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Global Spread of the Cold War
Global Spread of the Cold War
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#Koreanwar #coldwar #sovietunion #hungary #suezcrisis #cubanmissilecrisis
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1
In 1961 Cuban exiles launched what became a botched invasion on the coast of Cuba known as...
Bay of Pigs Invasion
D-Day
DEFCON 2
Inchon Landing
2
What was China's history with the Western powers?
They were recognized as a major superpower and were respected as such.
They had no connection to the Western powers until WW2.
They continuously attacked Western nations to expand their power.
They were divided and exploited for their resources.
3
Who was the leader in North Korea after the Korean War ended?
Kim Il Sung
JiangJieshi
Kim Jon Un
Mao Zedong
4
What is decolonization?
States that are not aligned with or against any major power.
Withdrawing from a former colony and becoming independent.
Settling among and establishing control over native people.
Extending a country's power through diplomacy or force.
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What was Korea's history prior to the outbreak of war in 1950?
Japan controlled it but was forced to give it up after WWII.
China controlled it and committed mass genocide there.
The United States controlled it for its warm water ports.
Russia had controlled it but was beginning to decolonize.
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Who was the leader in South Korea that the United Nations supported?
Mao Zedong
Syngman Rhee
Fidel Castro
Kim Il Sung
7
How did the US get involved in the Congo Independence Crisis?
They conspired to assassinate Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba.
They bought all of the cobalt reserves in the country.
They created an alliance with Patrice Lumumba against the Soviet Union.
They sent financial and military aid to the Congolese people.
8
What type of government system did North Korea adopt after WW2?
Democratic
Capitalist
Utopian
Communist
9
General MacArthur wanted to do what in China?
Send China Aid
Appoint a new leader in China
Drop Nuclear Bombs there
Bring U.S. troops there
10
Why was the nationalization of the Suez Canal so significant to the British?
It was a lifeline to British trade and their Asian colonies.
It proved that the British Empire was still strong.
It meant that Britain would lose to France in the conflict.
It meant that the British had to share their trade profits.
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What major resource was available only in the Congo and USSR that was vital to US security?
cobalt used to make jet engines
lead for use in car batteries and ammunition.
cobalt used to make bridges and roads
petroleum for transportation and energy use
12
Why did China join the Korean War?
The United States bombed them repeatedly
North Koreans begged them to help
They wanted to help South Korea
They felt threatened by the UN forces at the Yalu River
13
Where was North and South Korea divided when the war stopped over 3 years later?
38th Parallel
30th Parallel
equator
58th Parallel
14
Who was the General that led the United States in South Korea?
MacArthur
Roosevelt
Stalin
Truman
15
Where were North and South Korea divided after World War 2?
58th Parallel
30th Parallel
38th Parallel
equator
16
Why did the Soviet Union place missiles in Cuba?
Cuba was threatening the spread of communism.
The US placed them in Turkey and Cuba is close to the US.
Cuba and the US were on the brink of war with one another.
The US was acting as the protector for decolonization.
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Why did the United States act as a protector for decolonizing states?
It increased tension between them and GB.
They hoped those countries would become colonies of the US.
US history is routed in the fight for independence from GB.
They wanted those nations to side with them in the Cold War.
18
Why did Korea become a Cold War conflict?
It was divided in 2, each side supported by the US or USSR.
It remained together as one nation but fought against China.
Japan refused to give up their control of the peninsula.
The USSR put missiles there when the US put them in Turkey.
19
Did Khrushchev agree with all of Stalin's policies and practice of Communism?
No
Yes
20
Why did the United Nations not get involved in the Hungarian Uprising?
The Korean War was raging on in Eastern Asia.
The Suez crisis, which GB and France were directly involved.
The US stepped in before the UN could respond.
The SU threatened to leave the UN if there was intervention.
21
The United States helped which nation?
North Korea
South Korea
22
When Stalin died in 1953, who took over in the Soviet Union? What did he immediately begin?
Gamal Abdel Nasser / Nationalization
Nikita Khrushchev / Destalinisation
Anthony Eden / Decolonization
Nikita Khrushchev / Ethnic cleansing
23
Developing world states that are not formally with or against any major power bloc.
NATO
Warsaw Pact
Decolonization
Non-Aligned Movement
24
Who won the Chinese Civil War? (1945–49)
Chinese Communist Party (CCP)
Nationalists (Kuomintang)
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Collective defense treaty between the Soviet Union and seven Eastern satellite states.
NATO
Non-Aligned Movement
Warsaw Pact
COMECON
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All of the following are causes of the Hungarian Uprising
except...
Radio Free Europe being broadcast from the US.
Inspiration from the revolution in Poland.
Khrushchev's destalinisation and relaxed policies.
The murder of Prime Minister Imre Nagy
