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Cold War Review
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1
The 38th parellel became an important dividing line between
North and South Korea.
North and South China.
Korea and China.
China and Taiwan(Formosa).
2
Since the the 1950s, the false and unsupported accusations of a person's actions is now called?
McCarthyism
infiltration
brinkmanship
containment
3
What was the main goal of the Truman Doctrine?
Stop the USSR from spreading democracy
Stop the spread of communism
Jumpstart Europe's economy
Deliver Poland to the West
4
Which of the following was NOT a member of NATO?
Britain
United States
France
Soviet Union
5
The alliance between the Soviet Union and its allies during the Cold War was called
Warsaw Pact
NATO
League of Nations
United Nations
6
What are border nations between the USSR and the West serving as a buffer zone called?
Satellite Nations
Stalin’s Wall
States
Iron Curtain
7
What was Julius Rosenberg and his wife Ethel convicted of?
containing Communism
passing atomic secrets to the Soviet Union
destroying U.S. plans for the Hydrogen Bomb
aiding the launch of Sputnik
8
General Douglas MacArthur argued that the Korean War
should be extended into a war against the Soviet Union.
should be limited to Korea.
was not a vital American interest.
should be extended into a war against China.
9
What is a global conflict between the USSR and the U.S., marked by an avoidance of direct war?
Space race
Berlin airlift
Cold War
Truman Doctrine
10
The Hollywood ten were ordered to go to prison because they were convicted of
being communist sympathizers.
leaking top secret material to the press.
being in contempt of court.
being communists.
11
The first satellite launched into space was
NCC-1701
Apollo II
Discovery
Sputnik
12
Who is best known for investigating communism in the film industry?
The CIA
NATO
The UN
HUAC
13
Although Mao won the hearts of Chinese peasants, he failed to win U.S. support because he
was a Communist.
was a Nationalist.
had cooperated with Japan during World War II.
was corrupt.
14
How did the U.S. respond to the Soviet's first explosion of the atomic bomb?
by exploding an atomic bomb
by firing satellite into space.
By forming NATO
by exploding a hydrogen bomb
15
Of the following participants in the Korean War, which fought on the side of the Communists?
the United States
the United Nations
China
Souht Korea
16
Who was defeated in the Chinese civil War despite 2 billion dollars in aid from the U.S.?
socialists
Soviets
Nationalists
Communists
17
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was based on the principle of
collective security.
appeasement.
isolationism.
free trade.
18
Who was the leader of the communists in China?
Syngman Rhee
Kim II Sung
Chiang Kai-shek
Mao Zedong
19
Who was the leader of the Nationalists in China?
Mao Zedong
Chiang Kai-shek
Syngman Rhee
Kim Il Sung
20
After World War II, Germany was split in four by the United States, Great Britain, France and
Italy
Germany
Spain
Soviet Union
21
What did the Soviet Union set up in response to efforts from the West to reunify Germany?
an embargo on wheat to NATO nations
construction of the Berlin Wall
A Soviet blockade of West Berlin
An atomic bomb
22
What was the Berlin airlift a response to?
Soviet blockade of West Berlin
construction of the Berlin wall
German development of the atomic bomb
reunification of East and West Germany
23
What principle was the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) based on?
appeasement
free trade
collective security
isolationism
24
Who appeared to be winning the Korean War until China actively entered the conflict?
Communists
Nationalists
North Korean
South Koreans
