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Dervisi/Lehn Cold War Review
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A Quiz Review for the #ColdWar Unit
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1
What city did the US airlift supplies into in order to make sure the west stayed capitalist?
Paris
Dallas
Berlin
Moscow
2
Which of these nations was NOT communist during the Cold War?
North Vietnam
South Korea
Soviet Union
Cuba
3
In a communist economy who controls businesses/salaries/economics?
The Government
Business owners
The Workers
The People
4
What did Bert the Turtle tell people to do if they saw the "flash"?
Rinse, Wash, Repeat
Run and Hide
Shake and Bake
Duck and Cover
5
Which of the following represents domestic fears in the US during the Cold War?
Vietnam War
McCarthyism
The Iron Curtain
Korean War
6
Who was the Soviet leader who issued "Glasnot" and "Perestroika"?
Brezhnev
Khrushchev
Stalin
Gorbachev
7
Who became the leader of the Soviet Union after the death of Stalin in 1953?
Khruschchev
Gorbachev
Lenin
Brezhnev
8
Which of the following is NOT an example of containment?
Korean War
D-Day
Marshall Plan
Formation of NATO
9
Who were the two "Superpowers" after World War II?
Britain and Germany
USSR & East Germany
US & Soviet Union
Japan and Korea
10
The US fear that if one nation falls to communism it's neighbors will fall to communism is:
Domino Theory
Iron Curtain
Arms Race
Sputnik
11
This map represents the:
Marshall Plan
Sputnik
Iron Curtain
Berlin Wall
12
The Marshall Plan stated that the US would:
Build a wall around West Berlin
Divide Germany into East and West
Give military weapons to allied nations
Give Money to nations after WWII to prevent communism
13
The fall of which South Vietnamese city led people to believe the war was lost?
Pyeongchang
Saigon
Tet
Beijing
14
What was the failed mission where the US trained Cuban Exiles to invade and overthrow Castro?
Havana Nah Nah Nah
Operation Raincoat
Bay of Pigs
Guadalcanal invasion
15
What event was the closest the US and USSR came to Nuclear War?
Checkpoint Charlie
Cuban Missile Crisis
Berlin Airlift
Invasion of Afghanistan
16
"Fallout Shelters" were designed to protect people from:
Laika the Dog
A Soviet Invasion
A Nuclear Attack
Thanos
17
Which US President is most commonly associated with ending the Cold War?
Ronald Reagan
George H.W Bush
George W. Bush
Bill Clinton
18
Who was the US president when the US withdrew their troops from Vietnam?
Richard Nixon
John F. Kennedy
Gerald Ford
Robert Kennedy
19
A "Cold War" is a conflict with:
No direct fighting between the two sides
A war in a cold climate
A war with only ground troops fighting
A Nuclear War
20
In a Capitalist economy who sets prices?
The People
Business owners
Government
Workers
21
Who was the President when the Vietnam War began?
John F. Kennedy
Gerald Ford
Lyndon B. Johnson
Richard Nixon
22
Nations that were taken over by the USSR & made communist were known as:
Apollo
Western Bloc
Kremlin
Satellite states
23
During the Vietnam War, the US got involved in order to protect which nation from communism?
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
East Vietnam
West Vietnam
24
Why did the Cold War end?
US defeated the USSR in Afghanistan
The Soviets used nuclear weapons against NYC
The Soviet Union collapsed due to economic stress
The Cold War never ended
25
To end the Cuban Missile Crisis, the USSR took missiles out of Cuba and the US took them out of
Turkey
Russia
Canada
Greece
26
What event starts the "Space Race"?
The Infinity War
US landing on the moon
Russians losing "Laikka" the dog is space
Russian launch of "Sputnik" satellite
27
The US policy of stopping the spread of communism into nations where it did not exist was:
Blockade
Iron Curtain
Containment
NATO