Which of the following is TRUE about the space race?

USSR was first to launch a satellite into orbit

What was the Marshall Plan?

plan to stop the spread of communism, plan created to help Europe rebuild after WWII

Why was the U2 incident such a big deal?

the cold war was close to ending before this event

Which of the following did NOT happen at the Potsdam Conference?

Stalin bragged about his first nuclear weapons test

A satellite nation is one that...

must remain loyal to communist Soviet Union

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1
Which of the following is TRUE about the space race?
USSR was first to land on the moon
USSR was first to launch a satellite into orbit
USA is first to send a man into space
USA was first to launch a satellite into orbit
2
Which country was NOT given control of a portion of Germany after WWII?
Soviet Union
France
Italy
United States
3
What was the Marshall Plan?
plan created to take power away from China
plan to stop the spread of communism
plan to build a solar farm in sweden
plan created to help Europe rebuild after WWII
4
Why was the U2 incident such a big deal?
USSR finally found out we were spying on them
USSR caught and tortured the pilot of the U2 plane
the cold war was close to ending before this event
the U2 plane caught images of secret soviet bases and was now lost
5
Who was the US general in the Korean War?
Patton
Eisenhower
Kennedy
MacArthur
6
Which of the following did NOT happen at the Potsdam Conference?
Stalin bragged about his first nuclear weapons test
Truman urged for a rebuild of Germany because of its economic importance
Stalin believed Germany should pay for the war
Stalin left the meeting feeling bullied by the Western powers
7
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the Soviet Union?
Dictatorship
Open Market
Communist
Censorship of the Press
8
Which of the following nations is NOT part of the Warsaw Pact?
Czechoslovakia
Poland
USSR
Italy
9
The Korean War temporarily ended with a truce at the 38th parallel line
False
True
10
Which of the following nations is NOT part of NATO
USA
Italy
Belgium
Germany
11
Who won the presidential election in 1952, as a decorated war hero in Europe?
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Nixon
Truman
12
Mao Zedong was the communist leader in China
False
True
13
A satellite nation is one that...
runs its operations from space
a country in the eastern part of Europe that could choose its government
must remain loyal to communist Soviet Union
was damaged after WWII
14
The Capital of Germany, Berlin, was located in which section of Germany?
West Controlled France
West Controlled Great Britain
Soviet Controlled East
West Controlled United States
15
After the Chinese Civil War, Chiang Kai Shek fled to the small island of Taipai
False
True

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