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1
What was the main purpose of US foriegn policy in the decade following WWII?
Imperialism
Invade Russia
Stop the spread of Communism
Defend China
2
The Soviet Afghanistan War resulted in ____________ for the Russian people.
Economic prosperity
Communistic Freedom
The Spread of Communism
Economic disater
3
What country was likely a member of the Warsaw Pact?
France
US
Russia
Brazil
4
After the Korean war, North Korea and South Korea
merged and became Korea
became communist
stayed separate and still are today
declared war on Vietnam
5
During the Soviet Afghanistan War the US helped fund the
The Mujihadeen
The Shah
Ayatollah Khomeni
Afghan government
6
Which of the following WAS NOT a Cold War president of the US?
Dwigh D Eisenhower
Harry S Truman
Theodore Roosevelt
John F. Kennedy
7
What country was likely an original member of Nato
United Kingdom
Brazil
Russia
Japan
8
How did the USSR respond to the Hungarian Independence movement in 1956?
allowing a coalition government
using military force to suppress protestors
negotiating a peace treaty
allowing democratic reform
9
The man that took over the Iranian Government is known as Ayatollah
Kamini
Ayatollah
Khomeni
Kookie
10
is a process whereby societies come under or adopt Western culture is known as
globalization
communism
westernization
capitalism
11
All of these countries are still communist today except:
Germany
China
Cuba
Vietnam
12
The US has what type of economy?
Socialist
Capitalist
Totalitarian
Collective
13
In an effort to promote the flow of ideas and information to improve Russian lives
Collectivization
Glasnost
Detente
Perestrioka
14
Which technological innovations contributed most to the start of the Space Race
Fiber Optic Wires
Nuclear Energy
Satellites
Bio-fuels
15
Which of the following was established for the purpose of mutual defense and led by the US
UN
Warsaw Pact
League of Nations
NATO
16
The US and the USSR each engaged in a continual build up of nuclear weapons. This was known as
The Arms Race
The Human Race
The Space Race
The Detente
17
Which nation was not involved in the Korean war?
Japan
China
North Korea
The US
18
an economic/political system where industry are controlled by private owners for profit is
capitalism
theocracy
socialism
autocracy
19
What event is considered to be the beginning of the Cold War?
Monroe Doctrine
Franklin Roosevelt
Joseph Stalin
Truman Doctrine
20
Which policy did Gorbachev adopt to restructure the USSR economy?
Perestrioka
Dentente
Blitzkrieg
Appeasement
21
Who was the president of the US at the end of the Cold war
Ronald Reagan
Winston Churchill
Joseph Stalin
Harry Truman
22
Which of the following was an effect of the Cold War?
The US wins the Vietnam War
Arms race develops
the USSR continues to build missile bases in Cuba
the US put the first man in space
23
How long did the Cold War last?
23 years
44 years
75 years
10 years
24
Why did OPEC place an embargo on oil to the US
Eisenhower sent troops to Vietnam
Jimmy Carter
Nixon gave military aid to Israel
The Mujahideen took control
25
What led to the start of the Vietnam War?
Civil war from Cambodia spread into Vietnam
US sent troops to Vietnam
South Vietnam invaded North Vietnam
Soviet Union sent troops to North Vietnam
26
Which US president would help other countries, such as Greece & Turkey, fight communism
Eisenhower
Roosevelt
Kennedy
Truman
27
During the Cold War which two countries were super powers?
USSR AND CHINA
US AND CUBA
USSR AND US
US AND DONALD DRUMPF
28
Which US president deliberated over his decision in regards to the Cuban Missile Crisis
Eisenhower
Roosevelt
Kennedy
Truman
29
Which group of countries were Warsaw Pact members?
Ethiopia, Angola, and the Sudan
West Germany, France, and England
Mexico, Canada, and the US
East Germany, Hungary, and Poland
30
Democratic nations tried to stop the spread of Communism through a policy known as
Isolationism
Occupation
Imperialism
Containment
31
Which two countries staged a 1953 military coup in Iran that restored the Iranian monarchy
USSR and Afghanistan
US and Great Britain
France and Germany
Egypt and Israel
32
The Atom Bomb was invented by the US during an emergency program known as the
Nuclear Project
Marshall Plan
Los Alamos Project
Manhattan Project
33
What word describes communist government that exists in the real world?
Repressive
Lovely
Fair
Nice
34
Many countries with democratic governments formed an alliance known as
Warsaw Pact
Axis
NATO
UN
35
a war that is instigated by another country but does not get involved is known as a
Soviet Afghan War
Cold War
Proxy War
Instigated War
36
The destruction of the Berlin Wall symbolized what?
the fall of Communism
the end of the Cuban Missile Crisis
the end of the Vietnam War
the fall of capitalism
37
The Cold War was a war of ideas between
Communism and Totalitarianism
Democracy and Fascism
Communism and Fascism
Communism and Democracy
38
in the 1950's senator Joseph McCarthy won national attention when he
Volunteered to join the fight in North Korea
Claimed that 100s of government employees were communists
was convicted as a USSR spy
ran for president against Harry S Truman
39
What was a result of the Potsdam conference?
German territory was divided into occupation zones
a democratic government was adopted in Yugoslavia
Japand was allowed to maintain an active military force
war criminals were tried in the US
40
What type of economy did the Soviet Union have?
Socialist
Collective
Capitalist
Totalitarian
41
How did the Vietnam War end?
Communist forces captured Saigon
Ho Chi Minh was removed from power
Vietnam was divided into two seperate countries
Soviet Union took control of all of Vietnam
42
Under Nikita Khruschev's reign, he was able to supress a rebellion in
Iran and Afghanistan
Greece and Turkey
Hungary and Poland
Cuba and Hungary
43
Which is the best description of the Marhsall Plan of 1947
a plan to send military supplies to anti-communists in China
a plan of economic aid to western European countries
a plan to defeat the USSR in the arms race
a plan to remove the communist from US government posts
44
What was the purpose of the House Un-American Activities Committee
to spy on communists in Canada
To hunt down communists around the world
To hunt down communists in the US
to provide opportunities for military veterans
45
What was the primary goal of the United Nations?
to stop the USSR from building weapons
to prevent future global wars
free trade with the US
private ownership of land
46
Who was the president at the beginning of the Cold war?
Harry Truman
Winston Churchill
Jimmy Carter
Ronald Reagan
47
What was the significance of the Berlin Wall?
Protect the USSR from invasion by the US
Keepy Soviet spies out of West Berlin
Protect western Europe from Soviet invasion
Kept other countries out of East Berlin
48
Which groups are in conflict over claims to Palestinian territory?
Arabs and Jews
Turks and Kurds
Syrians and Greeks
Italians and Algerians
49
Name the USSR leader at the beginning of the Cold War
Lenin
Gorbachev
Stalin
Winston Churchill
50
Winston Churchill said that European countries living under Soviet domination were
The Curve
The Iron Curtain
In the Low Math Scores
The 8-Ball
51
The Iranian Revolution resulted in
The economic downfall we see today
governmental take over
a repression of current Iranian government officials
The death of the Shah
52
a government that owns resources and does not allow private property is known as communism
False
True
53
a form of government in which people choose leaders by voting is known as democracy
False
True
54
What was the largest cause of divisiveness on the American home front?
Cuban Missile Crisis
Korean War
Vietnam War
Berlin Airlift
