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Which choice best describes the Cold War?
The US and the USSR were the only nations involved in the Cold War.
The US battled the USSR directly all over the world
It was more of an ideological, indirect conflict than a violent conflict
Both sides used nuclear weapons against each other.
2
What 2 policies in the USSR brought "openness" to discuss its issues and "reconstruction" of its economy/government?
Mujahideen and Laika
Blitzkrieg and Kristallnacht
Khrushchev and Brezhnev
Glasnost and Perestroika
3
Which of these two alliance organizations were formed in the early days of the Cold War?
NATO and the Warsaw Pact
Tripartite Pact and the Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere
Triple Alliance and Triple Entente
Axis Powers and the League of Nations
4
What strategy did the US and USSR implement to prevent widespread nuclear war?
Detente
Mutually Assured Destruction
Marshall Plan
Glasnost and Perestroika
5
What was the Berlin Airlift?
The Soviets in Berlin were bombed by NATO airplanes during the Cold War.
The Allies evacuated civilians from Nazi-controlled Berlin in World War II.
The West dropped supplies to civilians in Berlin to break a Soviet blockade
Berlin was used by Soviets during the Space Race to launch satellites.
6
What best describes the United States' relation to the Vietnam War?
The US withdrew from Vietnam and the war became a political failure
The US managed to defeat the Soviet Union through their efforts in Vietnam.
The Vietnam War was inconsequential to the United States.
The US won the Vietnam War and prevented the spread of communism in Asia.
7
What were some outcomes of the Cold War?
The penguins won the Cold War against the Polar Bears
Former USSR nations went democratic, China/Vietnam adopted some capitalism
USSR collapsed, West/East Germany reunited
US lost much economic power, no nations have nuclear missiles anymore
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What began the Space Race?
USSR landed the Sputnik 1 mission on the Moon
The Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, Laika, and Yuri Gagarin into space
The US launched Explorer 1 and Alan Shephard into space
The US landed Apollo 11 on the Moon
9
The Soviet Union's failed invasion of Afghanistan is most similar to which other war?
World War II
Vietnam War
Korean War
Cold War
10
Which of these are an example of a proxy war?
Spanish Civil War
Spanish-American War
World War II
Korean War
11
What were some of the problems in the Soviet Union that led to its downfall?
They didn't like blue jeans and Rock and Roll like America
Too many nuclear weapons, capitalism, wealth inequality
Citizens didn't support the Cold War, production too high, not enough nukes
Inefficiency, waste, too much military spending, member nations broke away
12
TRUE OR FALSE: The Apollo 11 Moon Landing was a conspiracy and never actually happened.
True
False
13
Why prompted the Cuban Missile Crisis?
The Soviet Union launched a nuclear missile at the Cuban city of Havana.
Cuba sent nuclear missiles to Turkey, within range to hit Russia.
The nuclear reactor at Chernobyl had an accidental meltdown
US failed to overthrow Fidel Castro, he asked the USSR for nuclear missiles
14
Which of the following can be associated with China during the Cold War?
Mao Zedong, Great Leap Forward, Cultural Revolution, communes
The United States invaded them, Viet Cong, Tet Offensive, Guerilla warfare
Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Island-hopping, Pearl Harbor, Battle of Okinawa
Opium Wars, Imperialism, Boxer Rebellion, and civil wars
15
What US policy was aimed at "containing" communism around the world?
Truman Doctrine
Domino Policy
Detente
Kennedy Doctrine
