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1
Which of the following describes Margaret Thatcher's government policy?
Isolationism
Build up nuclear weapons
Decreased role of government in economy
Containment of Communism
2
What is the current status of Vietnam today?
Remains divided
Taken over as a Soviet Satellite
Reunited as a communist nation
Established as a U.S. territory
3
Which three people led successful communist uprisings in their nations:
Ho Chi Minh, Fidel Castro, and Mao Zedong
JFK, Kim II Sung, and Chiang Kai-shek
Fidel Castro, Joseph Stalin, and Mao Zedong
Ho chi Minh, Kim II Sung, and Syngman Rhee
4
Who was the Communist Leader of China?
Pol Pot
Kim II Sung
Ho Chi Minh
Mao Zedong
5
Who was the leader of Nationalist China, who fled offshore to the island of Taiwan?
Kim II Sung
Chiang Kai-shek
Mao Zedong
Pol Pot
6
What was a result of the Chinese civil war?
Mainland China was a united Communist nation
Became a U.S. territory
Became The Republic of China
Was colonized by Japan
7
Who was the leader of the Communists in China's civil war?
Pol Pot
Ho Chi Minh
Kim II Sung
Mao Zedong
8
How did the U.S. attempt to help Western Europe after WWII?
Established Democracies
Re-armed nations for protection
Gave economic assistance to war-torn countries
Justice for war crimes
9
The policy of containment prevented the expansion of what type of government system?
Monarchy
Totalitarianism
Democracy
Communism
10
Using the map below, which war resulted in the country reuniting as a communist nation?
Cold War
China Civil War
Vietnam War
Korean War
11
Who was the Communist leader of Korea?
Ho Chi Minh
Pol Pot
Kim II Sung
Fidel Castro
12
Who was the Nationalist Leader of China?
Mao Zedong
Ho Chi Minh
SyngmanRhee
Chiang Kai-Shek
13
Which event is most acknowledged to have nearly lead to a nuclear war?
Cuban Missile Crisis
Cuban Revolution
The Red Scare
Bay of Pigs
14
The Iron Curtain:
Created to prevent another war
Equally divided Europe
Was established to keep peace
Separated Communism countries from non-Communism Countries
15
During the 20th Century, what country began to align their policies with those of the U.S.?
Soviet Union
Germany
France
Britain
16
Why were the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. reluctant to be involved in direct military action?
Both economy's would be destroyed
Both sides strived for world peace
Potential for global nuclear war
The UN would punish both countries
17
Who was the Nationalist Leader of Korea?
Syngman Rhee
Kim II Sung
Chiang Kai-Shek
Douglas MacArthur
18
Who was the Communist Leader of Vietnam?
Mao Zedong
Pol Pot
Kim II Sung
Ho Chi Minh
19
When were the approximate years of the Cold War?
1914-1918
2001-Current
1945-1990
1939-1945
20
Who was the Communist leader of Cuba?
Pol Pot
Kim II Sung
Fidel Castro
Ho Chi Minh
21
What was the main goal of the U.S. in Vietnam?
To help establish a Democracy
To reconstruct after WWII
To prevent a nuclear war
Containing Communism
22
JFK, Castro, and Cuba are representations of which two events:
Cuban Revolution and Bay of Pigs
Collapse of Communism and WWII
Bay of Pigs and Cuban Missile Crisis
WWIII and Cuban Missile Crisis
23
Which Cold War symbol is indicated on the map below?
Berlin Wall
Warsaw Pact vs. NATO
Iron Curtain
The Cuban Missile Crisis
24
Which war resulted in another country falling to communism and remained divided peninsula?
Chinese Civil War
Korean War
Cold War
Vietnam War
25
After 3 years of fighting the Korean War, the border between North and South Korea:
Remained at the 38th Parallel
Moved down to expand North Korea
Was eliminated and united as one Korea
Established the Korean Wall
26
During the Cold War, the people of which group of nations were powerless against the Soviet?
Western Bloc
Soviet Satellites
The Domino Theory
The Republic of China
27
Vietnam was a former colony of what country?
France
Soviet Union
Japan
China
28
What are the two ideologies which created conflict between the two superpowers?
Democracy vs. Totalitarianism
Capitalism vs. Communism
Monarchy vs. Democracy
Communism vs. Nazism
29
The Cold War can be described as:
Another world war
An ideological war
A nuclear war
A war to end all wars
30
Which U.S. President introduced the policy of containment?
FDR
Obama
Truman
Reagan
31
Who was the Communist Leader of Cambodia?
Ho Chi Minh
Mao Zedong
Kim II Sung
Pol Pot
32
The Cold War that followed WWII emerged as a rivalry between?
U.S. vs. Britain
U.S. vs. Korea
U.S. vs. Soviet Union
U.S. vs. China
33
Communist China became involved with the Korean War when:
the U.S. crossed the Yalu River
The U.S.S.R. demanded them to invade
General MacArthur directly threatened to invade
they thought North Korea would fall to South Korea
34
The outcome of China's civil war worried American's because:
Communism was successfully advancing over the world
American containment policy was failing
China would start spreading Communism
The U.S.S.R. was in the lead as a superpower
35
What is described as the fall of one country to communism leading to the fall of its neighbors?
The Domino Theory
Truman's policy of containment
Warsaw Pact
NATO
36
Which Indian leader developed a nuclear program and established relations with the U.S.S.R.?
Golda Meir
Nancy Reagan
Indira Gandhi
Margaret Thatcher
37
Who was the final president of the Soviet Union who also caused its down fall?
Gorbachev
Stalin
Khrushchev
Lenin
38
How did the U.S. respond to the Soviet Union stockpiling weapons in Cuba?
They blockaded Cuba with Naval ships
Decided to drop a missile upon Cuba
Went to the UN for support
Pulled out of Cuba
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Who said, "Mr. Gorbachev, Tear Down this wall!"?
Ronald Reagan
John F. Kennedy
Richard Nixon
Harry S Truman
40
What action became a symbol of the divide between the U.S. and the Soviet Union?
The Cuban Missile Crisis
Construction of the Berlin Wall
Rivalry after WWII
The Space Race
41
In Berlin, this President said, "As a free man, I take pride in saying, I am a jelly doughnut".
Ronald Reagan
Richard Nixon
Harry S Truman
John F. Kennedy
42
For the U.S., how were the Korean and Vietnam wars similar?
The U.S. wanted to mediate international conflicts
Both sought to prevent the spread of Communism
Ending the rise of Totalitarian dictatorships
Involvement to prevent nuclear warfare.
43
Which American and Soviet leaders are generally credited with ending the Cold War?
Reagan and Thatcher
Gorbachev and Kennedy
Reagan and Gorbachev
Stalin and FDR
44
Which U.S. President introduced the policy of containment?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
John F. Kennedy
Harry S Truman
Ronald Reagan
45
The Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan were designed to:
Promote economic and political stability in Europe
Because we made a deal with Europe
To prevent Communism from spreading
To benefit ourselves economically
46
Marshall Plan, the Iron Curtain, and the Berlin Airlift are events associated with what era?
Interwar
The Cold War
World War I
World War II
47
The defeat of what colonial power in WWII effectively led to the North-South split in Korea?
Russia
China
U.S.
Japan
48
During the Cold War, NATO and the Warsaw Pact represent:
Competing trade routes
Two competing military alliances
Competing ideologies
Competing companies making nuclear bombs