Cold War Review

Question 1

What was the chemical weapon called that was a jellylike substance which burned uncontrollably?

Accepted Answer

Napalm

Question 2

One advantage the Viet Cong guerillas had was...

Accepted Answer

Elaborate tunnel systems

Question 3

What is the division between North and South Korea?

Accepted Answer

36th Parallel

Question 4

Which nation developed and successfully launched the first satellite?

Accepted Answer

Soviet Union

Question 5

Which of the following was a defense treaty among 8 communist states of Europe?

Accepted Answer

Warsaw Pact

Question 6

How did the allies react to the Berlin Blockade?

Accepted Answer

By airlifting food and supplies to West Berlin

Question 7

What plan said that the U.S. should provide aid to ALL European nations that need it?

Accepted Answer

Marshall Plan

Question 8

What was the goal of the Soviet Union during the time after WWII?

Accepted Answer

Spreading communism world-wide

Question 9

What happened as a result of the Berlin Airlift?

Accepted Answer

Stalin backed down and pulled his troops

Question 10

What organization was created to defend western Europe against the USSR?

Accepted Answer

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Question 11

What war was America's most expensive and unpopular war?

Accepted Answer

Vietnam

Question 12

Who was the communist leader of North Vietnam during the Vietnam War?

Accepted Answer

Ho Chi Minh

Question 13

Where did North Vietnamese gunboats attack two U.S. destroyers (maybe...)?

Accepted Answer

Gulf of Tonkin

Question 14

After the Gulf of Tonkin incident, what did Congress give President Johnson?

Accepted Answer

A "blank check"

Question 15

What was the American policy of containment trying to prevent?

Accepted Answer

The spread of communism

Question 16

Who was the dictator of South Vietnam during the Vietnam War?

Accepted Answer

Ngo Dinh Diem

Question 17

What is the name of the international peacekeeping organization created in 1945?

Accepted Answer

United Nations

Question 18

Which president famously said we would go to the moon and escalated the American space program?

Accepted Answer

Kennedy

Question 19

When did Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong go to the moon?

Accepted Answer

1969

Question 20

Which nation placed missiles on Cuba, leading to the Cuban Missile Crisis?

Accepted Answer

Soviet Union

Question 21

What was SEATO?

Accepted Answer

An organization to prevent the spread of communism

Question 22

What major offensive was launched by the Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese Army?

Accepted Answer

Tet Offensive

Question 23

Which of the following brought the U.S. and USSR to the brink of nuclear war?

Accepted Answer

The Cuban Missile Crisis

Question 24

What was the Domino Theory?

Accepted Answer

If one Asian nation fell to Communism, all would fall

Question 25

What was an attempt to starve West Berlin into submitting to the communists and the USSR?

Accepted Answer

Berlin Blockade

Question 26

What was the guerrilla army in South Vietnam called who fought for the communists?

Accepted Answer

The Viet Cong

Question 27

Which political leader coined the term "iron curtain?"

Accepted Answer

Winston Churchill

Question 28

What nation did President Nixon decide to bomb and invade as his "secret" war?

Accepted Answer

Cambodia

Question 29

Ultimately, Vietnam became united under what type of government?

Accepted Answer

Communist

Question 30

Was there a clear winner to the Korean War?

Accepted Answer

No

Question 31

What was the herbicide called that American forces dropped in the Vietnamese jungle?

Accepted Answer

Agent Orange

Question 32

Through what trail did North Vietnamese troops and supplies enter South Vietnam?

Accepted Answer

The Ho Chi Minh Trail

Question 33

Which Cuban leader received training from the United States, but became a communist?

Accepted Answer

Fidel Castro

Question 34

Which of the following nations was NOT in charge of a section of Germany after WWII?

Accepted Answer

Canada

Question 35

What did the United States fear would happen if it didn't get involved in Vietnam?

Accepted Answer

Communists would take over

Question 36

Where did American forces massacre 200-500 unarmed Vietnamese villagers?

Accepted Answer

My lai

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