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Unit 6 Cold War Vocabulary Quiz
Unit 6 Cold War Vocabulary Quiz
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Other than the Korean War, what war was also a result of the Cold War?
Vietnam
Philippines
Chinese Civil War
Russian War
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American policy of resisting further expansion of communism around the world is called
complainant
Domino Theory
containment
deterrent
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Winston Churchill coined this phrase about the division between free and Communist countries
Domino Theory
Iron Curtain
deterrent
Cold War
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Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during WW2
Lenin
Trotsky
Napoleon
stalin
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What was the Arms Race during The Cold War?
Competition to create more guns and weaponry.
A Race to see who could reach the moon first.
It's competition for nuclear warfare between The USA and USSR.
A tactic used by the USSR to sabotage the United States
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McCarthyism is...
Loyalty to America and all of their land
The practice of making unfair allegations and investigative techniques
A campaign to bring all communist into America
giving the rights to specific people in the government
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What was the purpose of the Yalta Conference
To split up Russia
Decisions on war criminals
Stop spread of Communism
discuss the postwar reorganization of Germany and Europe
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Why was NASA created?
To protect ourselves from the asteroids Flying toward earth
Because the USA felt like it
The USA wanted to show off their new found strength.
As a result of the space race between the USA and SU
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Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban missile crisis?
Yuri Andropov
Ronald Reagan
Josef Stalin
Nikita Khrushchev
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The Korean War and Vietnam War were proxy wars in the Cold War.
True
False
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Who were Julius and Ethel Rosenberg?
Sold US secrets on the Atomic Bomb to the Soviets. Executed for espionage
Were paid to hide secret information from the Svoiets.
Planned to overthrow the president
A couple who were American spies hiding out in Moscow Russia
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What was Sputnik?
First satellite to be put into orbit by the soviets
The first space craft to the moon
A nuclear war head
A Russian army tank
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Communism
A system that contains many democratic ideals.
Nazi Germany's main political system.
Property is owned by the state and citizens work and are paid by skill/need
A community of people who live together.
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Nations with enough military, political, and economic strength to influence global events
capitals
superpower
glasnost
democracy
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from 1945-1991, this period was known for the rivalry between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R.
Hot War
Kill War
Communist War
Cold War
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Who were the big three at the Yalta Conference?
Churchill, FDR, Stalin
Truman, FDR, Stalin
FDR, Mussolini, Stalin
Churchill, Eisenhower, Hitler
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What were proxy wars?
Conflict between 8 weak countries , the weakest country wins the war
All of the options
conflict between countries, and each side has support from powerful country
War between china and USA
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The Marshall Plan was-
U.S. policy on the usage of nuclear weapons
A document which created the C.I.A. and other agencies
U.S. military tactics for an invasion of Russia
U.S. supplying billions of dollars to rebuild Europe
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What was the iron curtain?
an imaginary barrier seprating the soviet union and its communist staellite
It was the line separating North and South Vietnam.
Churchill’s phrase to describe Soviet influence in Europe.
Stalin's phrase to describe the United States.
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international organization formed AFTER WWII to promote peace, security, and cooperation.
League of Nations
NATO
Warsaw Pact
United Nations
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Who was the Cold War between??
France and USSR
US and Germany
US and USSR
Britain and Germany
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Who succeeded Stalin after his death?
Lavrenti Beria
Nikita Khrushchev
Lazar Kaganovich
Vlatislav Molotov
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What is the Red Scare?
fear of infiltration
widespread fear of communism or anarchism or radical leftist
fear of the reign of Putin
fear of the Soviet Union
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alliance between the U.S.S.R. and other Eastern European nations in response to NATO.
Peace Pact
Warsaw Pact
NATO
The U.N
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What happened during the Cuban Missile crisis ?
The USSR sent missiles to Cuba
All of the above
Cuban missiles went off in Turkey
Cuba had more missiles than the United States
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What did the Truman Doctrine Do?
Weakened The British
Us would pay countries threatened by Communist expansion
Separated Greece and Turkey
Ended The war
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Doctrine of military strategy where each superpower would be destroyed if the other one launched its nuclear weapons
Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD)
Space Race
2nd Red Scare
Sputnik
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alliance made between "good guys" that says they all go to war if one attacked
League of Nations
Warsaw Pact
NATO
Marshall Plan
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US policy during the Cold War; stop the spread of communism
McCarthyism
Containment
Marshall Plan
Blacklist
