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Cold War/Fifties Review
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A #history #blindquiz to review basics of #coldwar and #the50s for #grade10
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1
Use of nuclear weapons by two or more opposing sides that would cause annihilation of all.
NASA
Cuban Missile Crisis
HUAC
MAD - Mutually Assured Destruction
2
1945 meeting between with FDR, Churchill, and Stalin during WW 2 to plan for the post-war
Marshall Plan
Yalta Conference
Satellite Nations
Warsaw Pact
3
The Truman Doctrine was a response to the rise of Communist influences in what 2 nations?
East and West Germany
China and North Korea
Greece and Turkey
Poland and Czechoslovakia
4
During the Soviet blockade of Berlin, the French, British and American zones received goods via
land
sea
air
they did not receive goods
5
The main participants in the Korean War (the "Forgotten War") were
The U.S, South & North Korea, China and the U.S.S.R
The U.N., South & North Korea, and China
The U.N., South & North Korea, China and the U.S.S.R
The U.S., South & North Korea and China
6
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the Warsaw Pact
are examples of Cold War tension
both attempted to promote and establish European stability
all the above
provided for the mutual assistance of its members
7
A competition of space exploration between the US and USSR is called
Space Cadet
Space Run
Space Race
Space Competition
8
First artificial satellite launched by Moscow.
Sprose Goose
U2 Incident
Sputnik
Warsaw Pact
9
Containment
refers to
the removal of Communist influences in Eastern Bloc nations
preventing nuclear weapons falling into Communist hands
stopping the spread of Communism
weeding out Communist sympathizers in the U.S.
10
The House of Un-American Activities Committee investigated
disloyal and subversive citizens and organizations
Rebellious teenagers
Axis power war crimes
Joseph McCarthy for communist activities
11
An international crisis in Oct 1962 that was the closest to nuclear war between the US and USSR
MAD - Mutually Assured Destruction
Cuban Missile Crisis
Space Race
Containment
12
Although in dire need, the allies refused to provide Marshall Plan aid to the Soviets
True
False
13
Following World War II, Americans sought stability in the form of
nuclear weapons
social rebellion
social conformity
consumerism
14
Line that divided Korea
5th Straight Line
47 Longitude
38th Parallel
100th Latitude
15
Husband and wife accused of spying, convicted and sentenced to death
The Simpsons
The Whites
The Rosenbergs
The Griffens
