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Cold War Questions for a high school modern world history class. #coldwar
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1
Which cold war conflict ended in with a united country under communism?
Afghanistan War
Vietnam War
Korean war
Cuban Revolution
2
After WWII, the U.S. believed that the liberated nations of Europe should:
Restore their monarchies
Have free elections
All become communist
Become mandates of the Allies
3
The Truman Doctrine was rooted in the idea of
invasions
containment
isolationism
appeasement
4
Where was the Bay of Pigs?
Korea
Neverland
Cuba
Vietnam
5
Who created perestroika, the Soviet economic restructuring that led to the break up of the USSR
Fidel Castro
Michail Gorbechev
Seabolt
Nikita Khrushev
6
Who became leader of the USSR after Stalin's death and instituted the destalinization program?
Seabolt
Fidel Castro
Nikita Khrushev
Michail Gorbechev
7
U.S. fears of communism spreading were realized when Mao Zedong created a communist state in:
China
East Germany
Vietnam
Korea
8
The communist ruler of North Vietnam after 1954 was
Pol Pot
Mao Zedong
Fidel Castro
Ho Chi Minh
9
What is NATO?
North American Treaty Organization
Not Another Test Omg!
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
New Atlantic Trade Organization
10
U.S. policy to stop communism in Vietnam to prevent the rest of Asia from falling to communism.
Detente
Marshall Plan
Perestroika
Domino Theory
11
Military alliance system of American allies in the North Atlantic:
United Nations
NATO
Warsaw Pact
Marshall Planners
12
An era of tension between capitalistic and communistic countries that occurred after WWII:
Cold War
Marshall Plan
Detente
Nationalism
13
Who led the Cuban Revolution and became dictator?
Pol Pot
Mao Zedong
Ho Chi Minh
Fidel Castro
14
Which of the following describes Korea today?
United under one communist dictator
Is considered one of the poorest countries on earth
Split into Eastern and Western halves
Split between communist North and capitalist South
15
Which cold war conflict ended in a stalemate at the 38th parallel?
Korean war
Afghanistan War
Vietnam War
Cuban Revolution
16
The RED SCARE was fear of
a Soviet invasion of Europe
the Sooners
a communist invasion of N. Korea.
communists in the US
17
What was SPECIFIC purpose of the Berlin Wall?
The Wall didn't exist is was a metaphor for the Cold War
Divided East and West Berlin
Prevent East Berliners from going to the West
Keep capitalism out of Berlin
18
What event is featured in the cartoon below?
Cuban Missile Crisis
Tet Offensive
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Marshall Plan
19
Which country was considered an "economic miracle" because of it's growth after WWII?
Poland
Italy
Great Britain
West Germany
20
What was a change that took place during the Cuban Revolution?
Political freedom was restricted and a dictatorship set up.
Freedom of the press was guaranteed.
The US dropped the embargo on Cuba.
21
Who was the leader of the Kymer Rouge resposible for the Killing Fields?
Fidel Castro
Ho Chi Minh
Mao Zedong
Pol Pot
22
In 1962, the _____ brought the world to the brink of nuclear war.
Cuban Missle Crisis
domino theory
Bay of Pigs
Stalin
23
Germany was divided into 4 occupation zones after WW2 at the
Potsdam Conference
Treaty of Versaille
da club
Yalta Conference
24
Who called the separation of the Soviets from the west as the "Iron Curtain"?
Stalin
Churchill
JFK
Roosevelt
