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Unit 8 (Cold War)
Unit 8 (Cold War)
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Includes the Soviet Union, its satellite states, and Warsaw Pact nations
Second World
First World
Third World
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Why did the Soviet Union want to keep Germany divided?
To keep them weak so they couldn't attack again
To discourage Turkey's alliance with the US
To weaken their previously strong economy
To strengthen Russia's claim on Poland
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Nation invaded by Warsaw Pact members because they wanted democratic reforms
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Romania
Hungary
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Going to the edge of war to see who will backdown first
Brinkmanship
Alliances
Espionage
Proxy war
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A nation most likely included in the Second World
West Germany
Greece
Japan
Poland
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A nation not allied with NATO or the Warsaw Pact nations
First World
Third World
Second World
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Soviet policy; economic restructuring
Containment
Glasnost
Detente
Perestroika
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An example of brinkmanship
Bay of Pigs
Berlin Wall
Cuban Missile Crisis
U2 spy plane incident
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The Eisenhower Doctrine was used to justify American intervention in
Latin America
The Middle East
Korea
Vietnam & Cambodia
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Leader of North Korea during Cold War
Kim Il-Sung
Ho Chi Minh
Mao Zedong
Zhou Enlai
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2 nations that previously colonized Indochina (Vietnam)
Germany & France
USA & Japan
Britain & Japan
France & Japan
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Mao's Cult of Personality represents which Cold War strategy?
Espionage
Proxy War
Brinkmanship
Propaganda
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How did the Warsaw Pact differ from NATO
Their goal was to attack other nations, rather than to defend themselves
It focused on developing nuclear weapons for all members
Used by Soviets to keep satellite states under control
There were more countries in the Warsaw Pact
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Which nation committed genocide, killing about 1/3 of its own people?
Laos
Cambodia
Vietnam
China
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China had border & ideological disputes with
Korea
USSR
Mongolia
Japan
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Most directly lead to the creation of NATO
Berlin Blockade
Korean War
Cuban Missile Crisis
Hungarian Revolution
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Why is it called a Cold War?
The world was in a mini-ice age
There were no real wars in this time
Relations between US & USSR were frosty
People questioned global warming
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Purpose of this organization was to defend its members in the event of an attack
SEATO
Warsaw Pact
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
United Nations
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Leader of the Soviet Union who denounced Stalin's most extreme policies
Leonid Brezhnev
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Nikita Kruschchev
Mikhail Gorbachev
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A failed American-backed invasion & coup in Cuba
Sandinista Uprising
Berlin Blockade
Bay of Pigs
Cuban Missile Crisis
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A lessening of Cold War tensions
SALT
Detente
Perestroika
Glasnost
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Soviet policy; purpose was to end censorship & encourage people to talk openly about the country's problems
Detente
Glasnost
Perestroika
Containment
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Which event marked a turning point in American opinion about the Vietnam War?
Fall of Saigon
Tet Offensive
My Lai Massacre
Gulf of Tonkin incident
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A success of the containment policy
Six-Day War
Cuban Revolution
Vietnam War
Korean War
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A failure of the policy of containment
Vietnam War
Korean War
Soviet-Afghan War
Berlin Wall
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The US provided weapons to the Mujahideen during the
Vietnam War
Soviet-Afghan War
Iranian Revolution
Korean War
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Nations achieving independence & dismantling existing colonial systems
Decolonization
Spring
Uprising
Revolution
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What is the timespan of the Cold War?
1945-1966
1960-1991
1938-1945
1945-1990
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A symbol of the division between East & West and the Cold War fear of communism
Iron curtain
The Great Wall
The Suez Canal
Berlin Blockade
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Which event was the decisive victory in the Space Race?
John Glenn orbits the earth
Yuri Gagarin orbits the earth
Apollo 11 moon landing
Soviet launch of Sputnik 1
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The main ideological difference during the Cold War
Democracy vs. Monarchy
Capitalism vs. Communism
Capitalism vs. Traditionalism
Catholicism vs. Protestantism
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The US, Western Europe, NATO, anyone who embraced democracy & capitalism
Second World
Third World
First World
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What was used to prevent East Germans from escaping to the West?
The Berlin Airlift
The Berlin Blockade
The KGB
The Berlin Wall
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First leader of Communist China
Mao Zedong
Ho Chi Minh
Kim Il-Sung
Zhou Enlai
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US policy: if any nation in Southeast Asia falls to communism, so too will the other nations in the region
Containment
Truman Doctrine
Eisenhower Doctrine
Domino Theory
