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1
How did the U.S. respond to the Soviet's first explosion of the atomic bomb?
by exploding an atomic bomb
by exploding a hydrogen bomb
by firing satellite into space.
By forming NATO
2
What did the Truman Doctrine provide?
Personal support of President Truman
Military and Economic aid to countries resisting communism
Economic aid to countries rebuilding after WWII
Military and Economic aid to countries accepting communism
3
Which of the following was NOT a member of NATO?
France
United States
Soviet Union
Britain
4
The first satellite launched into space was
NCC-1701
Sputnik
Discovery
Apollo II
5
Gorbachev's policy of restructuring the economy is called...?
glasnost
gorbachevism
communism
perestroika
6
At which parallel did the Korean War begin and "end?"
17th parallel
18 parallel
28th parallel
38th parallel
7
What did the Soviet Union set up in East Germany response that then led to the Berlin Airlift?
An atomic bomb
construction of the Berlin Wall
A Soviet blockade of West Berlin
an embargo on wheat to NATO nations
8
What are border nations between the USSR and the West serving as a buffer zone called?
Satellite Nations
Iron Curtain
States
Stalin’s Wall
9
What was the Berlin airlift a response to?
reunification of East and West Germany
German development of the atomic bomb
Soviet blockade of West Berlin
construction of the Berlin wall
10
What principle was the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) based on?
appeasement
collective security
isolationism
free trade
11
Vietnam was divided at the 38th parallel?
True
False
12
What was Julius Rosenberg and his wife Ethel convicted of?
aiding the launch of Sputnik
containing Communism
passing atomic secrets to the Soviet Union
destroying U.S. plans for the Hydrogen Bomb
13
This was the "imaginary" dividing line between the West & the East (Capitalism & Communism)?
Berlin Wall
Iron Curtain
Iron Throne
The Great Wall of China
14
Which major event occurred in 1989 and represented the fall of communism?
Fall of the Iron Curtain
Fall from the moon
Fall of the Berlin Wall
Fall of the Great Wall of China
15
Who colonized Vietnam in the 1900s?
China
France
Great Britain
Japan
16
These were "espionage" or spy organizations in the US and Soviet Union?
CIA and NATO
KGB and SS
CIA and KGB
NATO and Warsaw
17
Pol Pot carried out a genocide in which country?
Korea
Laos
Cambodia
Vietnam
18
Who led communist North Vietnam?
Mao Zedong
Ho Chi Minh
Ngo Dinh Diem
Kim il-Sung
19
The 38th parellel became an important dividing line between
North and South Korea.
Korea and China.
North and South China.
China and Taiwan(Formosa).
20
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was based on the principle of
free trade.
appeasement.
collective security.
isolationism.
21
Of the following participants in the Korean War, which fought on the side of the Communists?
China
the United Nations
South Korea
the United States
22
The alliance between the Soviet Union and its allies during the Cold War was called
League of Nations
United Nations
NATO
Warsaw Pact
23
The easing of Cold War tensions is referred to as...
SALT I
Thawing
Glasnost
Detente
24
This is the fear that if one country falls to communism so will others around it?
Domino Theory
Monopoly Theory
Life Theory
Jenga Theory
25
What was the main goal of the Truman Doctrine?
Stop the spread of communism
Deliver Poland to the West
Stop the USSR from spreading democracy
Jumpstart Europe's economy
26
After World War II, Germany was split in four by the United States, Great Britain, France and
Italy
Germany
Soviet Union
Spain
27
This is the term for the gradual withdrawal of US troops from Vietnam.
Vietminh
Vietnam
Vietnamization
Vietcong
28
What is a global conflict between the USSR and the U.S., marked by an avoidance of direct war?
Truman Doctrine
Berlin airlift
Cold War
Space race
29
Who was the communist leader of Cuba?
Fidel Castro
Nikita Khrushchev
Fulgencio Batista
Joseph Stalin
30
Why was the world close to nuclear war in 1962?
The US discovered nuclear missile sites in Cuba
The Berlin Wall was built
The Star Wars program began
Soviets discovered nuclear missile sites in Turkey