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COLD WAR READINESS
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1
In 1945 the boundary between North and South Korea was set at?
38th parallel
36th parallel
30th parallel
48th parallel
2
Fidel Castro-leader of Cuba-can be best described as?
paramilitary democracy
absolute monarchist
dictatorship
direct democracy
3
What nation was NOT involved in the Korean War?
China
North Korea
USA
Japan
4
Gorbachev, the leader of the Soviet Union did
NOT
allow one of the following?
private ownerships of businesses
private ownership of land
free trade with the United States
decrease in nuclear weapons
5
What American ran mission landed the first humans on the moon
Apollo 9
Apollo 11
Apollo 7
Apollo 1
6
What is the International Monetary Fund
A body of people who help countries in Eastern Europe
A system that provides free need for poor countries
Part of the Communist Party
A system that provides loans for countries
7
The term Iron curtain refers to?
A physical wall
The division between Soviet Controlled Europe and democracy
The division of North and South Korea
The division between North and South Vietnam
8
Post WW2 economic prosperity in the USA helped what class most during the Cold War
Middle Class
Immigrant Neighborhoods only
Upper Class
Lower Class
9
What was the U.S. President during the Cuban Missile Crisis
John F. Kennedy
Teddy Roosevelt
Dwight Eisenhower
Richard Nixon
10
The Soviet Union’s goal during the Cold War was to:
Start Space Wars
Contain Communism
Become major allies with Britain
Spread Communism
11
Containment is?
to stop nuclear war
controlling inflation
an effort to stop the spread of communism
a form of blacklisting
12
Which U.S. President solved the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Truman
Eisenhower
Kennedy
FDR
13
How did the U.S. respond to the Soviets Blockade of West Berlin in 1947?
The U.S. airlifted all the British out of Berlin
The U.S. demanded the destruction of the Berlin Wall
U.S. used tanks to smash through the blockade
U.S. flew planes over Berlin and dropped supplies.
14
The destruction of the Berlin Wall symbolized what
The fall of communism
End of the Vietnam War
The rise of Communism
End of Cuban Missile Crisis
15
The overthrow of the Shah of Iran was prompted by?
fear of Western influence
disarmament
prejudice
peace treaty
16
The United States instituted an aid program to help rebuild western Europe’s economy known as
Containment Policy
The Domino Theory
GI Bill of Rights
The Marshall Plan
17
What is the World Bank
help rich countries
Provide Loans
Provide need to low income countries
World Bank with a common currency
18
During the Cold War, the two Superpowers were:
China and Japan
Korea and Vietnam
Britain and Germany
Soviet Union and United States
19
Which was an
IMMEDIATE
response in the U.S. to the Tet Offensive?
The media called for an increase of troops in Vietnam
Americans increased protests for the Vietnam War.
Congress issued the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
JFK was assassinated
20
What group of countries combined for the Warsaw Pact?
Western Germany, France and Poland
East Germany, Hungary, Poland
Mexico, Canada and the United States
Ethiopia, Angola and the Sudan
21
How long did the Cold War serve as the central purpose of foreign policies in the USA?
40 Years
30 Years
50 Years
70 Years
22
What government action provided veterans with money for education, housing and job training?
The FBI (Quantico)
The GI Bill
The Second Red Scare
Social Security
23
Why was Israel created?
To have a country have Jerusalem as its capital
To make Palestine mad
So Jewish people had a place after the Holocaust
24
During the Cold War Russia took over what part of the World?
Africa
Eastern Europe
Western Europe
South America
25
What is OPEC?
A group of countries that want dictatorship
Pasta making countries
Corn making countries
A group of oil making and buying countries
