Cold War Review

Question 1

The name of the Alliance formed by Russia in the East during the Cold War?

Accepted Answer

The Warsaw Pact

Question 2

What did Soviet leaders think would happen between Capitalism and Communism over time?

Accepted Answer

They would be involved in perpetual warfare.

Question 3

Who was the commander of the UN forces in the Korean War?

Accepted Answer

Douglas MacArthur

Question 4

Allowing one country to fall to communism would allow other countries to fall to communism.

Accepted Answer

The Domino Theory

Question 5

What nation had the most nukes in the 1960's?

Accepted Answer

The US

Question 6

The name of the Alliance formed with the United States in the West during the Cold War?

Accepted Answer

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

Question 7

Which of the following did Stalin and Roosevelt NOT agree to during the Yalta Conference?

Accepted Answer

Russia agreed not to pursue nuclear weapons

Question 8

Sometimes called "The Forgotten War" in the U.S.

Accepted Answer

Korean War

Question 9

How did Korea become divided into a communist north and non-communist south?

Accepted Answer

The country was divided after WWII by Russia and the US.

Question 10

Why did the Soviet Union prioritize security after WWII?

Accepted Answer

The losses they had sustained during WWII., They were afraid of the return of Chuck Norris.

Question 11

What happened in Cuba in regards to the Cold War?

Accepted Answer

The Soviets tried to station missiles in Cuba.

Question 12

What is the purpose of the United Nations?

Accepted Answer

To promote general welfare and peacekeeping.

Question 13

What happened in 1989 that caused the Cold War to be considered over?

Accepted Answer

The Berlin Wall fell, Chuck Norris re-emerged and conquered all

Question 14

What did the Soviet Union do when the allies combined their occupation zones in Berlin?

Accepted Answer

They built that wall.

Question 15

How did Mao restructure the Chinese economy in the 1950's?

Accepted Answer

He confiscated the land from the Chinese elite.

Question 16

The treaty that lead to Nuclear Disarmament in the US and USSR.

Accepted Answer

We didn't really disarm and it's kind of misleading..., Strategic Arms Limitations Treaty

Question 17

Why did the US hope China would reject Soviet influence?

Accepted Answer

They wanted China to remain neutral in the Cold War.

Question 18

What was the policy that the US enacted to slow down the spread of communism?

Accepted Answer

Containment

Question 19

How did the conflict draw in North and South Korea?

Accepted Answer

North Korea was backed by Russia and China and invaded.

Question 20

What did the Allies do when the Soviets built the Berlin Wall?

Accepted Answer

They organized the Berlin Airlift.

Question 21

What country did the Russians invade in 1979?

Accepted Answer

Afghanistan

Question 22

The US provided weapons to radicals that developed into which modern terrorist group?

Accepted Answer

Al Qaeda

Question 23

How did the US become involved in Vietnam?

Accepted Answer

France asked the US for assistance in battling communists.

Question 24

Why was the US unable to achieve victory in Vietnam?

Accepted Answer

War? Huh. Yeah. What is it good for? Absolutely nothing., They were unable to fight guerrilla warfare as effectively.

Question 25

What year did the US fully withdraw from Vietnam?

Accepted Answer

1973

Question 26

The name commonly assigned to the countries that separated Germany and Russia geographically.

Accepted Answer

The Eastern Bloc

Question 27

Why did the victory of communism in China catch the US off guard?

Accepted Answer

The US expected the nationalists to win.

Question 28

Why did the Soviet Union build the Berlin Wall in 1961?

Accepted Answer

NATO decided to combine their occupation zones in West Germ.

Question 29

During WWII, the US and Russia were both...

Accepted Answer

Members of the Allies

Question 30

What policy did the US enact to slow down the spread of Nuclear Weapons?

Accepted Answer

Detente

Cold War Review

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Cold War Review

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