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Cold War Vocabulary
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An organization created in 1945 dedicated to resolving international conflicts
League of Nations
United Nations
League of United States
World Health Organization
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Communist leader of China who defeated a nationalist army for control of China
Sum Guy
Chiang Kai-shek
Benito Mussolini
Mao Zedong
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thermonuclear weapon that gets its power from splitting a hydrogen atom
grenade
atomic bomb
shrapnel
hydrogen bomb
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Cold War foreign policy designed to "get to the verge of war without getting into war"
brinkmanship
Fair Deal
containment
arms race
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The US effort to help rebuild war-torn Europe with loans and other economic aid after WW II
Marshall Plan
Versailles Plan
Fourteen Points Plan
Fair Deal
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The USA preventing the Soviet Union from expanding its influence around the world
containment
arms race
war
brinkmanship
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the first artificial satellite, launched by the Soviet Union in 1957
Explorer
Apollo
Sputnik
none of these are correct
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A mutual defense plan created by the Soviet Union & its satellite countries in case of attack
Allied Powers
Warsaw Pact
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Axis Powers
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Nov. 1945, a tribunal in the German city, Nuremberg, put high ranking Nazi officials on trial
Nazi Trials
German War Crimes Trials
HItler Trials
Nuremberg Trials
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What line divided Korea after WWII into N (Communist-Soviet Union) and South (democratic-US)?
38th parallel
36030 line
49th parallel N
none of these are correct
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US, GB, and Soviet Union made important decisions about the future of European governments here
Potsdam Conference
Versailles Conference
Munich Conference
Yalta Conference
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US Senator who investigated spread of Communism in US society, no proof was ever found though
None of these are correct
Joesph McCarthy
Mao Zedong
Harry S. Truman
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a competition between nations for superiority in the development and accumulation of weapons
containment
brinkmanship
arms race
war
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the struggle for global power between the US and the Soviet Union between 1945-1990
Cold War
World War III
Arms Race
World War II
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a cold war alliance of western powers
Axis Powers
Warsaw Pact
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Central Powers
