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Cold War 1945-1962
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1
Which of these is NOT an characteristic of a Communist run country?
Government controls the economic market
the Government has the final say on all decisions
Rulers are not elected
The people have the final say on any decisions made
2
The first example of the Truman Doctrine took place in:
Soviet Union
Turkey
West Germany
Greece
3
Khrushchev built the Berlin Wall because
He wanted to blockade US aid to West Berlin
He wanted to keep West Berliners from comin into East Berlin
He did not want East Berliners escaping to West Berlin
he felt like it
4
Italy, France, Britain, Portugal, Belgian, Holland, Denmark and Norway were original members of
The Allied and Axis powers
Comecon
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Cominform
5
An immediate goal of the Marshall Plan was
to re-unite East and West Germany
Red Army evacuation of Eastern Europe
strengthen the economies of Western Europe
a free trade zone for all of Europe
6
Which of the following terms most accurately defines U.S. foreign policy during the Cold War?
Isolationism
Containment
Coexistence
Confrontation
7
Differing Ideologies of Communism and Democracy were a main cause of the Cold War
False
True
8
Mao's communist victory in the Chinese Civil War frightened the U.S. because
was the first communist nation after the USSR
it led to the invasion of Taiwan
seemed to extend Soviet power
created two communist seats in the Security Council
9
Military action by the UN Security Council happened first in
Korea
the Middle East
Vietnam
Berlin
10
Which event involved a spy plane being shot down over the Soviet Union?
U-2 Incident
Berlin airlift
Space Race
Cuban Missile Crisis
11
How did the Cuban Missile Crisis end?
Cuba nuked the US
US had to promise never to invade Cuba again
The US invaded Cuba and forced them to destroy their weapons
The US had to pull Missiles out of Turkey and Italy
12
Which European country was split in half after the Potsdam Conference?
Switzerland
France
Germany
Korea
13
The Berlin Airlift of 1948 indicated the West's
desire to reunite East and West Germany as soon as possible
Marshall Plan
desire to withdraw forces from Berlin
willingness to cooperate with the Soviets
14
Which was NOT an outcome of the Korean War?
North Korea occupied all of Korea
The border remained at the 38th parallel
A Cease Fire/Truce was agreed upon
Gen Douglas MacArthur was fired
15
Berlin Airlift is an example of :
JFK's New Frontier
The Truman Doctrine
The Eisenhower Doctrine
The Marshall Plan
16
What was Kennedy's response to the placement of missiles in Cuba?
Sending troops into Cuba
A Naval Quarantine
A Naval Blockade
Dropping a Nuclear bomb in Cuba
17
When Germany was split in half, which side was Communist?
North
West
South
East
18
The Bay of Pigs Invasion caused what?
Korean War
The U-2 Incident
The Red Scare
Cuban Missile Crisis
19
Which is an accurate cause-effect relationship?
Berlin Wall led to Berlin Airlift
Hungarian uprising led to Warsaw Pact
Bay of Pigs led to Cuban Missile Crisis
Korean War led to Geneva Agreement
20
NATO was created to form an alliance against the aggressive Soviet Union
True
False
21
President Kennedy's immediate response to the discovery of Soviet missiles in Cuba in 1962 was
a naval quarantine of Cuba
the removal of US missiles from Turkey
an air attack on the missile sites
the Bay of Pigs invasion
22
For Winston Churchill territories behind the "Iron Curtain" had in 1945
had elected Communist governments
been occupied by the Soviet Union
joined the Warsaw Pact
all joined the Comintern
23
Brinkmanship stated that the US would do all it could to avoid war
False
True
24
In 1947, the Truman Doctrine announced a new US policy to
Stop the spread of communism in Europe
free East Berlin from Soviet control
stop the spread of communism in the World
support independence movements in Asia
25
Which is NOT an example of Containment?
Creation of the UN
Bay of Pigs invasion
Chinese Civil War
Korean War
26
How does Cuba Become Communist?
The Cubans wanted to rival the United States
The Soviet Union conquered Cuba and made them communist
Cuba saw the Soviet Union and wanted to try out communism
Castro led a Cuban revolution and took it
27
What event in 1961 justified Krushchev's concerns about the independence of Cuba?
the Cuban Missile Crisis
the US trade embargo against Cuba
nationalization of Cuban businesses
Bay of Pigs Invasion
28
An issue that led to increased Cold War tensions was
USSR entering the war against Japan
disarmament
USA's refusal of postwar aid to Germany
disagreement over the treatment of Germany
