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Entire Cold War Review (World)
Entire Cold War Review (World)
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1
All of the following were outcomes of the Cuban Missile Crisis EXCEPT ____.
Soviets removed their missiles from Cuba.
Soviets promised to add more missiles in Cuba
U.S. promised not to invade Cuba.
U.S. removed their missiles from Turkey.
2
Which of the following countries is considered a former Soviet republic?
Germany
Sweden
China
Ukraine
3
The leader of Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
John F. Kennedy
Shah Pahlavi
Nikita Khrushchev
Fidel Castro
4
What was Kennedy's response to the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Naval blockade
Ignored the situation
Military invasion
Airstrikes
5
The U.S. decided to boycott the 1980 Summer Olympics that were held in ________.
Los Angeles
Berlin
Moscow
Beijing
6
Before WWII, Vietnam was a colony of what nation?
Japan
France
U.S.
Great Britain
7
Which goal best describes the USSR's intentions after WWII?
maintain communism only where it already existed
to convert to a capitalist economy
develop a more democratic form of government
expand communism into countries around the world
8
The last leader of the Soviet Union.
Fidel Castro
Nikita Khrushchev
Joseph Stalin
Mikhail Gorbachev
9
The belief that the United States had to prevent Communism from spreading
creeping socialism
the Marshall Plan
Glasnost
containment
10
Who was the exiled religous leader whose students stormed the U.S. embassy in 1979?
Mao Zedong
Jimmy Carter
Ayatollah Khomeini
Shah Pahlavi
11
During the Soviet-Afghan War, Americans supported the rebel group called ___.
SAVAK
Doughboys
Mujahideen
ISIS
12
What was the Cold War?
A war using nuclear weapons.
Competition for influence between the USSR & US.
A series of direct conflicts between the US & USSR.
A war fought during the winter.
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For the United States, the main success of the Korean War was that
communism was contained.
US formed an alliance with China against the USSR
communism did spread into S. Korea.
Korea became a united country.
14
The Korean War began in 1950 when:
South Korea began bombing Pyongyang
North Korea invaded South Korea
MacArthur threatened to use atomic weapons onChina
MacArthur passed the 38th parallel
15
A society in which property is privately owned and the focus is on making a profit.
Communism
Capitialism
Dictatorship
Buddhist economics
16
"Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!" Who said this?
Ronald Reagan
Harry S. Truman
John F. Kennedy
Joe Biden
17
This term refers to "openness" and allowed people to discuss the state of the Soviet Union.
Da, da, nyet, da
glasnost
perestroika
embassy
18
The two main military alliances created in the late 1940s were the Warsaw Pact and _____.
NATO
Central Powers
ACC
Anti-Communist League
19
When did all of the former Soviet republics declare independence from the Soviet Union?
1988-1991
1999
Before World War II
1960-1970
20
According to a 2016 survey, 99.4% of Iran's population follows this religion.
Buddism
Hinduism
Islam
Christianity