stud
bud
Sign up
Log in
Home
Library
Explore
SAT
More
Cold War Test Review Flashcards | StudBud
Explore
/
Cold War Test Review
Cold War Test Review
45 terms
·
StudBud Administration
·
158 plays
Cold War
Flashcards
45 cards
F
Practice quiz
P
Host live
L
Questions
45
Answers
1
What is the policy of lessening Cold War tensions?
détente
Perestroika
SALT
brinkmanship
2
How did the U.S. respond to the Berlin Blockade?
declaring war on East Germany
allied with NATO to fight the East Germans
appeasing the East Germans by handing them West Berlin
using airplanes to supply West Berlin for 327 days
3
The Warsaw pact was Soviet reaction to what U.S. led action?
The Marshall Plan
The Truman doctrine
The creation of NATO
U.S. military action in North Korea
4
President Nixon’s Vietnamization policy emphasized that the United States must
defeat communism in Vietnam to preserve other countries.
open trade relations with a unified Vietnam.
Burt Block is your Supreme Commander.
empower South Vietnamese forces to take over in combat.
5
Which best describes the underlying causes of the Cold War?
the destruction of Europe and Asia during WW 2
economic & political differences between the U.S. & U.S.S.R.
bitter personal disputes between Stalin and Truman
the remaining anger of enemies former of World War II
6
While democratic elections were allowed in West Germany, East Germany
began war with the Soviets
won its independence
joined the United Nations
fell to communism
7
What is the military alliance among the U.S., Canada, & nine Western European countries called?
Warsaw Pact
SALT
Perestroika
NATO
8
Which of the following is the best answer for the start of the Korean War?
The death of Sun Yat-sen
South Korean invasion of North Korea
North Korean invasion of South Korea
The Japanese invasion of Manchuria
9
The Bay of Pigs was a failed attempt to overthrow
Fulgencio Batista
Burt El Blocko
Anastasio Somozoa
Fidel Castro
10
Who was the leader of communist Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Kim Ill Sung
Fidel Castro
Burt El Blocko
Fulgencio Batista
11
All of the following were conflicts during the Cold War
EXEPT
Korea
London
Vietnam
Berlin
12
The U.S., U.S.S.R.(Russia), Britain, France, &______are permanent members of he United Nations.
Germany
Japan
China
Canada
13
Mikhail Gorbachev's policy of unsuccessful economic reform in the Soviet Union
brinkmanship
détente
Glasnost
Perestroika
14
What did the U.S. offer to strengthen democratic governments in Europe?
the arms race
the Marshall Plan
the United Nations
the Berlin airlift
15
What is the practice of going to the verge of war in order to win an advantage over a enemy?
Domino Theory
brinkmanship
détente
end game
16
Who was the leader of Red China after the revolution until 1970s?
Nikita Khrushchev
Kim Ill Sung
Mao Zedong
Kim Jong-un
17
What is the policy of lessening Cold War tensions between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. called?
détente
brinkmanship
Perestroika
Glasnost
18
What was the purpose of the Truman Doctrine?
to create a Communist party in the United States
to support countries that rejected communism
to judge political parties that favored communism
to raise funds for Communist activities in Europe
19
The term the “Iron Curtain” originated by Winston Churchill. Where was he referring to?
China
Indochina
Eastern Europe
Middle East
20
Who was the leader of USSR in the 1950’s-1960’s?
Mikhail Gorbachev
Leonid Brezhnev
Joseph Stalin
Nikita Khrushchev
21
What is the policy of limiting communism to the areas already under Soviet control called?
détente
containment
brinkmanship
SALT
22
Who was the first communist leader of North Korea?
Nikita Khrushchev
Mao Zedong
Kim Jong-un
Kim Ill Sung
23
Who was the soviet Leader who reformed the USSR in the 1980s?
Mikhail Gorbachev
Nikita Khrushchev
Leonid Brezhnev
Joseph Stalin
24
What was Mao’s policy to re-start the revolution by starting peasant uprisings?
Indochina Revolution
cultural revolution
the 5 year plan
red guards
25
What is the dividing line between North an d South Korea is known as?
The Great Divided
38th Parallel
24th Parallel
The Korean Divide
26
Which of the following was
NOT
one of the agreements made during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
The U.S. would remove missiles fromTurkey.
The U.S. and U.S.S.R. would stop building nuclear weapons.
The U.S. would not invade Cuba
The Soviets would withdraw their nuclear weapons from Cuba.
27
What was the treaty that limited the number of ICBM missiles signed by the U.S. & U.S.S.R?
Glasnost
S-Ban Treaty
Perestroika
SALT
28
Which of the following doctrines promised to aid nations struggling against communist movement?
Eisenhower Doctrine
Monroe Doctrine
Marshall Plan
Truman Doctrine
29
The state of tension between nations w/o armed conflict between the main rivals was known as
the Marshall Plan
the iron curtain
the world war
the Cold War
30
What were the Soviet controlled border nations between U.S.S.R. and the West in Europe called?
the wall
satellite nations
SALT Nations
NATO
31
What was one of Stalin’s goals in Eastern Europe?
to plant democracy in the area
to stop the spread of communism
to spread communism into the area
to allow free elections
32
What is the alliance among the Soviet Union and seven satellite states in Eastern Europe?
Warsaw Pact
NATO
Perestroika
Glasnost
33
Who was the U.S. President during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Richard Nixon
Ronald Reagan
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon Johnson
34
Which of the following was one of the goals of the Marshall Plan (1947)?
fund the construction of the iron curtain
provide defensive weapons to Great Britain
rebuild the economy of Western Europe
bring Nazi war criminals to trial in Nuremberg
35
What were Gorbachev's social reform that ended religious bans & censorship in the Soviet Union?
détente
glasnost
Warsaw Pact
perestroika
36
Who was the first U.S. President to go to China?
Lyndon Johnson
Richard Nixon
John F. Kennedy
Ronald Reagan
37
Who was the leader after China’s civil war had ended?
Naku Shun
Jiang Jieshi
Faizal Eben
Mao Zedong
38
Who was the General of the U.S. and U.N troops during the Korean Conflict?
Fidel Castro
Dwight Eisenhower
Douglas MacArthur
General Burt Block
39
The Soviet Union set up the __________ in response to efforts from the West to reunify Germany.
Berlin Airlift
Iron Curtain
German Democratic Republic
Berlin Blockade
40
Following the United States’ military withdrawal from Vietnam in 1973, Vietnam
became a democratic nation
remained divided between North and South
was quickly taken over by China
adopted a communist form of government
41
What economic system was used to reshape China's economy after the civil war?
social democracy
communism
laissez faire
capitalism
42
What happened to Germany after WWII?
German Nationals refused to admit blame for the war
Germany took responsibility for the war and pay reparations
Germany had to give up its colonies to France
Germany was divided in zones, then became East & W. Germany
43
Which event is most closely associated with the end of the Cold War?
tearing down the Berlin Wall
sending United States troops to Afghanistan
withdrawal of United States troops from Vietnam
President Richard Nixon’s visit to China
44
Which country joined the Korean War after U.N. forces reached North Korea?
Japan
China
Soviet Union
Vietnam
45
Which country launched the first satellite into space,
Sputnik
on October 4, 1957?
The United States
The Soviet Union
Germany
China
