Duplicate of Unit 6 Cold War Test

During the Cold War, the Soviet Union controlled several ______________ states.

Which of the following statements best describes the policy of deterrence?

Which of the following events is an example of brinkmanship in action?

What was the purpose of the founding of SEATO?

De-Stalinization is the policy of promoting Stalin's ideals in the Eastern Bloc.

A strategy that built up the United State's and the Soviet Union's nuclear arsenals is known as what?

The Cuban Missile crisis began when?

Germany was split into four of these after World War II.

NATO and the Warsaw Pact are two rival military alliances that were est. during the Cold War.

First leader of a communist state in the Western Hemisphere.

All of the following are considered causes of the Cold War EXCEPT which?

A war in which the powers in conflicts use third parties as substitutes instead of fighting each other directly.

China had revolution where communism successfully took over.

Ronald Reagan was the President during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Which of the following was a series of surprise attacks by the Vietcong and North Vietnamese Forces.

An agreement between the Soviet Union and their satellite nations to protect one another.

Soviet leader during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

United States president during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

The Warsaw Pact was developed in 1955 as a response to what?

Aid to Greece and Turkey to prevent the spread of communism to those countries.

Military agreement between the United States, Canada, and European countries.

Metaphorical divide between Western and Eastern Europe.

Idea that the U.S. supported allowing communism to remain where it was but not to spread.

The U.S. would aid worn torn West European countries to help rebuild them after WWII.

Built in 1961 to stop the traveling of people between Eastern and Western Berlin.

Each of the following are true concerning the Korean War except for which?

What was the major goal of the Soviet Union during the early years of the Cold War?

An important feature of NATO and the Warsaw Pact was?

Which government allied with North Korea in its attempt to take over South Korea?

Hungary and Czechoslovakia had revolutions against the Soviet Union.

Korea was divided at the 38th parallel line.

Heated rivalry between the U.S. and Soviet Union that lasted over 40 years.

The Bay of Pigs Invasion is considered a successful military coup by the United States in Cuba.

Germany and the city of Berlin were both split into four zones.

Wrote document ensuring the prevention of communism spreading into Greece and Turkey.

Which of the following was NOT a strategy for the Cold War?

Leader of Communist China.

Winston Churchill gave the "Iron Curtain" speech.