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Review for Quizzes and Test for The Cold War based on Arizona 8th Grade standards
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What was the term for the economic relief plan for European countries threatened by communism?
Brinkmanship
Warsaw Pact
Marshall Plan
Armistice
2
How were Nazis held responsible for all the Holocaust killings?
Escaping from Berlin
Nuremberg Trials
Killed by hanging
Allies War Crimes Trials
3
Why did the Soviets create an "Iron Curtain" across Europe?
The Chinese Revolution Mao beats Kai-Shek.
Large amounts of people leaving new Communist countries.
The Axis created North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
To contain the spread of Communism.
4
What military organization was made to defend against Communism?
PLO
NATO - North Atlantic Treaty Organization
United Nations
Warsaw Pact
5
Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia were all part of what colony before WWII?
French China
French Indochina
Viet-China
China-Tonkin
6
How did Americans learn about the war in Vietnam?
Movie News Reels
Fireside Chats by the President
Nightly Radio Reports
Nightly News on TV
7
How was Communism contained during the Korean War?
They took over South Korea
They were driven out of North Korea
The UN created Israel for them
Fighting started and stopped at the 38th parallel
8
What event was the closest America has ever ever ever come to nuclear war?
Nuclear Arms Race
Cuban Missile Crisis
Tet Offensive
Bay of Pigs
9
What is the term for when 2 countries are close to going to war?
Space Race
Brinkmanship
Arms Race
Containment
10
Which of the following does the G.I. Bill give to veterans?
Low interest mortgages
All are correct
Money for college
Money for trade school
11
Since Korea worked out so well USA thought they would help which country with their civil war?
Iran
Cuba
Israel
Vietnam
12
North and South Korea could start fighting at any moment, what is this an example of?
Iron Curtain
McCarthyism
Arms Race
Brinkmanship
13
Who was North Vietnam's Communist leader?
Hirohito
Mao Zedong
Ho Chi Minh
Chang Kia-Shek
14
How did the Korean War start?
Communist North attacked Democratic South
Democratic South attacked Communist North
United Nations drove the Communists to the Chinese border
Russian troops attacked North Korea
15
What event involved Cuban exiles trying to overthrow Fidel Castro with training from the CIA?
Bay of Pigs
Sputnik
Cuban Missile Crisis
Korean Conflict
16
Name of the attack on a US ship by North Vietnam began US military involvement in Vietnam 1964?
Gulf of Tonkin Incident
Mai Lai Massacre
Paris Peace Accords
Tet Offensive
17
Who named the "Iron Curtain"?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Joseph McCarthy
Winston Churchill
Harry Truman
18
What belief stated that if 1 Asia country fell to Communism then its neighbors would also fall?
Domino Theory
Brinkmanship
Containment
McCarthyism
19
Which was a Space Race victory for the Soviets?
Sputnik
Explorer
Yuri Gagarin orbits earth
Landing on the moon
20
What happened to General Douglas MacArthur after the Korean War
Promoted for not using the atomic bomb on China
Attacked Castro at the Bay of Pigs
Became President of the United States of America
Fired for criticizing President Truman
21
The creation of Israel for Jews after WWII displaced what people?
Palestinian Arabs
Prisoners of War
North African Arabs
Persecuted Jews
22
What was the name of the Eastern European group of nations Allied with the Soviets against NATO
United Soviet Socialist Republics
Marshall Plan
Warsaw Pact
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
23
Why did America get involved in Vietnam at all?
To keep Communism out of South Vietnam
Destroy the Vietnam Chinese Alliance
To keep Communism in China
To Keep Communism out of Laos
24
How did the Viet Minh in the North get weapons & supplies to the Viet Chong in South Vietnam?
Through the Suez Canal
Through the Gulf of Tonkin
Through the Ho Chi Minh Trail
Through the 38th Parallel
25
Who was the Communist leader of China and Cold War enemy of the U.S.A.?
Hideki Tojo
Mao Zedong (Tse-tung)
Hirohito
Ho Chi Minh
26
What ended the war between the North Vietnamese and the U.S. in 1973?
Treaty of Versailles
Treaty of Vietnam
Paris Peace Accords
Peace of Paris Treaty
27
Which word means "no one can win" or "deadlocked" or "neither side wins"?
Arms Race
Brinkmanship
Armistice
Stalemate
28
What international group helped South Korea when it was attacked by North Korea?
Warsaw Pact Countries
NATO
Soviet Union
United Nations
29
Which term means "to accuse a government official of being communist without any evidence"?
McCarthyism
Marshall Plan
Domino Theory
Containment
30
What chemical was used to kill jungle vegetation in Vietnam?
Weed-B-Gone
Napalm
Agent Orange
Chang Killa-Shek
