Unit 9 Cold War Review

Question 1

A period of geopolitical tension between the Soviet Union & the United States.

Accepted Answer

Cold War

Question 2

What was the name of the American spacecraft that put a man on the moon?

Accepted Answer

Apollo 11

Question 3

A state with a dominant position that is characterized by its extensive ability to influence the world.

Accepted Answer

superpower

Question 4

A failed military invasion of Cuba undertaken by the CIA.

Accepted Answer

Bay of Pigs

Question 5

Which of the following statements best describes the course of the Korean War during the last year + of the conflict?

Accepted Answer

Neither side could win an advantage

Question 6

Alliance between North America and European countries to provide a system of collective defense.

Accepted Answer

NATO

Question 7

It is an armed conflict between two states that act on behalf of others that aren’t directly involved.

Accepted Answer

Proxy War

Question 8

What is the current status of the Korean War?

Accepted Answer

No treaty has been signed to end the war

Question 9

Which side of the Vietnam War did the United States support?

Accepted Answer

South Vietnam

Question 10

It is a geopolitical strategy to stop the expansion of an enemy.

Accepted Answer

Containment

Question 11

The Geneva Accords stated that...

Accepted Answer

Unifying elections would be held within two years

Question 12

The socialist state to the north fought against the capitalist south, and in the end, Communism won.

Accepted Answer

Vietnam War

Question 13

Who was put in charge of the American forces in Korea and even wanted to use the atomic bomb against China?

Accepted Answer

Douglas MacArthur

Question 14

What sparked the start of the Space Race?

Accepted Answer

Both the Soviets and Americans announced they would launch satellites

Question 15

What was the Ho Chi Minh Trail?

Accepted Answer

A transport trail from north to south vietnam

Question 16

Competition for primacy in aerospace capability between the Soviet Union and the United States.

Accepted Answer

Space race

Question 17

a period of intense anti-Communist suspicion in the United States that lasted from the late 1940s to the late 1950s

Accepted Answer

McCarthyism

Question 18

What was the name of the joint project between the U.S. and the Soviet Union?

Accepted Answer

Appollo-Sovez

Question 19

Which statement best describes the Domino Theory?

Accepted Answer

If one country falls to communism, it’s neighboring countries will fall

Question 20

The closest the world ever came to nuclear war.

Accepted Answer

Cuban Missile Crisis

Question 21

The Soviets were the first to orbit the earth.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 22

Who was the communist leader of North Vietnam during the Vietnam War?

Accepted Answer

Ho Chi Minh

Question 23

What symbolized the efforts by the Soviet Union to block itself from open contact with the West.

Accepted Answer

Iron Curtain

Question 24

A contest between two or more states to see who has the best military forces.

Accepted Answer

Arms race

Question 25

The socialist state to the north fought against the capitalist south and, in the end, remained divided.

Accepted Answer

Korean War

Unit 9 Cold War Review

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Unit 9 Cold War Review

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