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1
The Iron Curtain established what?
A group of countries located in Asia
Countries could pick their own government within buffer zone
Satellite nations that formed a buffer zone
a literal heavy curtain
2
Before the war, Korea was split between Communist North and Capitalist South, at what parallel?
105
27
48
38
3
True/False: The Bay of Pigs was a successful invasion and the Castro was overthrown
True
False
4
The United States, Russia, Germany, Britain, and Japan are on the Security Council of the UN?
False
True
5
Who was Mao Zedong
Leader of Capitalist South Korea
Leader of Communist China
Emperor of Japan during World War II
Leader of Communist North Korea
6
The end result of the Cuban Missile crisis was the Soviets removed their missiles in Cuba AND
the US took missiles out of Turkey
the US provided aid to Turkey and Greece
US stopped helping the West Germans
the US did nothing
7
The loving turtle that taught us how to protect ourselves from a nuclear blast was named
Oodles of Poodles
Mertle the Turtle
Bert the turtle
Phineas the Ferb
8
J Edgar Hoover was what?
Director of the FBI
Director of the CIA
Secretary of State under Kennedy
Executioner of the Rosenbergs
9
After the Korean War, the Korean peninsula was split at what parallel?
105
27
48
38
10
True/False, the Soviet Union DID NOT want Germany to pay War Damages after World War II
True
False
11
What was the name of the first man made satellite in space?
Sputnik
Spitalfield
Iron Curtain
Laika
12
Marshall Plan gave money/aid to what countries?
Any country on the verge of communism
Any country on the verge of Capitalism
Greece and Turkey
England and France
13
What was a Declaration for a Liberated Europe?
Countries would be communist after World War II
Countries can choose what kind of government they had
Countries voted on what they wanted to be in the UN
All countries had to be Capitalist
14
The Cuban Missile Crisis was:
U2 Spy plane getting shot down in Alaska
North Korea fighting the South Koreans in Cuba
The division of East Berlin and West Berlin
13 day standoff when world was on brink of nuclear war
15
Truman Doctrine gave aid to what countries?
Greece and Turkey
North Korea and South Korea
Greece and Tunisia
Germany and Turkey
16
Who was president at the beginning of the Korean War
John F Kennedy
Franklin D Roosevelt
Harry Truman
Dwight Eisenhower
17
Who won the 1960 presidential election
John F Kennedy
Richard Nixon
Bobby Kennedy
Adlai Stevenson
18
Who was the NATO alliance with?
Nazi Germany
Capitalist Countries
Communist countries
Soviet satellite nations
19
The UN was created after World War 2 and punished who for War Crimes?
United States
Germany and Japan
North Korea and South Korea
Soviet Union
20
Who held control West Germany and West Berlin
Soviet Union
North Korea
United States
Britain
21
McCarthyism can best be described as
Being a Republican Senator from Wisconsin
Proving Communists guilty of espionage
Witch hunt for communists but having no proof of guilt
Witch hunt for capitalists
22
True/False, US dropped humanitarian aid to West Berliners when they were blockaded by USSR
False
True
23
Did the United States and the Soviet Union go to war with each other during the Cold War?
Yes
No
24
Who was the president who used brinkmanship and the New Look policy?
Harry Truman
John F Kennedy
Franklin D Roosevelt
Dwight Eisenhower
25
Nikita Khrushchev took over for what Soviet leader?
Leonid Brezhnev
Fidel Castro
Vladimir Lenin
Joseph Stalin
26
Which came first, Berlin Airlift or the Berlin Wall?
Wall
Airlift
27
Who was the president during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Franklin D Roosevelt
Dwight Eisenhower
John F Kennedy
Harry Truman
28
We tried to "fight" communism by doing what?
Contain it
Kill it
Spread it
Eliminate it
29
Who held control of East Germany and East Berlin
South Korea
Britain
Soviet Union
United States
30
The Warsaw Pact was an alliance with what countries?
Communist countries
Capitalist countries
31
The New Look Policy by Eisenhower has all of the following EXCEPT
Strong military
Strong economy
Threatening others with nukes
Falsely accusing US citizens of Communism
