Cold War Final Exam Review

This leader was a Chinese communist revolutionary who was the founder of the People's Republic of China

What event led to the start of the Korean War?

Which country earned independence through concooperation and civil disobedience?

In this economic system, the government owns all property and means of production.

Who led the rebellion against France for Vietnam?

Which of the following people carried out a witch hunt to expose communists in the United States?

What was the result of the Soviet Union placing nuclear weapons in Cuba?

What was the counterculture?

What did German scientist create while experimenting on Uranium?

This general commanded U.S. forces in the Southwest Pacific, oversaw postwar-Japan, and led UN forces in the Korean War.

What is a temporary suspension of fighting, usually during peace talks?

This was a US government strategic plan during the Cold War to prevent the spread of Communism abroad...

This map shows _____.

Who was South Korea's first democratic president?

What was the Truman Doctrine?

Which defines the Berlin Airlift?

What was "duck and cover"?

Which of these BEST describes the Cold War?

Which battle was a major turning point for US and South Korean forces during the Korean War?

What was the main reason for U.S. involvement in Korean and Vietnam War?

What effect did the space race have on American public education during the middle of the 20th century?

What was goal of the Marshall Plan?

What was the objective of the House Un-American Activities Committee?

This was a political and military barrier that separated Western Europe from the Soviet bloc...

Which identifies Chiang Kai-shek?

This type of government is ran by the people.

Which of the following is an economic system in which private individuals or businesses own capital goods?

This was a secret project of the United States government to produce the world’s first nuclear bomb...

What did the two cold war countries “fight” each other over?

This battle was a turning point of the Korean War...

Which political ideology is the establishment of a society where order is structured upon the ideas of common ownership?

This is a type of government where the government has complete control of the country.

This policy during the Cold War said the U.S. would give military aid to a country that needed to resist communism...

How many zones was the country of Germany split into after WWII?

This operation was a classified US military mission to extricate top German scientists to America

What effect did the space race have on American public education during the middle of the 20th century?

This is an alliance with nations in the North Atlantic (Europe) that would provide a defense response

These were the opposing superpowers during the Cold War years.

The United Nations was created to improve and replace which organization?

What is the suppression of communication that may be considered harmful or objectionable

This German scientist played a significant role in the space race and arms race of the Cold War.

What was the first artificial satellite to orbit Earth?

Ordinary people & businesses control the production of goods and services is called _________________________.

Senator ________ launched an anti-Communist campaign in the 1950s.

What is the belief that if one nation falls to Communist control, others in the region are more likely to do so?

What is the name of the border that separates North and South Korea?