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Who were members of NATO?
Who were members of the Warsaw Pact?
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Who were members of the Warsaw Pact?
USSR and communist Europe
US, Canada, and Mexico
US, Great Britain, France, and Japan
US, Canada, and non-communist Europe
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Who were members of NATO?
US, Canada, and Mexico
US, Canada, and non-communist Europe
US, Great Britain, France, and Japan
USSR and communist Europe
3
What aspect of the Cold War arms race made it so terrifying?
There were many superpowers with hydrogen bombs
The weapons were more powerful than ever before
The weapons were used as fast as they were built
Many countries involvedwere very small and unstable
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What was the name of the first artificial satellite?
Laika
Glastnost
Soyez
Sputnik
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Which leaders signed the original SALT agreement?
Brezhnev and Carter
Gorbachev and Bush
Brezhnev and Nixon
Stalin and Eisenhower
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What is glasnost?
Openness
A fear of capitalism
The split of the USSR
A Khruschev purge
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What did the US want done to communism?
To outspend it
To outsell it
To contain it
To squash it
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Who led the Chinese Communist party during the Long March?
Pol Pot
Ho Chi Mihn
Kim Il Sung
Mao Zedong
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How much of the population was affected by the Khmer Rouge?
1/8
1/4
1/3
1/2
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What brought the world to the brink of nuclear war in 1962?
The fall of the Berlin wall
The launching of Sputnik
Cuban missile crisis
The Bay of Pigs
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Which leader started programs such as the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution?
Pol Pot
Kim Il Sung
Ho Chi Minh
Mao Zedong
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What kind of fear was the 'red scare"?
a Soviet invasion ofEurope
communists in the United States
an invasion of South Vietnam
a nuclear attack on the Soviet Union
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What was the importance of the Tet Offensive?
North Vietnam’s final offensive
a major victory for Chinese forces
turned American public opinion against the war
brought the United States into the war
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What was perestroika?
loosening ties with nations of the Warsaw Pact
a removal of nuclear weapons
restructuring the economy
a musical instrument
15
All of the follow was a result of the Korean War EXCEPT:
Peninsula became a site of drawn out, unresolved tensions
the border was restored to the 38th Parallel
China intervened when provoked on their border
China and North Korea became enemies
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What did the USSR get in return for removing nukes from Cuba?
NATO broke up
The US sent aid to China
A seat at the SALT conference
The US removed nukes from Turkey
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What conflict was called the Soviet Union's "Vietnam"?
The war in Afghanistan
The war in Cuba
The war in China
The war in Korea
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What was seen as a particular threat to the balance of terror during the SALT talks?
Glasnost
Anti-Ballistic Missiles
Cuba
Dying Soviet Premieres
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For what was the Khmer Rouge responsible?
helping peasant farmers in Cambodia
committing genocide in Cambodia
the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
aiding the “boat people”of Cambodia
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What event encouraged Fidel Castro to let the Soviet Union to store nukes in Cuba?
SALT talks
Formation of NATO
Khrushchev passing away
Bay of Pigs
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Who was the communist leader of North Vietnam?
Ho Chi Minh
Mao Zedong
Pol Pot
Kim Il Sung
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Why did the US establish diplomatic relations with China in the 1970's?
In hopes of starting a coup
To isolate the Soviet Union
To explore communism
To open US companies to Chinese markets
23
What kind of government did Japan adopt after World War II?
A parliamentary democracy
A strict dictatorship
A military-controlled state
A decentralized socialist system
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Who was the leader of the Khmer Rouge?
Pol Pot
Ho Chi Minh
Mao Zedong
Kim Il Sung
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All of the following helped Japan make a trade surplus EXCEPT:
Building efficient, modern factories
Free and open trading with foreign markets
High quality of Japanese exports
Investing in the economy rather than military
