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Cold War Review Challenge
Cold War Review Challenge
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Test your knowledge of the Cold War.
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1
Tiananmen Square massacre
1989
1984
1990
1991
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Why was the Atlantic Charter important?
It was the official call for an end to WWII and praised U.S.
It gave permission to nations to rent weapons and ammunition
It stood as the first major compromise between Axis & Allies
Provided goals for post-WWII and introduced the U.N.
3
In 1949, Canada joined the US, UK and other W. European countries in a military alliance called
NORAD
NASA
NATO
GO TEAM
4
The last leader of the Soviet Union was:
Boris Yeltsin
Joseph Stalin
Mikhael Gorbachev
Nicholas II
5
This organization was created after WWII to help maintain world peace:
NORAD
United Nations
Warsaw Pact
NATO
6
This organization was created by the Soviet Union to oppose NATO
KGB
WOLFPACK
WARSAW PACT
SPYMASTER
7
This current conflict that began during the Cold War period:
Syrian Civil War
Afghanistan War
North vs. South Korea
England vs. France
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The two superpowers who were competing each other during the cold war were:
The United States and the Soviet Union
The United States and China
North and South Korea
Britain and Eastern Europe
9
The goals of the Quiet Revolution were to?
Improve economic conditions for the Québécois population.
Return control of Quebec to French speaking Quebec.
All the above.
Preserve French Culture.
10
The United States and the Soviet Union engaged in an arms race of:
Nuclear weapons
Helmets
Machine guns
Battleships
11
The man who invented the term iron curtain was:
Nikita Krushchev
Ronald Reagan
Franklin Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
12
When did The Berlin Wall fall?
1978
1989
1969
1945
13
The Cuban Missile Crisis happened in:
1965
1962
1972
1959
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The man who told the Canadian government that there were spies in the Russian Embassy:
Vladimir Lenon
Igor Gouzenko
Vladimir Putin
Joe Rosenburg
15
The Cold war was an ideological battle between:
Fascism and Liberal democracy
Capitalism and Monarchism
Western capitalist democracies and Communism
Socialism and Liberalism
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Tiananmen Square
the beginning of communism
made China democratic
protests for democracy in China
protests against democracy in China
17
The Vietnam war ended in
April, 1975
March, 1972
December, 1958
May, 1969
18
During the Cold War Canada was known as a:
Developing Country
Superpower
Middle Power
Small power
19
Goerge Orwell popularized the term "Cold War" when referring to the Cold War
True
False
20
The bloodiest was fought between Communist and Capitalist forces during the Cold War was:
The Cuban Missile Crisis
The Vietnam War
The Iran vs. Iraq war
The Suez Crisis
21
Canada and the United States had an air defence agreement that was called:
NORDA
NATO
UNSC
NORAD
22
Canada's longest serving Prime Minister during the Cold War period was:
Fidel Castro
Pierre Trudeau
Mackenzie King
John Diefenbaker