The decision to build the Berlin Wall was made

to keep refugees escaping from East to West Berlin

Why was the Warsaw Pact created?

In response to Western Germany joining NATO

How was the Cuban Missile Crisis resolved?

The US agreed to remove missiles from Turkey

Why did the US get involved in the Korean War?

To get Northern communists out of South Korea

How did the Allies respond to the East Berlin Blockade?

Airlifting supplies into Berlin

What led to the British, French, and Israeli attack on Egypt?

The nationalization of the Suez Canal

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AP Euro Cold War Quiz

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1
Who succeeded Stalin after his death?
Nikita Khruschev
Boris Yeltsin
Mikhael Gorbachev
Parker Overath
2
Perestroika meant
Drastic restructuring of the economy and party
Political rule by a 3-person directorate
Abolishing the KGB and introducing political elections
The rapid creation of a free market economy
3
The Marshall Plan
supplied military aid to any country threatened by communism
was viewed by Western Europe as Capitalist imperialism
was not considered a success
Was intended to rebuild European prosperity and stability
4
The decision to build the Berlin Wall was made
To restrict movements of spies
To illustrate the permanent separation of both sides
In response to the Korean War
to keep refugees escaping from East to West Berlin
5
How did the US tell the general public to protect themselves in the event of a nuclear attack?
Run and flee
Duck and Cover
Spray and sweep
Tuck and roll
6
One of the most important causes of the Cold War after WWII was
Border disputes in Scandinavia
Rivalries with the Eastern bloc
Ideological differences
Russian occupation of Italy
7
Why was the Warsaw Pact created?
In response to Western Germany joining NATO
To further the nuclear arms development of the USSR
As a circumstance of the Nuremberg Trials
As a result of the Korean War
8
What was the Soviet policy of giving more political and social freedoms to the public?
Gulag
Glasnost
Solidarity
Perestroika
9
Who proclaimed Vietnam's independence from France through a communist uprising?
Ho Chi Minh
Ngo Dien Diem
Mao Zedong
Dien Bien Phu
10
What did the Egyptians do once they started receiving aid from the Soviets?
Passed glasnost policies
Built the Aswan Dam
Built up nuclear arms against Israel
Constructed the Suez Canal
11
How was the Cuban Missile Crisis resolved?
The collapse of the Soviet Union
US troops were placed on the Ukrainian border
The US agreed to remove missiles from Turkey
The successful Bay of Pigs invasion
12
Why did the US get involved in the Korean War?
To set up position for the US to drop the bomb on Hirshima
To access oil rights in South Korea
To get Northern communists out of South Korea
To place nuclear silos on the surrounding islands
13
How did the Allies respond to the East Berlin Blockade?
Smuggling refugees into West Berlin
Invading Poland
Constructing the Berlin Wall
Airlifting supplies into Berlin
14
The belief that if a country falls to communism, the countries surrounding it will too.
Solidarity
Domino Theory
Nuclear Arms Race
Containment
15
What led to the British, French, and Israeli attack on Egypt?
The nationalization of the Suez Canal
The Soviet blockade of the Mediterranean Sea
The construction of the Aswan High Dam
The Soviet invasion of Cairo
16
Who took power in Cuba in 1959?
Che Guevara
Pablo Escobar
Fidel Castro
Raul Castro

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