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A #history game on the Cold War.
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1
Following United States military withdrawal from Vietnam in 1973, Vietnam
adopted a government similar to Great Britain’s.
continued to fight a civil war.
adopted a communist form of government.
divided into two separate countries.
2
What was the fear of 1 nation adopting communism leading others to adopt communism called?
Brinkmanship
Detente
Domino Effect
Marshall Plan
3
What was the name of the mission that successfully landed on the moon?
Apollo 7
Apollo 1
Apollo 11
Apollo 13
4
United States, Canada, and the nations of Western Europe established what military alliance?
Warsaw Pact
League of Nations
United Nations
NATO
5
The Berlin Wall separated the communist ______ Berlin from the capitalist ________ Berlin
West, East
North, South
East, West
South, North
6
The U.S. military was involved in a conflict in which East Asian country?
Korea
Philippines
Japan
Vietnam
7
Which military alliance did the Soviet Union and its Eastern European allies form?
NATO
Warsaw Pact
League of Nations
United Nations
8
Who led the revolution that took over Cuba in 1959?
Nikita Khrushchev
Mao Zedong
Fidel Castro
Chiang Kai-Shek
9
Along with the United States, which nation was a world power following World War II?
Japan
Italy
The Soviet Union
Germany
10
Which country was divided into four zones following World War II?
Russia
Germany
China
France
11
What organization was established in 1945 to solve international problems?
Truman Doctrine
United Nations
League of Nations
Warsaw Pact
12
Which economic recovery initiative provided aid to war-torn European countries following WWII?
Lend-Lease Act
Kellogg-Briand Pact
Marshall Plan
McCarran-Walter Act
13
What was the policy of stopping the spread of Communism called?
Domino Effect
Brinkmanship
Detente
Containment
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"An economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit"
Socialism
Supply and Demand
Communism
Capitalism
15
Mao Zedong won the support of what two important groups of people in China?
Women, Upper Class
Peasants, Middle Class
Peasants, Women
Businessmen, Politicans
16
All of the following were Soviet Socialist Republics within the Soviet Union EXCEPT
Sweden
Belarus
Ukraine
Lithuiania
17
Korean War, Vietnam War, and the Cuban Missile Crisis are all examples of what Cold War policy?
Non-Alignment
Imperialism
Militarism
Containment
18
Leader of Communist forces in Chinese Civil War?
Deng Xiaoping
Chiang Kai Shek
Zhou Enlai
Mao Zedong
19
Winston Churchill used what phrase to describe rivalry that developed in Europe after WW2?
Steel Blockade
Iron Curtain
Wall of Communism
Steel Cage
20
The policy for preventing the expansion of communism was known as:
Iron Curtain
Appeasement
Scorched Earth
Containment
21
Which Southeast Asian country became the site of the longest United States military conflict?
Hong Kong
Thailand
Korea
Vietnam
22
The Cold War ended with the collapse of the USSR in what year?
1991
1998
1990
1989
23
The United States supported what side in the Soviet-Afghan War?
Communists
Non-communist rebels
24
What was the effect the widespread adoption of nuclear weapons after WWII?
The destruction of all nuclear weapons
Prevention of WWIII due to Mutually Assured Destructuion
Massive nuclear warfare
The use of nuclear weapons in the Vietnam conflict