina
11
What country was divided with Communists in the north and a U.S. backed govt in the south?
Vietnam
Korea
Both
12
Why did the Soviets build the Berlin Wall?
to force Americans, British and French to abandon Berlin
to stop flow of people from East to West Berlin
to protest the airlift of the Truman administration
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What U.S. policy sought to CONTAIN communism?
Truman Doctrine
NATO
Marshall Plan
14
Which Soviet policy did NOT involve an "improvement" of rights for Soviet citizens?
glasnost
detente
peristroika
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Which Cold War crisis was NOT a result of the CONTAINMENT policy?
Korean War
Vietnam War
Sino-Soviet Split
