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MUSH Unit III: The Cold War Begins Review
MUSH Unit III: The Cold War Begins Review
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Which was
not
a space agency established under Eisenhower?
Ortsac
NASA
Gladio
Corona
2
The first man-made satellite successfully launched into space in 1957
Gagarin
Vanguard
Sputnik
Voyager
3
The CIA tried to assassinate Castro with an exploding cigar
Yes & they tried to convince his girlfriend to assassinate him
Yes & tried to spray his recording booth w/ hallucinogens to make him crazy
Yes and they planned on an exploding seashell in his favorite diving spot
Yes & they also poisoned them with enough botulinum toxin to kill a rhino.
4
The Bay of Pigs was
Secret CIA overthrow of the Iranian government
CIA secret militias in Italy
CIA attempt to overthrow Communist Cuba
a pulled-pork restaurant owned by Mr. Cote near Five Points
5
The Soviets implemented the Berlin Blockade (1948-9) because
they had to find some way to keep Justin Bieber music out
upset that US, France, and UK wanted to reunite Germany
upset about American plans to rebuild Germany
upset that a capitalistic/democratic enclave was in Berlin
6
The first countries assisted by the Truman Doctrine
Yugoslavia
Korea
Greece
Turkey
7
Who did not sign the armistice for the Korean War?
United Nations Command
China
South Korea
North Korea
8
What is the most American way to wage a Cold War?
Cut a check to anti-Communist regimes, send tech & training
Organize an international coalition to fight Communist aggression
Declare any other American who isn't anti-Communist enough to be a "Pinko"
Influence campaigns to make sure Communists (& friends) don't win elections
9
THE MOST AMERICAN THING TO DO
Play a professional game of American football without pads on a parking lot
Play a game of lawn darts from a lawn chair floating from helium balloons
Lizzo playing President James Madison's French crystal flute
Fireworks launching from a Space Shuttle over the Washington Monument
10
The Cold War Began in
1917
1963
1947
1949
11
The first human in space
Yuri Gagarin
Alan Shepard
John Glenn
Laika Muttnik
12
This program was developed by NASA for the purpose of reaching the Moon.
Apollo
Manhattan
Mercury
Soyuz
13
In 1949, Communist forces established control of this country. "Who lost______________?"
Argentina
Spain
Russia
China
14
Which is true of the Red Scare?
Public fear was used to destroy political opponents and other targets
The media was used to help calm public fears
The Communists were desperate because they were losing the Cold War
Domestic Communist threats were a major problem
15
The Soviets built the Berlin Wall in 1961 for these two reasons
To better control traffic in the city
Put pressure on new president JFK
Stop people fleeing Communist Germany for the West
prevent Americans tourists from entering East Germany
16
The Korean War "ended" in 1953 with
an armistice agreement
the annexation of South Korea
the unconditional surrender of North Korea
a peace treaty
17
The leader of the USSR during the Cuban Missile Crisis
John F. Kennedy
Nikita Khrushchev
Fidel Castro
Joseph Stalin
18
ExComm was
a turn-based strategy game on 360 and PC
Executive Committee of the National Security Council
a superhero alliance (Aquaman sucks)
Committee for External Communication with Moscow
19
American grand strategy to limit the expansion of Communism after World War II
attainment
containment
detainment
retainment
20
Research since the end of the Cold War has shown that this person WAS a Communist agent
Charlie Chaplin
Woody Guthrie
Alger Hiss
Julius Rosenberg
21
When U.N. forces approached the Yalu River, this country joined the war to support North Korea
Japan
Russia
China
North Vietnam
22
How close did we come to World War III during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Defcon 2
If you fully understood, you might shart yourself
That close (holds fingers close together)
Holy freakin' crap!
23
These were guerrillas who revolted against South Vietnam
Viet Minh
Viet Dang
Viet Cong
Viet Dinh
24
An imaginary line that divided "democratic" Europe from "Communist" Europe during the Cold War
Titanium Skirt
Steel Drapes
Bronze Tapestry
Iron Curtain
25
This was created in response to the Berlin Airlift
Federal Republic of Germany
Warsaw Pact
NATO
Democratic Republic of Germany
26
A cold war is different from a hot war because
Lethal weapons are not used
The parties do not directly fight each other
Neither side loses
Civilians are not target
27
The Space Race began because of technology obtained from
supercomputers
time travellers
secret Nazi weapons programs
space aliens
28
The Kennedy Administration did NOT
know about the coup plot against President Diem
support the Strategic Hamlet Program
send the Green Berets to Vietnam
send American combat troops to South Vietnam
29
A coup d’etat in 1948 here helped to push the Marshall Plan through Congress
Greece
Czechoslovakia
East Germany
Turkey
30
In the early years of the war, North Korean forces drove S. Korea and her allies South towards
Pyongyang
Pusan
Seoul
Incheon
31
The Truman Doctrine promised American economic and military aid
to democratic countries
to any country opposing Communism
to capitalist countries
to American countries
32
The most
American
food is
Spaghetti and Meatballs
Mission Burritos
General Tso's Chicken
Blueberry Pączki
33
ICBMs are not MRBMs because of
range
size
guidance systems
speed
34
The American plan to rebuild Europe after World War II was called
Plan 9 from Outer Space
The Marshall Plan
The Mitchell Plan
The Mason Plan
35
A coup d'état in this country in 1948 shook the United States and pushed the Marshall Plan through Congress
Poland
South Korea
Cuba
Czechoslovakia
36
Dien Bien Phu is important because
he was assassinated in a coup d'etat
He led Vietnamese nationalists against the Japanese
it brought an end to French Indochina
it is delicious
37
President Kennedy took this action during the Cuban Missile Crisis
global thermonuclear war
a ground invasion to overthrow Castro
a "quarantine" of Cuba
strategic bombing of missile sites in Cuba
38
A military alliance formed by the United States on the principle of collective security
HARPO
NATO
CHICO
GROUCHO
39
This Communist nation obtained Marshall Plan aids, partially to spite Stalin
Yugoslavia
Greece
Cuba
East Germany