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1
On which island near the US were the Soviets stockpiling nuclear missiles?
Hawaii
Jamaica
Cuba
Haiti
2
What was the name of the Soviet spy organization?
CIA
KGB
3
Which country was NOT a member of the Warsaw Pact?
Hungary
Soviet Union
East Germany
United States
4
Who coined the phrase "Iron Curtain"?
Joseph Stalin
Harry Truman
Winston Churchill
JFK
5
What economic system did the Soviets operate under?
capitalism
democracy
free-market
communism
6
What form of government did the Soviet Union exist under?
Republicanism
Democracy
Socialism
Anarchy
7
Dropping the bombs in Japan gave the Americans a head start in which race?
arms race
space race
rat race
relay race
8
What element was used to create a bomb during the Cold War?
Helium
Calcium
Hydrogen
Oxygen
9
What was the name of the Soviet spacecraft that kicked off the "Space Race"?
Challenger
Kruschev
Sputnik
Gorbachev
10
Which country did the US offer military aide too in 1979 to defend against the Soviets?
Iraq
China
Greece
Afghanistan
11
In what year did the Berlin Wall come down?
1969
1989
1999
1979
12
Which country's war placed the US and The Soviet Union on opposite sides?
Japan
Korea
Antarctica
Brazil
13
Who was the American President during the Bay of Pigs?
Obama
Truman
Nixon
Kennedy
14
Which country did the Berlin Wall split in 2?
Germany
Soviet Union
Czechoslovakia
England
15
Which country was NOT a member of NATO?
England
France
Soviet Union
United States
16
Who was the last president of the Soviet Union, he stepped down in 1991?
Mikhail Gorbachev
Winston Churchill
Harry Truman
Nikita Kruschev
17
In the fight against Communism, what other Asian country's civil war did America take part in?
Vietnam
Taiwan
Hong Kong
Japan
18
Cuban militant leader?
Stalin
Castro
Kennedy
Cespedes
19
What economic system does the United States operate under?
capitalism
Marxism
communism
socialism
20
Which country rejected the Marshall Plan from the United States after WWII?
Germany
France
Soviet Union
England