Which of these is true of US support for revolutionary movements (e.g., Nicaragua's Contras) during the Cold War?

The US supported anti-communists, even if they violated human rights

What was "mutually assured destruction?"

The idea that the horrors of nuclear war would restrict use of nukes

How can player 1 ensure the highest payoff in this game?

Madman strategy: eliminate her own ability to play move C before starting

What was the "Cold War?"

A conflict between the US and USSR for global influence

What was the "third world?"

Countries allied with neither the US or USSR

Which of these was an achievement of the Communist government in Cuba?

Improvements in health care and life expectancy

Who were Nikolai Volkoff and the "Iron Sheik?"

US professional wrestlers reflecting 1980s anxiety about the USSR and Iran

How did the Cold War hamper the United Nations?

Both the US and USSR could veto Security Council actions

How is the end of the Cold War connected to global conflicts today?

With US/USSR withdrawal, nationalism and religion took their place

What was one major reason the US supported the 1953 coup in Iran?

The government of Iran had taken control of the country's oil industry

If one member of NATO or the Warsaw Treaty Organization was attacked, what were the other members required to do?

Treat the attack as an attack on all members of the alliance

Che Guevara, communist revolutionary leader in Latin America and Africa

What caused the Cold War to turn "hot" in some countries?

The US and USSR funded and armed proxies in many countries

In what year did the US construct its last nuclear weapon?

The US still produces nuclear weapons

Which of these contributed to the Soviet defeat in Afghanistan?

US support for anti-Soviet mujahadeen paramilitaries

Why did the USA get involved in the Vietnam War?

To stop the spread of Soviet/Communist influence in Asia

What is one reason that the USSR initially had more success than the US in the "third world?"

Many "third world" countries had been colonized by US allies

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1
Which of these is true of US support for revolutionary movements (e.g., Nicaragua's Contras) during the Cold War?
The US had a strict anti-coup policy
The US only supported white-led governments
The US only supported them if they respected democracy and human rights
The US supported anti-communists, even if they violated human rights
2
What was "mutually assured destruction?"
The idea that the horrors of nuclear war would restrict use of nukes
A doctrine of not using nuclear weapons first, but responding to their use
The working title for Fast and Furious X.
A mutual defense agreement among US allies
3
How can player 1 ensure the highest payoff in this game?
Enlightenment strategy: ask Dr. Levine to teach a game theory class
Madman strategy: eliminate her own ability to play move C before starting
Chaos strategy: play a move at random
Tit for tat strategy: play the same move as player 2 in the previous game
4
Which movie was the first US production to film in Cuba since Castro's revolution?
2Fast 2Furious
Fast X: Diesel vs. Jason
F8 of the Furious
The Fast and the Furious
5
Which were ways that the US and USSR tried to get influence without direct confrontation and the threat of nuclear war?
Technological competition, like the "space race"
Covert action to overthrow governments friendly to their enemies
All of these
Expanding their spheres of economic influence
6
What was the "Cold War?"
A conflict between the US and Canada for global influence
A war over the northern territories of Canada (it's very cold there)
A conflict between Christianity and Islam
A conflict between the US and USSR for global influence
7
Which of these countries pursued a policy of "market socialism," diverging from the USSR's version of communism?
Yugoslavia
East Germany
North Korea
Kazakshstan
8
What was the "third world?"
Mars
Countries that did not possess nuclear weapons
Countries allied with neither the US or USSR
A term originally intended to refer to the world's poorest countries
9
Which of these was an achievement of the Communist government in Cuba?
Free and democratic elections
Improvements in health care and life expectancy
Reconciliation between rich and poor through nationalist solidarity
The invention of baseball
10
What principle were most post-Soviet states organized around?
Communism
Monarchism
Nationalism
Totalitarianism
11
The collapse of the USSR accelerated in the 1980s due to:
Liberalizing political reforms
Brutal and violent repression of dissent
The US defeat of the Soviet team in Olympic Hockey - the "miracle on ice"
All of these
12
Who were Nikolai Volkoff and the "Iron Sheik?"
The creators of Tetris (and amateur bodybuilders)
Soviet mascots representing communist solidarity with the developing world
US professional wrestlers reflecting 1980s anxiety about the USSR and Iran
Practitioners of Zurkhaneh, an Iranian sport popular in the 1980s
13
Which of the following countries voluntarily ended its nuclear weapons program?
Mexico (1963)
India (1992)
South Africa (1989)
The United States (2009)
14
What caused the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis?
The US placed nuclear missiles in Italy and Turkey (near the USSR)
All of these
The US attempted to overthrow the communist government of Cuba in 1961
The USSR placed nuclear missiles in Cuba (near the USA)
15
Which of the following countries was once part of the USSR?
China
Poland
Croatia
Ukraine
16
Speaking of the Contras, how do you get infinite lives?
Put in two quarters at once
Jump over the image of Ronald Regan that appears on the loading screen
Up Up Down Down LRLR BA Start
Blow into the Nintendo cartridge as the game is loading
17
Why did the USSR invade Hungary and Czechoslovakia in the 1950s and 1960s?
To defeat nationalist, anti-USSR terrorist movements
To crush reform movements
To annex them into the Soviet Union
To liberate them from US-backed authoritarian regimes
18
Which of these cities was divided between Soviet-allied and US-allied zones?
Kunduz
Berlin
Hanoi
Serajevo
19
How did the Cold War hamper the United Nations?
Both the US and USSR refused to join.
UN headquarters were in New York City, putting it under US control
The UN was infiltrated by (((communist globalists)))
Both the US and USSR could veto Security Council actions
20
How is the end of the Cold War connected to global conflicts today?
With US/USSR withdrawal, nationalism and religion took their place
The United Nations collapsed at the end of the Cold War
US and Russia fight over capitalism vs. communism
When the USSR fell, most communists turned to terrorism
21
What was one major reason the US supported the 1953 coup in Iran?
The government of Iran was a major human rights violator
The government of Iran was implementing social reforms that helped the poor
The government of Iran was anti-Christian
The government of Iran had taken control of the country's oil industry
22
If one member of NATO or the Warsaw Treaty Organization was attacked, what were the other members required to do?
Launch their nuclear weapons at the attacker
Repay the country that was attacked for the harm it suffered
Treat the attack as an attack on all members of the alliance
Vote against the attacking country at the United Nations
23
Who is this guy?
Che Guevara, communist revolutionary leader in Latin America and Africa
Zach De La Rocha, lead singer of Rage Against the Machine
John Maynard Keynes, noted liberal economist
Leon Trotsky, Bolshevik leader (pre ice-axe)
24
What caused the Cold War to turn "hot" in some countries?
Global climate change
The US and USSR funded and armed proxies in many countries
Where the Cold War intersected religious conflict, violence was inevitable
Communists promoted world revolution
25
Who said "from each according to his ability, to each according to his needs?"
Ayn Rand
Karl Marx
Milton Friedman
Mao Tse-Tung
26
In what year did the US construct its last nuclear weapon?
The US still produces nuclear weapons
1945
1991
2012
27
What variant of communism is Dr. Levine most sympathetic to?
Anarcho-Primitivism
Orthodox Marxist-Leninism
State Communism
Anarcho-Syndicalism
28
Which of these contributed to the Soviet defeat in Afghanistan?
Soviet imposition of Islam as the state religion
US support for anti-Soviet mujahadeen paramilitaries
Soviet repression of women's rights
Soviet support for traditional, restrictive land ownership
29
Which of these was a policy of Joseph Stalin that led to widespread deaths in the USSR?
Forced collectivization of farming
Mass imprisonment of political opponents
Forced resettlement of ethnic/national minorities
All of these
30
Why did the USA get involved in the Vietnam War?
To control Vietnam's oil
To prevent the USSR from placing nuclear weapons in Vietnam
To stop the spread of Soviet/Communist influence in Asia
To stop the spread of Soviet/Commnist influence in Latin America
31
What is one reason that the USSR initially had more success than the US in the "third world?"
Communism is just, like, better
Capitalism and democracy work better in wealthier, more advanced societies
The USSR was wealthier and gave more aid to poor countries
Many "third world" countries had been colonized by US allies

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