WH2: Cold War Day 1 (SOL 13)

Question 1

What U.S. president successfully "stared down" the U.S.S.R. during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

Accepted Answer

John F. Kennedy

Question 2

Name of conference where Soviets promised to have free elections in Eastern Europe after WWII.

Accepted Answer

Yalta

Question 3

U.S.S.R. Cold War policy was to spread communism throughout world. U.S. policy?

Accepted Answer

Containment

Question 4

What was the name of U.S.S.R.-led military alliance against NATO?

Accepted Answer

Warsaw Pact

Question 5

What 2 Asian countries experienced "hot" wars related to the Cold War?

Accepted Answer

Korea/Vietnam

Question 6

What did the U.S.S.R. place in Cuba that almost led to World War III?

Accepted Answer

nuclear missiles

Question 7

Another name for American economic system that competed with communism in Cold War.

Accepted Answer

free enterprise

Question 8

What divided German city became a place of tension in the Cold War?

Accepted Answer

Berlin

Question 9

What is this? Where was it located?

Accepted Answer

Berlin Wall/East Germany

Question 10

Eastern European countries loyal to the U.S.S.R in Eastern Europe were given this nickname.

Accepted Answer

satellites

Question 11

The presence of these (?) have influenced patterns of conflict and cooperation since 1945.

Accepted Answer

nuclear weapons

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