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The Cold War 1945-1991
The Cold War 1945-1991
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Questions about the Cold War Era #coldwar
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1
Who was the leader of communist China?
Ho Chi Minh
Mao Zedong
Chiang Kai Shek
Fidel Castro
2
This event was the greatest threat to peace since WW2 and almost resulted in thermonuclear war
The launch of Sputnik
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Berlin Wall
The Berlin Airlift
3
Which president won the Cold War?
Bush Sr
Bush Jr
Clinton
Reagan
4
Who became the leader of the Soviet Union 3 years after Stalin's death?
Yeltsin
Putin
Gorbachev
Khrushchev
5
When the USSR exploded an atomic bomb the US intensified its efforts to develop____
NATO
an atomic bomb
a space satellite
a hydrogen bomb
6
The Berlin Wall came down in what year?
1989
1990
1988
1991
7
The Soviet Union collapsed in what year?
1990
1991
1989
1992
8
Who was the leader of communist Cuba?
Mao Zedong
Fidel Castro
Marco Rubio
Eduardo Cruz
9
This treaty included the United States, Canada, Britain, France and Turkey to combat the USSR
Axis Powers
NATO
SEATO
Warsaw Pact is
10
Which of the following was not a way that the cold war was fought?
Space Race
Arms Race
USA & USSR firing missiles at one another
The Olympics
11
These spies were executed for selling atomic secrets to the Soviets
The Jeffersons
The Rosenbergs
The Jetsons
The Gergarins
12
The space race was won with the landing of man on....
Pluto
Earth
the moon
Mars
13
Who won the Korean War?
South Korea
Japan
North Korea
Neither side, it was a stalemate
14
This plan gave billions in aid to Europe to stave off communism post WWII
Marshall Plan
Truman Doctrine
Eisenhower Doctrine
Johnson Plan
15
What was the name of the first sattelite launched into space?
Spudknick
Steve
Sputnik
Mutknick
16
This president was known as being super clumsy and nothing else interesting.
Kennedy
Nixon
Ford
Johnson
17
The main goal of the ___ was to stop the spread of communism.
Truman Doctrine
Iron Curtain
Warsaw Pact
Marshall Plan
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This structure was the physical representation of divide during the Cold War.
The Berlin Wall
The Great Wall
Trump's Wall
The Korean DMZ