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Review for Quizzes and Test for The Cold War based on Arizona 8th Grade standards
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1
Which of the following does the G.I. Bill give to veterans?
All are correct
Low interest mortgages
Money for college
Money for trade school
2
North and South Korea could start fighting at any moment, what is this an example of?
Arms Race
Brinkmanship
McCarthyism
Iron Curtain
3
Why did America get involved in Vietnam at all?
To keep Communism in China
Destroy the Vietnam Chinese Alliance
To Keep Communism out of Laos
To keep Communism out of South Vietnam
4
Who named the "Iron Curtain"?
Harry Truman
Winston Churchill
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Joseph McCarthy
5
Which word means "no one can win" or "deadlocked" or "neither side wins"?
Stalemate
Armistice
Brinkmanship
Arms Race
6
What military organization was made to defend against Communism?
PLO
Warsaw Pact
NATO - North Atlantic Treaty Organization
United Nations
7
What event was the closest America has ever ever ever come to nuclear war?
Bay of Pigs
Tet Offensive
Nuclear Arms Race
Cuban Missile Crisis
8
What international group helped South Korea when it was attacked by North Korea?
NATO
United Nations
Soviet Union
Warsaw Pact Countries
9
How was Communism contained during the Korean War?
They were driven out of North Korea
Fighting started and stopped at the 38th parallel
The UN created Israel for them
They took over South Korea
10
Which was a Space Race victory for the Soviets?
Yuri Gagarin orbits earth
Landing on the moon
Explorer
Sputnik
11
Which term means "to accuse a government official of being communist without any evidence"?
Domino Theory
Marshall Plan
McCarthyism
Containment
12
Why did the Soviets create an "Iron Curtain" across Europe?
The Axis created North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
To contain the spread of Communism.
The Chinese Revolution Mao beats Kai-Shek.
Large amounts of people leaving new Communist countries.
13
What happened to General Douglas MacArthur after the Korean War
Became President of the United States of America
Fired for criticizing President Truman
Attacked Castro at the Bay of Pigs
Promoted for not using the atomic bomb on China
14
Since Korea worked out so well USA thought they would help which country with their civil war?
Vietnam
Cuba
Israel
Iran
15
How did the Korean War start?
Russian troops attacked North Korea
United Nations drove the Communists to the Chinese border
Communist North attacked Democratic South
Democratic South attacked Communist North
16
What belief stated that if 1 Asia country fell to Communism then its neighbors would also fall?
Domino Theory
McCarthyism
Containment
Brinkmanship
17
What event involved Cuban exiles trying to overthrow Fidel Castro with training from the CIA?
Cuban Missile Crisis
Sputnik
Korean Conflict
Bay of Pigs
18
What is the term for when 2 countries are close to going to war?
Arms Race
Containment
Space Race
Brinkmanship
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What was the term for the economic relief plan for European countries threatened by communism?
Warsaw Pact
Armistice
Brinkmanship
Marshall Plan
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What was the name of the Eastern European group of nations Allied with the Soviets against NATO
United Soviet Socialist Republics
Marshall Plan
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Warsaw Pact
