Cold War Review

Which bloody battle in 1954 convinced the French to leave Vietnam?

Which battle was launched by communist guerilla forces during the Vietnamese New Year in 1968?

Which Southeast Asian leader emerged as the leader of communist North Vietnam?

Which group of communist guerrillas overthrew the Cambodian government in 1975?

During the Cold War, the US had what type of economic system?

America’s policy of keeping communism within its existing boundaries was called

Which country was first involved in war in Vietnam after World War II?

The ___________was the view that communist victory would cause other governments  to fall 

In the 1980s, __________launched a program to build a “Star Wars” missile defense system

What word best describes the relationship between China and the USSR during the 1950s?

What happened to the Nationalists after Mao set up the People's Republic of China?

The Soviet Union's "Vietnam" was a war fought in which country?

Who was the dictator who ruled North Korea during the Cold War?

Which term best describes group-owned and operated farms or communities? 

The US and its allies formed all of the following military alliances except:

What did President Kennedy do instead of directly invading Cuba?

How did American schools cope with the possibility of nuclear attack from the 1950s to 1970s?

Which of these was a Romanian dictator who was overthrown and executed in 1989?

 What term best describes the Muslim religious warriors who battled the Soviets in Afghanistan?

What happened to Czechoslovakia after the communists lost power?

During the peak of the Cold War, the USSR had what type of economic system?

The idea that if one side launched a nuclear attack, both sides would be destroyed is called

After the war the South Vietnamese capital __________ was renamed Ho Chi Minh City.

In 1980, Poles organized ______________, an independent labor union.

______________ transformed his country into a communist state during theCuban Revolution.

What two countries fell to communist governments dominated by Vietnam?

Which US President negotiated the Paris Peace Accord establishing a ceasefire in Vietnam?

During the Korean War, ____________ was the dictatorial leader of South Korea.

At the end of the Korean War, troops remained on either side of the __________.

Following the Vietnam War, how did many Vietnamese refugees flee? (“_________ people”)