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WHII.13 - The Cold War Review
WHII.13 - The Cold War Review
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1
How did the Cuban missile Crisis end?
US set up a naval blockade of Cuba and force USSR to leave
US initiated air strikes against Soviet missiles
US initiated an armed invasion of Cuba
US did not respond to the Soviet missiles going to Cuba
2
Who is the leader that lost the Chinese Civil war and fled to Taiwan?
Mao Zedong(Mao Tse-Tung)
Mikhail Gobachev
Chiang Kai-Shek(Jiang Jieshi)
Douglas MacArthur
3
Which leader promoted communism in North Vietnam?
Mao Zedong
Chiang Kai Shek
Ngo Dinh Diem
Ho Chi Minh
4
During most of the Vietnam War, North Vietnam was led by -
Ho Chi Minh
Mao Zedong
Chiang Kai Shek
Kim Il Sung
5
Which of the following by the USSR/communists resulted in the Cold War becoming more intense?
Cuban Missile Crisis & Creation of the Warsaw Pact
Cuban Missile Crisis & Policy of Containment
Tearing down of the Berlin Wall & Policy of Containment
Creation of the Warsaw Pact & Policy of Containment
6
The Cold War was a war between what two economic systems -
communism and free enterprise
free enterprise and nationalism
fascism and democracy
nationalism and communism
7
Which leader is NOT correctly matched with their country?
Deng Xiaoping - China
Margaret Thatcher - Great Britain
Ronald Reagan-U.S.A
Mikhail Gorbachev - Poland
8
What Cold War policy is a nuclear weapons system regarded as deterring the enemy from an attack
Brinkmanship
Deterrence
Communism
None of the above
9
Who were the two Superpowers left after World War II?
Britain and France
Italy and Germany
Soviet Union and United States
Greece and Turkey
10
Which countries controlled the three parts of West Germany during the Cold War?
United States, Great Britain, and France
United States, Soviet Union, and Great Britain
United States, Great Britain, and Poland
Poland, Soviet Union, and Austria
11
Which action by Khrushchev showed his attempt to work with US during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Approved the installation of nuclear weapons in Cuba
Collaborated with Fidel Castro to allow nukes in Cuba
Allowed Soviet ships to continue towards the US Blockade
Ordered the dismantling of Soviet missiles in Cuba
12
Who is Margaret Thatcher?
Prime Minister Develops Closer Relationship With USSR
Prime Minister Implements Glasnost and Perestroika
Prime Minister Approves Development of Nuclear Program
British Prime Minister Develops closer Relationship with US
13
The countries shaded in dark grey were apart of what alliance?
Warsaw Pact
NATO
EU
Atlantic Rim
14
What economic policy did Gorbachev use to help save the Soviet Union's Economy
Conservative Economic Policy(Reaganomics)
Perestroika
Star Wars
Glasnost
15
What type of government took over Cuba during its revolution?
Communist
Monarchy
Democracy
Socialist
16
What event did the US and USSR continue to build more nuclear weapons?
Arms Race
Chinese Civil War
Vietnam War
Korean War
17
"Communism in China" Which leader was most responsible for this event?
Sun Yat-sen
Ho Chi Minh
Mao Tse-tung (Mao Zedong)
Deng Xiaoping
18
What year did the Soviet Union collapse?
1991
1989
1984
1992
19
Which gave their country economic Freedom in China?
Ronald Reagan
Deng Xiaoping
Mikhail Gorbachev
Margaret Thatcher
20
What major development occurred between the US and USSR in the late 1980s?
Both countries banned arm sales to developing nations
Both countries reduced their number of nuclear weapons
Both countries withdrew from the United Nations
Both countries began to purchase oil from Mexico
21
Which leader created Glasnost and Perestroika to save his country?
Nikita Khrushchev
Deng Xiaoping
Mao Zedong
Mikhail Gorbachev
22
What US general led the Korean War until he was fired?
MacArthur
Eisenhower
Reagan
Truman
23
This famous wall was built to divide what city during the Cold War?
Berlin
Salzburg
Moscow
Warsaw
24
How did Deng Xiaoping's economic reforms affect China's economy?
Led to the creation of glasnost
Led to a period of rapid economic growth
Led to the rise of Mao Zedong
Led to a period of economic decline
25
By 1949 Chinese Communists won their war with the Nationalists. Who led the Chinese Communists?
Kim Il Sung
Chiang Kai Shek
Mao Zedong
Ho Chi Minh
26
What conference did the Allied Powers hold to decide on Germany's fate after the war?
Potsdam Conference
Yalta Conference
Paris Conference
Munich Conference
27
What was the name of the plan that aided countries in Western Europe after World War II?
Truman Doctrine
Marshall plan
Domino Theory
containment
28
What is Glasnost
Economic Change
Containment
Openness
Domino Theory
29
What was the name of the Prime Minister of India who became friends with the Soviet Union?
Harry Truman
Margaret Thatcher
Indira Gandhi
Ronald Reagan
30
What did Mikhail Gorbachev and Deng Xiaoping have in common?
Industrial buildup
Tight governmental control
Military expansion
New economic reform
31
The policy of containment was intended to -
prevent the spread of communism around the world
stop the spread of global diseases
promote the end of nuclear weapons
prevent the United Nations from gaining too much power
32
Which communist military organization formed from Eastern European countries in the Cold War?
Warsaw Pact
Axis Powers
Soviet Union
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
33
The United States threatened to use nuclear weapons during the --
Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
Cuban Missile Crisis
Iraqi invasion of Kuwait
Chinese Civil War
34
During the Cold War, why were US & USSR reluctant to get involved in direct military conflict?
Both countries had significantly reduced their # of weapons.
The Iron Curtain in Eastern Europe had dissolved.
The countries feared the possibility of global nuclear war.
Other countries threatened economic embargoes.
35
Which best shows the impact nuclear weapons had on the relationship between the USSR & US?
The breakup of the Soviet Union into separate states
The US blocked Soviet ships from entering Cuba
Citizens of East Germany were allowed to enter West Germany
The expansion of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
36
By 1990, the USSR was on the verge of collapse for all of the following reasons EXCEPT -
nationalism in Warsaw Pact countries
economic collapse
invasion by NATO forces
nationalism among the Soviet Republics
37
Who were the three leaders at the Yalta Conference?
Stalin, Churchill and Roosevelt
Reagan, Gorbachev, Stalin
Truman, Stalin, Eisenhower
Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon
38
What two countries were helped by the Truman Doctrine
United States and Soviet Union
Greece and Turkey
Britain and France
Italy and Germany
39
The basis of the Cold War was conflict between communism and -
democracy
monarchy
fascism
socialism
40
The term "Iron Curtain" refers to -
the division of the Korean peninsula after the war
the United States pledge to defend Western Europe by force
divide between free enterprise & communist nations in Europe
the closing down of European ports to Soviet goods
41
American forces fought the Korean War to -
end the Cold War
gain more territory
stop the spread of Communism
help Korea become Communist
42
Which leader was most closely associated with stopping the spread of communism?
Mohandas Gandhi
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Jomo Kenyatta
Harry Truman
43
Why were the US and USSR reluctant to become involved in direct military conflict in Cold War?
Increased tensions in the Middle East
Potential for global nuclear destruction
Pressure from nonaligned countries
Peacekeeping efforts by the United Nations
44
What military alliance was formed to protect Western Europe from Soviet Union?
NATO
Allies
Axis
Warsaw Pact
45
What phrase talks about an independent country controlled by another nation
Satellite Nation
Deterrence
Domino Theory
Containment
46
In the 1950s, US Domino theory foreign policy feared communism would spread from China to what other country -
India
Vietnam
Japan
Mongolia
47
This map represents the political divisions of Europe -
after the Napoleonic Wars
because of the Treaty of Versailles
during the Cold War
after the breakup of the Soviet Union
48
Which organization's member states were described as being behind the Iron Curtain after WWII?
European Union
United Nations
Warsaw Pact
Axis Powers
49
What event in 1948 caused Stalin to stop food and water to West Berlin?
All of the above
Berlin Blockade
Berlin Wall
Fall of the Berlin Wall
50
After World War II, which two countries emerged as superpowers?
United States and Soviet Union
China and United States
Britain and France
United States and Britain
51
President Reagan challenged Gorbachev to "tear down this wall". What wall was he talking about?
Hadrian's Wall
Berlin Wall
Great Wall
Warsaw Wall
52
What was the Result of the Vietnam War?
It housed a monastery for a powerful sect of Chinese monks
It housed a British protectorate that was returned to China
North Vietnam took over South Vietnam and became communist
It was acquired from Japan after the Chinese-Japanese Wars.