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Cold War Test Review (PAWH) PAWH (Pre-AICE World History)
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1
The Bay of Pigs was a failed attempt to overthrow...
Fulgencio Batista
Anastasio Somozoa
Fidel Castro
Burt El Blocko
2
The term “Iron Curtain” was coined by Winston Churchill. Where was he referring to?
China
Eastern Europe
Middle East
Indochina
3
What is the alliance among the Soviet Union and seven satellite states in Eastern Europe?
Perestroika
Warsaw Pact
NATO
Glasnost
4
What is the policy of lessening Cold War tensions between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. called?
détente
Glasnost
Perestroika
brinkmanship
5
What was Mao’s policy to restart the revolution by starting peasant uprisings?
red guards
the 5 year plan
cultural revolution
Indochina Revolution
6
What is the practice of going to the verge of war in order to win an advantage over a enemy?
brinkmanship
Domino Theory
end game
détente
7
What were the Soviet controlled border nations in between the U.S.S.R. and the West in Europe called?
satellite nations
NATO
SALT Nations
the wall
8
What was Gorbachev's policy for social reforms that ended religious bans and censorship in the Soviet Union?
perestroika
détente
glasnost
Warsaw Pact
9
What was the purpose of the Truman Doctrine?
to support countries that rejected communism
to create a Communist party in the United States
to judge political parties that favored communism
to raise funds for Communist activities in Europe
10
Who was the Soviet leader who reformed the USSR in the 1980's?
Joseph Stalin
Mikhail Gorbachev
Leonid Brezhnev
Nikita Khrushchev
11
What was the treaty that limited the number of ICBM missiles called (signed by the U.S. & U.S.S.R)?
SALT
S-Ban Treaty
Perestroika
Glasnost
12
What happened to Germany after WWII?
Germany was divided in zones, then became East & W. Germany
Germany took responsibility for the war and paid reparations
German Nationals refused to admit blame for the war
Germany had to give up its colonies to France
13
Who was the U.S. President during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
John F. Kennedy
Ronald Reagan
Lyndon Johnson
Richard Nixon
14
Which of the following was one of the goals of the Marshall Plan (1947)?
rebuild the economy of Western Europe
bring Nazi war criminals to trial in Nuremberg
fund the construction of the Iron Curtain
provide defensive weapons to Great Britain
15
Who was the leader of USSR in the 1950’s-1960’s?
Mikhail Gorbachev
Leonid Brezhnev
Nikita Khrushchev
Joseph Stalin
16
What is the policy of lessening Cold War tensions?
brinkmanship
Perestroika
détente
SALT
17
What economic system was used to reshape China's economy after their civil war?
capitalism
laissez faire
communism
social democracy
18
Who was the leader of communist Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Kim Ill Sung
Burt El Blocko
Fulgencio Batista
Fidel Castro
19
Which of the following was
NOT
one of the agreements made during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
The U.S. would not invade Cuba
The U.S. and U.S.S.R. would stop building nuclear weapons.
The U.S. would remove missiles from Turkey.
The Soviets would withdraw their nuclear weapons from Cuba.
20
Which best describes the underlying causes of the Cold War?
bitter personal disputes between Stalin and Truman
the destruction of Europe and Asia during WWII
the remaining anger of enemies former of World War II
economic and political differences between the U.S. & U.S.S.R.
21
Which of the following is the best answer for the start of the Korean War?
North Korean invasion of South Korea
The Japanese invasion of Manchuria
South Korean invasion of North Korea
The death of Sun Yat-sen
22
Which country joined the Korean War after U.N. forces reached North Korea?
China
Vietnam
Japan
Soviet Union
23
The Warsaw Pact was the Soviet reaction to which action led by the U.S.?
The Marshall Plan
The Truman doctrine
U.S. military action in North Korea
The creation of NATO
24
What was one of Stalin’s goals in Eastern Europe?
to spread communism into the area
to allow free elections
to plant democracy in the area
to stop the spread of communism
25
Who was the leader of Red China after the revolution until the 1970's?
Kim Ill Sung
Kim Jong-un
Nikita Khrushchev
Mao Zedong
26
Which event is most closely associated with the end of the Cold War?
President Richard Nixon’s visit to China
tearing down the Berlin Wall
withdrawal of United States troops from Vietnam
sending United States troops to Afghanistan
27
The Soviet Union set up the __________ in response to efforts from the West to reunify Germany.
Berlin Airlift
Berlin Blockade
German Democratic Republic
Iron Curtain
28
Following the United States’ military withdrawal from Vietnam in 1973, Vietnam...
adopted a communist form of government
became a democratic nation
remained divided between North and South
was quickly taken over by China
29
Who was the General of the U.S. and U.N troops during the Korean Conflict?
Dwight Eisenhower
Fidel Castro
General Burt Block
Douglas MacArthur
30
All of the following were conflict locations during the Cold War
EXEPT...
Berlin
London
Korea
Vietnam
31
While democratic elections were allowed in West Germany, East Germany
fell to communism
began war with the Soviets
won its independence
joined the United Nations
32
Which country launched the first satellite into space? (
Sputnik
on October 4, 1957)
The Soviet Union
China
The United States
Germany
33
What is the policy of limiting communism to the areas already under Soviet control called?
SALT
containment
détente
brinkmanship
34
Who was the leader after China’s civil war had ended?
Jiang Jieshi
Faizal Eben
Mao Zedong
Naku Shun
35
What is the military alliance among the U.S., Canada, and nine Western European countries called?
Warsaw Pact
NATO
SALT
Perestroika
36
The U.S., U.S.S.R.(Russia), Britain, France, and ______ are permanent members of the United Nations.
Japan
Canada
Germany
China
37
How did the U.S. respond to the Berlin Blockade?
declaring war on East Germany
appeasing the East Germans by handing them West Berlin
using airplanes to supply West Berlin for 327 days
allied with NATO to fight the East Germans
38
Who was the first communist leader of North Korea?
Kim Ill Sung
Kim Jong-un
Nikita Khrushchev
Mao Zedong
39
The state of tension between nations without armed conflict between the main rivals was known as...
the world war
the Cold War
the Marshall Plan
the iron curtain
40
What is the dividing line between North and South Korea known as?
38th Parallel
24th Parallel
The Great Divided
The Korean Divide
41
President Nixon’s Vietnamization policy emphasized that the United States must...
defeat communism in Vietnam to preserve other countries.
empower South Vietnamese forces to take over in combat.
Burt Block is your Supreme Commander.
open trade relations with a unified Vietnam.
42
What did the U.S. offer to strengthen democratic governments in Europe?
the arms race
the Marshall Plan
the Berlin airlift
the United Nations
43
Mikhail Gorbachev's policy of unsuccessful economic reform in the Soviet Union was called...
Perestroika
Glasnost
brinkmanship
détente
44
Which of the following doctrines promised to aid nations struggling against communist movements?
Marshall Plan
Truman Doctrine
Monroe Doctrine
Eisenhower Doctrine
45
Who was the first U.S. President to go to China?
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon Johnson
Richard Nixon
Ronald Reagan
