Cold War Study Guide

What made up the border between North Vietnam and South Vietnam?

What were the Soviet Union and the United States competing to do in the Arms Race during the Cold War?

Who is considered the Father of Communism?

What year did the Soviet Union finally collapse and separate into 15 different countries?

Which country first put a manned spacecraft into orbit?

Vietnam was a colony of what country prior to World War II?

Who was the leader of the Bolshevik Revolution and known for bringing communism to Russia?

Around how many people did Soviet Union leader Joseph Stalin have killed for the "good of the state"?

The common outcome for communist government nations has been the peaceful and equal dream world described by Karl Marx.

What long time event came to an end as a result of the collapse of the Soviet Union?

What country had control of the Korean peninsula before World War II?

Which side ended up winning the Vietnam War and taking control of the country?

The easing of relations between the east and west in the Cold War was termed:

During the Bay of Pigs, John F. Kennedy was the US President that ordered the invasion.

What made the war difficult for the US army and troops fighting in the war?

Which leader of the Soviet Union instituted the reforms of glasnost and perestroika?

Who was the first man to set foot on the Moon?

Which side was considered the winner of the Korean War?

In what country did the Soviet Union put nuclear missile sites that could hit any target within the United States?

What form of government were people afraid of during the Red Scare?

Which of the following is true about the Suez Canal Crisis?

What did MAD stand for in regards to the Arms Race?

Which of the following is an important element of communism?

Richard Nixon pulled US troops from Vietnam.

Why did East Germany build the Berlin Wall?