Champion Cold War Quiz

The Cuban Missile Crisis revolved around:

What event is this showing?

 Communist leader gained control of China

 What was the common purpose of the Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan

Who wrote the Truman Doctrine?

The policy of containment was meant to prevent the spread of

The Policy by which the US provided economic aid to countries threatened by Communism 

After the death of Joseph Staliin, who took controll of the USSR?

The green countries on this map represent the Warsaw Pact.

 East Germany was established by:

 Vietnam leader in the South.

What separated East and West Berlin during the Cold War?

Effort to reduce tensions between superpowers. 

The Domino Theory was put into practice in which country

South Vietnamese guerrilla fighters against Diem.

 Vietnam leader in the North.

Most major countries had divided themselves based on two alliances, NATO, and those of the:

Who was leader of the US during the Cuban Missile Crisis

 After W.W. II the U.S. and Soviet agreed on dividing Korea at the 

This leader liberates Vietnam from France in 1954.

Eastern European States who were politically dependent on the Soviet Union

The Cuban Missile Crisis was very troubling because people feared:

The Purpose of NATO and the Warsaw Pact were similar, it was it was to;

NATO stands for:

Why don't they use the missiles?

The build up of weapons between the Soviet Union and The US was called an;

The idea that if one country fell to Communism others in the area would also

What form of  government did Cuba have?

 The Cold War pitted the U.S. and its allies against the U.S.S.R. and its allies. 

The  decline of the Soviet Union was a result of 

NATO stands for:

 Truman ordered planes to airlift supplies into W. Berlin

 Cut off Soviet-run Eastern Europe from the democratic governments of the West. 

Was fired by Truman for defying orders in Korea and talking to the public about it.

 Led to the American role in Vietnam changing from advisors to active fighting. 

A turning point in the Vietnam War.

After the Cold War 15 new nations emerged based on a free-market system.

Vietnam is East of Laos and Cambodia.

The U.S. helped establish:

Russia removed its missiles from Cuba because the U.S. removed its missiles from Turkey.