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What two superpowers emerged from World War 2?
What is a proxy war?
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What is a proxy war?
a war with no winner
war instigated by opposing powers who don't fight each other
a non physical war
a highly protested war
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What two superpowers emerged from World War 2?
Soviet Union and United States
United States and Germany
United States and Japan
Soviet Union and Germany
3
Who was Joseph McCarthy?
A Soviet leader who wanted to spread Communism
A senator who claimed several Americans were Communists
U.S President
A writer
4
Where did Soviets send missiles to?
Cuba
Turkey
United States
Florida
5
Leading to its downfall, the Soviet Union was spending tons of money on
Putting down revolts
All of the above
Keeping up with the US in the arms race
Protecting its borders
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How did the Cuban Missile Crisis end?
Soviets fired a nuclear missile at the US
U.S removed their missiles
Soviets promised not to invade Cuba
Soviets removed their missiles
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that if Vietnam became communist, all of Southeast Asia would soon come under Communist control
Communist Theory
Communist Spread
Red Scare
Domino Theory
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Capitalism is when ____________
nations are controlled by other nations
the government controls all business
prices for goods are set by supply and demand
the people elect representatives to make and enforce laws
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What happened after the Vietnam War?
South Vietnam took control of North Vietnam
It stay divided into two different countries
The country became a democracy
Without the US, North Vietnam took control of South Vietnam
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West Berlin was _________
Democratic
a Dictatorship
a Monarchy
Communist
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Which part of Vietnam was communist?
North
East
West
South
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A Communist government is ____________ .
a gov which allows freedom of press, religion, and speech
a government that controls all business
a gov in which the people elect reps to make and enforce law
a gov ruled by a king or queen that have no political power
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The end of World War II marked the beginning of a power struggle between _______ and _______
Germany and England
France and Russia
the United States and France
the United States and the USSR
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What was the purpose of the Berlin Wall?
To keep Soviets out of Berlin
to keep people from West Berlin escaping to East Berlin
To unite Berlin
to keep people from East Berlin escaping to West Berlin
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What did Allied countries, like the U.S, do for countries that promised to not be Communist?
gave money to rebuild
protected them from the Soviet Union
16
What was the arms race?
a race to space
a race to be better
trying to influence other places to have the same government
Both sides stock piling weapons
17
What type of government was the Soviet Union trying to spread throughout Europe?
Monarchy
Democratic
Dictatorship
Communist
18
How did the Korean War end?
The whole country became communist
The south took control of the north
The country remained divided, north and south
The north took control of the south
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Why was it called a "Cold" War?
It was during the winter
the U.S is very cold
the Soviet Union is very cold
Neither side ever fired a shot
20
What did JFK do in response to the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Blockaded Cuba
Sent troops to Florida
All of the above
Warned acts against the US would be considered an act of war
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How did the Cold War end?
The Soviet Union grew larger
U.S and Soviet Union both had to rebuild from a nuclear war
The U.S collapsed and divided
Soviet Union collapsed into Russia and 15 other countries
22
In both the Korean and Vietnam war, the U.S supported which part of both countries?
South
North
West
East
23
All American people were in support of the Vietnam War
True
False
24
What was German reunification?
The division of Germany
The Berlin Wall
The creation of a mixed market economy
East Germany and West Germany finally were reunited
25
After the Berlin Wall collapsed, what began to happen to the Soviet Union?
The Soviet Union became stronger than the U.S
The Soviet Union grew larger
Soviet Union began to lose its power and began to fall apart
It had no effect on the Soviet Union
26
Churchill warned the world about the ____ dividing Communist and Democratic countries in Europe
the United States
Iron Curtain
the Soviet Union
Berlin Wall
27
Who was Nikita Khrushchev?
A senator who claimed several Americans were Communists
A Soviet leader who wanted to spread Communism
U.S President
A writer
28
Why did the Soviets blockade Berlin?
To punish citizens of Berlin
To keep other countries in the city
To block communist threats
To drive other countries out of the city
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What happened to Germany after WW2 to ensure they didn't regain power?
They had to pay the Allies
They had to pay the Axis powers
They had to repay war debt
It was divided into four allied controlled sections
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What did the Soviet Union
fail
to do after the Yalta conference?
Divide Germany
Spread Communism
Free elections in Europe
Become involved in the Cold War
