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Which organization was hostile towards the USSR?
United Nations
SEATO
NATO
Warsaw Pact
2
Who was the President during Cuban Missile Crisis?
Kennedy
Eisenhower
Nixon
Johnson
3
What Middle eastern country did the Soviet Union invade in the late 70s?
Saudi Arabia
Afghanistan
Kuwait
Iran
4
What was the name of the organization that was supposed to stand up to Soviet aggression?
Warsaw Pact
United Nations
NATO
SEATO
5
When did the USSR and USA Work together?
World War 2
The Cold War
The Clone Wars
World War 1
6
How did the Soviets build their own atomic bomb?
They didn't
They spied on us
We told them how
They stole one
7
How did the USSR deal with Cuba? (Khrushchev)
Ignored them
Took their supplies
Gave them nukes
Gave them money
8
What country did we go to war with in 1955?
Vietnam
Korea
Japan
China
9
What was the Berlin Airlift?
We took supplies from the USSR and flew them to China
We flew supplies into Berlin for one day
We took supplies from Berlin to the USSR
We flew supplies into Berlin every 30 seconds for 11 months
10
What was the name of the Soviet satellite that went into outer space?
Endor
Kintups
Sputnik
Mustafar
11
When did the Cold War begin?
After World War II ended
When the Vietnam War ended
When the Korean War ended
Nothing is over
12
Who was the leader of the Soviet Union when the Cold War ended?
Lenin
Stalin
Khrushchev
Gorbachev
13
Which European country was split in two after WWII?
France
Italy
Poland
Germany
14
How did Truman deal with Stalin?
Truman bullied Stalin with atomic weapons
Stalin treated him
Truman tolerated Stalin
They were best friends
15
How did Glasnost change the USSR?
It gave people food
It took away freedom
It worsened life
It gave people freedom
16
Who was the dictator of Cuba?
Castro
Hitler
Mao
Stalin
17
What theory explains why we fought the war in Vietnam?
Ajar
Bottled
Detente
Domino
18
What was the name of the US policy during the Cold War?
Containment
Ajar
Communism
Bottled
19
What happened to the Berlin Wall?
The USA preserved it.
It's still there
The people of Berlin tore it down
The Soviet Union tore it down
20
What European country was denied free elections by Stalin after WWII?
England
Japan
Germany
Poland
21
Why did the Berlin Airlift happen?
Stalin lifted Berlin in the air
Stalin stationed missiles in Berlin
Stalin dropped the bomb on Berlin
Stalin blockaded Berlin
22
Who was the leader of the USSR during the Cuban Missile Crisis
Gorbachev
Gromyko
Brezhnev
khrushchev
23
What did the US do when Greece and Turkey tried to turn Communist?
We sent military aid and money to stop the communists.
We didn't find out about it
We helped the communists
We were ok with it
24
What was Reagan's attitude toward communists and the USSR?
Nice
Didn't care about them
Hostile
25
Why did we Invade Iraq?
We believed they were developing nuclear weapons
We wanted to assist Egypt
They attacked Israel
Iraq was selling chemical weapons
26
Where were the terrorists based at that attacked us on 9/11?
Kazakhstan
Afghanistan
Iran
Uzbekistan
27
Who was the dictator of China?
Amin
Mao
Hitler
Stalin
28
How was the Cuban Missile Crisis solved?
Coordinated strike, destroying Cuba's missiles
War
It wasn't
Blockade and a Deal
29
Why could we not win the war in Vietnam?
They had a better military
They had better leadership
They were a unified country
The harder we fought the more we loss
30
Why did the US deny elections to Vietnam?
Communists were going to take over
US would have to go to war with Japan
Vietnam would have become a dictatorship
It would have destroyed Vietnam
31
From 1954-1974, the US role in Vietnam _________.
Decreased
Stayed the same
Increased
32
Describe Kennedy's relationship with Castro. (Bay of Pigs)
Tried to kill him
Ignored him
Best Friends
Tolerated him
33
After the French were kicked out of Vietnam, Vietnam was _________.
Happy
Divided
United
Destroyed
34
From the beginning of the Cold War till the end of the Cold War, the number of atomic bombs ---
totally disappeared
Stayed the same
Decreased
Increased
35
How did FDR get along with Stalin?
They knew they should work together
Hated each other
They were besties
FDR bullied him
36
Why were the Vietnamese fighting the French?
To go to war with China
Free Speech
Independence
To have their own military
37
Why did more Chinese support the Communists than the Nationalists during their Civil War?
They promised economic equality
Promised to become a democracy
They promised freedom
They promised war on the USA
38
How did the war in Korea end?
Tie
Loss
It led to a war with the Soviet Union
Win
39
Nixon recognized which country under his policy of detente?
Mexico
China
USSR
Vietnam
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What policy did Nixon initiate?
Detente
Containment
Domino
Trust but verify
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Why were the Soviets mad at us after WWII?
We gave Germans supplies
We had dropped a bomb on them
We did not invade Germany when Russia was being destoryed
We invaded Austrailia
