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Ch. 15: The Cold War Review
Ch. 15: The Cold War Review
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refugee
someone who leaves his/her country to escape war or famine
contest to build more and better weapons than those of your enemy
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Which word best describes Mikhail Gorbachev?
anti-American
reformer
capitalist
aggressive
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capitalism
system that encourages citizens to own businesses and property
government owns all the land and industries in the name of the people
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The uniting of East and West Germany by tearing down the Berlin Wall was a symbol of
the triumph of the communist way of life
the end of the Cold War
the breakup of the Soviet Union
the friendship between the U.S. and the Soviet Union
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arms control
a contest to build more and better weapons than those of your enemy
limiting the production of weapons
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What did the Soviet Union do that led Britain and the U.S. to start the Berlin Airlift?
set up a blockade of Berlin
placed an embargo against U.S. goods
built the Berlin Wall
establish the Warsaw Pact
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Tet Offensive
a 40-year struggle between 2 world superpowers
a 1968 attack on South Vietnam
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Why did the U.S. fight in the proxy wars (Korea & Vietnam)?
to support the Allies against Japan
to reconquer land
build an alliance with China
to stop the spread of communism
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communism
government owns all the land and industries in the name of the people
system that encourages citizens to own businesses and property
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Cold War
war in which the U.S. supported 1 side and the Soviets supported the other
a 40-year struggle between 2 world superpowers
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The arms race was
a reason that the Allies won WWII
result of the Cuban Missile Crisis
an expression of Cold War tension
reason the United Nations was formed
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By the time WWII ended
China occupied Japan
The U.S. was a world superpower
Italy claimed colonies in Africa
India had declared independence
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McCarthyism
the art of handling relations between nations
political bullying of innocent people
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Gorbachev helped end the Cold War by
stopping reforms in the Soviet Union
invading Afghanistan
withdrawing Soviet troops from eastern Europe
becoming a U.S. citizen
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What technology contributed to anti-war feelings in the U.S. during the 1960's?
movies
radio
the Internet
television
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What country provided the most help to North Korea in the Korean War?
the U.S.
China
Vietnam
Japan
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Why did the U.S. boycott the 1980 Olympic Games?
protest the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
encourage East Germany to take down the Berlin Wall
stop Cold War tensions that threatened to boil over
support reform efforts in Czechoslovakia
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What was the name given to the line that the map shows?
Treaty of Versailles
Line of Demarcation
Western Front
Iron Curtain
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diplomacy
political bullying of innocent people
the art of handling relations between nations
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proxy war
war in which the U.S. supported 1 side, and the Soviets supported the other
a 1968 attack on South Vietnam
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The countries on the eastern side of the line were
had supported the Nazis
were U.S. allies in 1946
communist countries
won land at the end of WWII
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At the end of the Vietnam War
Vietnam was one unified country
the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan
the Korean War broke out
The U.S. lost the Cold War
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The Cuban Missile Crisis was caused by the arrival in Cuba of which of the following?
Chinese ships
aircraft carriers
nuclear weapons
bomb shelters
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What is one reason the U.S. set up the Marshall Plan?
to prevent the spread of communism
to strengthen the United Nations
to save East Berlin
to protect South Vietnam
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arms race
limiting the production of weapons
a contest to build more and better weapons than those of your enemy
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In the U.S., with what political system is capitalism associated?
monarchy
communism
democracy
fascism
