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Unit 12: Cold War Review
Unit 12: Cold War Review
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Why did the CIA want Fidel Castro dead?
He was allied with China
He threatened to bomb the United States
Cuba was a communist regime
It would cause chaos in Cuba
2
Gorbachev sealed the Soviet Union's fate when he...
Invaded Russia
Allowed more civil liberties and electoral freedoms
Did not support communist governments
Cracked down on capitalists
3
What type of political/economic system does the United States have?
Communism
Capitalism
4
The Truman Doctrine declared that the United States wanted to prevent...
the spread of Communism worldwide
the rise of Nazi Germany
the Vietnam War
Japan from getting powerful
5
What caused the death of ~50 million people during Mao's "Great Leap Forward?"
"Nothing bad happened, everything is fine lol." - Chinese internet censor
People caught in the crossfire of the Nationalist-Communist civil war
Mass starvation due to food shortages & purges of unloyal citizens
Drought and flooding caused crops to fail
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Which of the following is NOT a part of the Warsaw Pact?
Czechoslovakia
Poland
East Germany
Turkey
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In communism, the ___ is/are supposed to have the power to control the means of production.
workers
people
rich
government
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The peasants who rioted to start the Russian Revolution were chiefly complaining about...
Tsar's policies not aligning with Lenin's ideas
Mass poverty
"Peace, land and bread"
Tsar had too much power
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_____________ is a system where business are privately owned and people are free to make their own economic decisions.
Communism
Capitalism
Fascism
Socialism
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Which of the following was NOT a part of NATO?
France
Romania
West Germany
United States
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The idea of two nuclear-armed countries avoiding war with each other to avoid mass casualities is called...
Detente
Mutual of Omaha
Mutually-assured destruction
Glasnost
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After Lenin died, anyone who disobeyed or resisted Stalin ended up where?
On paid sabbatical
Deported out of the country
Gulag work camps
Prison
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What was the goal of the Cultural Revolution in China?
Get rid of Mao Zedong
Establish communism
Destroy traditional culture
Renew old values
