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COLD WAR REVIEW
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1
After WWII, Eastern European nations _______.
emerged as economic powers.
became dependent on the Marshall Plan aid.
became Soviet satellite states.
adopted democratic reforms.
2
The policy of deterrence resulted in
an arms race between the Soviets and the U.S.
a decrease in nuclear development
the containment of communism
the end of the Vietnam War
3
The Soviet policy of economic restructuring was called ____.
communist manifesto
glasnost
proletatiat
perestroika
4
All of the following countries were satellite nations of the Soviet Union EXCEPT--
East Germany
Poland
Romania
West Germany
5
What event put the U.S. on the brink of nuclear war in the early 1960s?
Cuban Missile Crisis
Chinese Civil War
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Korean War
6
After WWII, U.S. leaders developed a policy of ______ to prevent the spread of communism.
detente
containment
mutually assured destruction
deterrence
7
The _____ was the symbolic line that divided European communist and non-communist nations.
Berlin Wall
Iron Curtain
17th parallel
Line of demarcation
8
What was the outcome of the Korean War?
North Korea surrendered after U.S. got involved
China controlled Korea
Korea remained divided into two parts
Korea was unified communist nation
9
The Truman Doctrine was an example of _______.
capitalist ideology
containment policy
nuclear arms race
detente
10
What was the outcome of the Vietnam War?
Vietnam became a colony of Communist China.
Vietnam became a united communist nation.
North and South Vietnam remain divided.
South Vietnam defeated the Viet Cong with U.S. help.
11
What was the U.S. response to the Soviet Union putting missiles in Cuba?
breaking diplomatic relations with China
military invasion of Cuba
naval blockade of Cuba
economic boycott of the Soviet Union
12
During the Cold War, Fidel Castro was the president of what country?
Mexico
Cuba
U.S.S.R.
Germany
13
The Soviet policy of more openness and fewer restrictions on dissent was called _______.
sputnik
perestroika
gorbachev
glasnost
14
After China's civil war, Mao Tse-tung became the leader of ________.
Japan
Mainland Communist China
North Vietnam
Island of Taiwan
15
What was the 1961 U.S. attempt to overthrow the Cuban government?
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Deterrence
Cuban Missile Crisis
Viet Cong
16
Which of these is NOT a cause of the dissolution of the Soviet Union?
collapse of the Soviet economy
growing nationalism in satellite nations
Gorbachev's policies of glasnost
mutually assured destruction
17
Who was the communist leader of North Vietnam during the Cold War?
Mao Zedong
Nikita Krushchev
Ho Chi Minh
Fidel Castro
18
The first artificial satellite to be launched into space was called _____________.
Apollo XI
NASA
Sputnik
Mir
19
After China's civil war, where did Chiang Kai-Shek establish Nationalist China's government?
Japan
Thailand
Taiwan
Korea
20
Military alliance formed by the U.S., Canada, and democratic western European nations in 1949?
United Nations
Allied Powers
NATO
Warsaw Pact
21
____ is the period of indirect conflict between the U.S. and Soviet Union that began at the end of WWII.
Satellite nation
Iron Curtain
NATO
Cold War
22
U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War was successful in stopping the spread of communism.
TRUE
FALSE