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1
The US policy of rebuilding Europe was known as the:
MAD
Strategic Defense Initiative
Truman Doctrine
Marshall Plan
2
What was the boundary separating Western Europe from Eastern Europe known as?
38th Parallel
Iron Curtain
Demarcation Line
Berlin Wall
3
The conflict in which the superpowers used brinkmanship, espionage, and diplomacy is the:
Cold War
Conflict of Ideologies
USSR Inception
World Civil War
4
Who was the leader of the Vietnamese Communist Party?
Pol Pot
Mao Zedong
Ho Chi Minh
Diem
5
The Truman Doctrine's goal was to _______________________ Communism.
contain
trade with
spread
support
6
Who started De-Stalinization of the USSR?
Brezhnev
Gorbachev
Andropov
Krushchev
7
The Soviet Union and the US came to the brink of war over nuclear missile deployment in:
Morocco
Cuba
Korea
Iran
8
A goal of the USSR immediately following World War II was to:
take control of Korea
create a buffer zone
start trade negotiations
absorb China
9
Who wanted to keep Germany weak and divided after World War II?
DPRK
UK
USSR
US
10
How many permanent members are on the UN Security Council?
3
4
5
6
11
The nations in red represent which Cold War alliance?
Central Powers
NATO
Warsaw Pact
Sino-Soviet Pact
12
What does MAD stand for?
Mutual Allied Defense
Mutually Allied Destruction
Mutual Atomic Destruction
Mutually Assured Destruction
13
The idea that once one country fell to communism others would follow is know as the:
Containment Theory
Truman Doctrine
Domino Theory
Glasnost
14
Gorbachev's policy of opening up the political process in the Soviet Union is known as:
De-Stalinization
Containment
Glasnost
Peristroika
15
What does NATO stand for?
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Northern Alliance Trade Organization
New Atlantic Trade Organization
Northern Alliance Treaty Organization
16
An end to the Cold War is best symbolized by the:
Fall of the Berlin Wall
Cuban Missile Crisis
US pullout from Vietnam
Policy of Detente
17
What was the goal of the Communists during the Vietnam War?
Stop the spread of democracy.
Take control of South Vietnam.
Support Jiang Jieshi's government.
To be strategic buffer for their Chinese allies.
18
Which area did the Chinese Nationalists escape to after they lost the civil war?
Vietnam
Taiwan
South Korea
Japan
19
Who was the Communist leader of Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Ho Chi Min
Krushchev
Batista
Castro
20
The Bay of Pigs was a failed invasion of which country?
Korea
Vietnam
Afghanistan
Cuba
21
Who was China's Communist ruler after its civil war?
Jiang Jieshi
Mao Zedong
Ho Chi Minh
Diem
22
The period of Cold War thawing was known as:
Containment
Detente
MAD
Glasnost
23
An acronym for the causes of the Cold War is "BEAR". What does BEAR stand for?
Beliefs, Events, Aims, Resentments
Beliefs, Events, Alliances, Reforms
Beliefs, English Actions, Resentments
Bombs, Events, Atomic, Resentments
24
These two pictures represent whose genocidal Communist reign in Cambodia?
Ho Chi Minh
Mao Zedong
Stalin
Pol Pot
25
Who authorized sending troops to fight back the North Korean Communists?
NATO
Chinese Nationalists
Warsaw Pact
UN
26
Over which line was most of the Korean War fought to a draw?
36th Line of Longitude
Iron Curtain
38th Parallel
DMZ
27
Who was the Soviet leader who pursued of the policy of perestroika?
Brezhnev
Andropov
Gorbachev
Krushchev
28
The SALT treaty led to:
a reduction in nuclear warheads.
an increase in the SALT trade.
inflation in the USSR.
tariffs on resources.
29
What was the first satellite successfully launched into Earth's orbit?
Poseidon
Apollo
Sputnik
Dubcek
30
Which country did the USSR invade in 1979?
Hungary
Poland
Afghanistan
Iran
