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Social studies: Cold War test review

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1
Throughout history, propaganda was used to...
Influence and express their opinions in an illustration
Persuade people to join the war
Force people to grow victory gardens
Tell people why they are right
2
What is the Domino Theory? (related to Cold War)
How communism in one country influences another
President Dwight D Eisenhower’s favorite game
If one atomic bomb explodes the others will too
When you push one domino it knocks down another
3
What was the Cuban missile crisis?
The start of nuclear war
Cuba threatens to send missiles into the US
Cuba runs out of missiles
A confrontation/ threat that almost started nuclear war
4
The United Nations was formed to...
ensure peace and stability throughout the nation
secretly take over the world
make fake alliances with other nations
discuss the next wars
5
What is containment?
To prevent communism from spreading
To put my lunch in a container
To force people to become communists
To influence the spreading of communism
6
What gave the U.S. and Russia “superpowers”?
Their army
Their missiles
Kryptonite
Atomic weapons
7
What is McCarthyism?
Senator Joseph McCarthy’s nickname
Campaign against communists
Spies that work for senator Joseph McCarthy
A government organization to help the communists
8
What is the iron curtain?
A bulletproof curtain for homes
A heavy curtain soldiers used during war
An iron factory
An imaginary boundary dividing Europe
9
What major factor brought an end to the Cold War?
Russia surrenders
Too many people died
U.S. surrenders
The military men all die
10
What was the bay of pigs?
The governments plan to send missiles into turkey
A bay full of pigs
The bombing of japan
A failed military Invasion of Cuba