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Unit 10 Cold War
Unit 10 Cold War
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Why did the U.S. support South Vietnam?
they had a communist leader
the domino theory
We didn't like China
We were wanting to go to war again
2
The term "glasnost" means
democratization
more freedom for citizens
Soviet labor camps
economic re-structuring
3
The leader of the USSR that began many reforms in the 1980s
Vladimir Putin
Ronald Reagan
Mikhail Gorbachev
Boris Yeltsin
4
"Brinkmanship" refers to
the Korean War
diplomatic talks between U.S. & Soviets
the policy of containment
that act of going to the brink of war
5
Ho Chi Minh was
Communist leader of NV
Dictator of SV
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At this conference Stalin stated "communism & capitalism couldn't exist in the same world"
Potsdam
the Yalta Conference
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After U.S. troops were pulled from Vietnam, what happened?
Soviets invaded South Vietnam
troops were sent back a year later due to continued fighting
NV invaded SV again
Peace was restored to the area
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The detente from the previous question led to a "thaw" in the Cold War in 1972 between...
China & Soviet Union
U.S. and North Korea
U.S. & Soviet Union
U.S. & China
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The purpose of the United Nations is to
keep peace among nations; take action if necessary
form alliances
try war criminals
stamp out Communism
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The term "perestroika" means
freedom for citizens
glasnost
economic re-structuring
democratization
11
The meeting that split Germany after WW2 was...
Potsdam
the Yalta Conference
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In the "thaw" between these countries, they promised....
avoidance of military confrontations
to destroy all nuclear weapons
to end the "space race"
no spheres of influence
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Truman's policy of keeping Communism from spreading
Berlin Airlift
containment
Space Race
Marshall Plan
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NATO involved what countries?
Western European countries, US, Canada
Eastern European countries, Soviet Union
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West Germany was controlled by
Former Allied powers
The Soviets
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The "Iron Curtain" described by Churchill was
an imaginary line dividing east & west Europe
none of the above
a curtain made of iron in Europe
a line dividing east/west Germany
17
The time period where the SU & US were competing on the building of nuclear weapons is called..
the Cold War
the Space Race
the Atomic Era
Brinkmanship
18
Ngo Din Diem was
Dictator of SV
Communist leader of NV
19
A cause of the Korean war was that
North Korea invaded South Korea
China encouraged North Korea to attack SK
South Korea needed help from China
The US invaded North Korea
20
The "domino theory" stated that...
Democratic countries are like dominos, lined up all over
The U.S. is stacking democratic ideals like dominos
if 1 country falls to Communism, they all fall
stack dominos & watch them fall
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Israel was created in 1949 by
The United Nations
the UN Security Council
League of Nations
Nuremberg Trials
22
The Vietminh was a group that
supported the U.S.'s involvement
supported by Ho Chi Minh
wanted independence from foreign rule
supported France
23
The term "Democratization" means
economic re-structuring
a coup
openness
being able to vote on a new legislative body
24
Warsaw Pact involved what countries?
Eastern European countries, Soviet Union
Western European countries, US, Canada
25
The Berlin Airlift was...
Air raids conducted by US on Berlin
the US air-dropping supplies to W. Berlin citizens
A rescue mission conducted by the US for citizens in USSR
26
The "detente" in 1971 occurred between what 2 countries?
China & U.S.
China & South Vietnam
Soviet Union & U.S.
Soviet Union & China
27
The Cold War was a war of
who was the most dominant country in the world
competition in space
east vs west
ideals
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In the Vietnam war, the U.S. supported the ______________.
South
North
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The US involvement of the Korean War was a result of...
war with the Chinese
the 17th parallel line
war with the Soviets
the Truman Doctrine
30
This map represents the symbolic divide between democratic Europe & Communist Europe called
the Iron Belt
the Great Divide
the Iron Curtain
the Bible Belt
31
The Vietcong were...
supporters of Diem
those in the south that hated Diem
U.S. allies in the Vietnam War
32
China fell to Communism in 1949, ruled by
Ngo Din Diem
Vietminh
Mao Zedong
Ho Chi Minh
33
East Germany was controlled by
former Allied powers
the Soviets
34
The Marshall Plan helped
countries that were not Communist in Europe
Communist countries in Europe
provided food, materials, & machinery
35
This image was from the trial of former Nazi leaders called...
The Concentration Camp Trials
the Supreme Court
Nuremberg Trials
Judge Judy
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The incident in which a U.S. spy plane was shot down in USSR was called....
the U-2 incident
The Berlin Wall falling
The Bay of Pigs
the Cuban Missile Crisis
