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He was the leader of the USSR during the Cuban Missile Crisis:
Khrushchev
Gorbachev
Stalin
Kritzky
2
These were the 2 superpowers during the Cold War:
America and Europe
Soviet Union and the Middle East
America and Soviet Union
Soviet Union and Europe
3
The Korean war resulted in
an overshelming victory for the US backed S. korea
The second and final use of a Nuclear bomb during war
An overwhelming victory of the US backed N. Korea
a stalemate between N. Korea and U.S.
4
He was a Soviet leader who was a ruthless dictator:
Stalin
Longmire
Reagan
Krushchev
5
when Gorbachev discussed opening USSR to public criticism he used which term to describe it
iron curtain
Glasnost
Perestroika
Uskorenie
6
The government agency in charge of the space program:
NASCAR
NATO
NPR
NASA
7
The division between Eastern Europe and Western Europe is referred to as:
the iron curtain
the steel curtain
the shower curtain
the lace curtain
8
The US supported a failed invasion of Cuba at
Havana
Guantanomo Bay
Bay of Pigs
Miami
9
Flying supplies into Berlin to defeat the Soviet blockade was called:
Berlin supplies
Berlin airlift
Berlin runway
Berline transportation system
10
He was the US President to succeed Roosevelt.
Reagan
Truman
Bush
Eisenhower
11
What was the purpose of NATO?
To defend against North American expansion
To defend against German expansion
To defend against Soviet expansion
To defend against South American expansion
12
This term describes the rapid buildup of weapons and military strength:
weapons race
arms race
superpower race
strength race
13
The policy of trying to stop communism from spreading is called:
solidarity
refraining
containment
retainment
14
The US senator who led a crusade against communism.
Senator Davis
Senator McCarthy
Senator Clinton
Senator Patterson
15
What does the acronym NATO stand for?
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
North American Trout Organization
North Atlantic Trial Organization
North American Tea Organization
16
The plan to rebuild Europe after WWII:
Rebuilding Strategy Plan
Imperialist Plan
Marshall Plan
Fiscal Plan
17
The organization of the world's nations to promote world peace is called:
United Nations
United World Organization
World Peace Organization
United Kindgom
18
An active policy of de-Stalinization was started by which leader
Stalin
Krushchev
Gorbachev
Lenin
19
which leader finally dismantled the USSR
Putin
Lenin
Yeltsin
Gorbachev
20
The fear that if one country fell to communism then other countries would too:
Cuban Missile Crisis
Arms Race
Conspiracy Theory
Domino Theory
21
The Warsaw Pact was between what two groups?
North America and Warsaw
Soviet Union and Sweden
Soviet Union and Eastern Bloc Nations
Germany and Spain
22
Truman's policy of supporting democratic countries against the spread of communism.
isolationism
Truman Doctrine
segregation
imperialism
23
The first satellite in space:
Sputnik
Commander
Appollo
Sputter
24
Russia attempting to set up a nuclear base in Cuba led to the:
WWII
Cuban Missile Crisis
Russian Missile Crisis
Cold War
25
USSR discovered its "vietnam" was
Afghanistan
Vietnam
East Germany
Hungary