What was the policy of determent and MAD?

Have the same amount of weapons so nobody attacks

An organization of North Amer and Western Europe countries

What was the Marshall Plan?

Provide econ aid to Euro countries threatened by communism

What was the Warsaw Pact?

An agreement between Soviet states to support each other

Why did the US and USSR become rivals after WWII?

Communists and Capitalists didn't trust each other

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What was the policy of determent and MAD?
Build enough weapons to kill all life on the planet
Build tech to get to the moon first
Have the same amount of weapons so nobody attacks
Keep nuclear weapons at hand to shoot at each other
2
An economic system in which the government owns property and distributes wealth.
Dictatorship
Capitalism
Democracy
Communism
3
An economic system in which land is privately owned and businesses own profits.
Socialism
Capitalism
Democracy
Communism
4
What event signified a growing relationship between the US and China?
Nixon's visit to China
The fall of the Berlin Wall
Mao's death
Reagan and Mao meeting
5
Who led the US and USSR during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
JFK and Stalin
JFK and Gorbachev
JFK and Castro
JFK and Kruschev
6
What divided North and South Korea?
The 38th parallel
The Suez Canal
The Ural Mountains
The 37th parallel
7
What is NATO?
An organization of UK, US, and France
An organization of Latin American countries
An organization of North Amer and Western Europe countries
An organization of Soviet states
8
Who was the first communist leader of China?
Mao Zedong
Diem So
Joseph Stalin
Ho Chi Minh
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What was the Marshall Plan?
Provide econ aid to Euro countries threatened by communism
Provide econ aid to Latin America
Provide econ aid to USSR countries threatened by communism
Provide econ aid to UK and France
10
What was the Warsaw Pact?
An agreement by Latin Amer countries to unite
An agreement between US and USSR not to use nuclear weapons
An agreement between Soviet states to support each other
An agreement between the US, UK, and USSR to calm tensions
11
Why did the US and USSR become rivals after WWII?
Communists and Capitalists didn't trust each other
Americans didn't believe that Stalin would survive very long
Stalin wanted more resources than the US
The US threatened to invade the Soviet bloc
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Who led the communists in Vietnam?
Mao Zedong
Fidel Castro
Ho Chi Minh
Joseph Stalin

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