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1
The ___________ was the first country to land humans on the moon
Netherlands
United States
Soviet Union
United Kingdom
2
The Common Market promoted economic cooperation in ___________
America
Africa
Europe
Asia
3
What US economic plan helped stabilize Western Europe?
the Marshall Budget
the Maxwell Plan
the Marshall Plan
the Mario Plan
4
This person established a free market in West Germany
Leonid Brezhnev
Ronald Reagan
Margaret Thatcher
Konrad Adenauer
5
The movement away from repression in Eastern Europe was symbolized by the opening of the Berlin Wall
True
False
6
This person reverse socialist programs in Great Britain and forged an anti-Communist alliance with the Unite States
Lech Walesa
Margaret Thatcher
Mikhail Gorbachev
Konrad Adenauer
7
He won the Chinese civil war and established communism in China
Mohandas Ghandi
Mao Zedong
Charles de Gaulle
Ho Chi Minh
8
Which Eastern European country was
not
able to remove Communist rule peacefully?
East Germany
Poland
Czechosovakia
Romania
9
What actions by the Soviets prompted an around-the-clock airlift by the United States and Britain?
Bangkok Blockade
Brussels Destruction
Berlin Blockade
Berlin Siege
10
Russia invaded this country in 1979 but left in 1989 after experiencing growing losses with no prospects of victory
Uzbekistan
Afganistan
Iraq
Pakistan
11
The United States and the Soviet Union struggled to match or exceed each other's nuclear weapons during the Cold War
False
True
12
Postwar Japan made an astonishing economic and political recovery
False
True
13
Under the policy of _______, the US would not go to war but would try to keep the Soviets from expanding their influence
containment
conception
container
control
14
He doctrine that said the Soviet Union would intervene anytime an existing socialist government was threatened
Lech Walesa
Margaret Thatcher
Leonid Brezhnev
Konrad Adenauer
15
To minimize the hostility between Hindus and Muslims in India, Britain partitioned India into what two nations
India and Taiwan
India and Bangladesh
India and Pakistan
India and Vietnam
16
In what two industries did Japan develop a world market?
aerospace and fashion
automobiles and electronics
aviation and electronics
automobiles and atomic bombs
17
The Soviets were the first to launch a human into space
True
False
18
Give the name of the first man-made satellite
Special
Sputnik
Spunky
Splendiferous
19
Soviet troops crushed a movement for more freedom and independence in the country of _________ in 1965
Romania
Hungary
Poland
Ukraine
20
He encouraged the spread of democracy through his position as an American president
Donald Trump
Ronald Reagan
Bill Clinton
Abraham Lincoln
21
The __________ Doctrine was an American policy that offered help to any nation threatened by communism
Tremaine
Tyrone
Trump
Truman
22
This person introduced the policies of perestroika and glasnost in the Soviet Union
Mikhail Gorbachev
Leonid Brezhnev
Ho Chi Minh
Ronald Reagan
23
Republics of the Soviet Union declared their independence after Soviet leaders tried to remove _____________ from power
Mikhail Gorbachev
Vladimir Putin
Lech Walesa
Leonid Brezhnev
24
This man led an anti-Communist movement in Poland
Konrad Adenauer
Ronald Reagan
Lech Walesa
Mao Zedong
25
Who did not want a Jewish state in Palestine?
surrounding Arab nations
the United States
the United Nations
the Soviet Union
26
According to the policy of MAD, who would stockpiling weapons prevent war?
Enemies capable of destroying one another would NEVER risk an attack
Enemies capable of destroying one another would ALWAYS never risk an attack
Enemies capable of SPYING ON one another would never risk an attack
Enemies capable of destroying one another would never risk a RAID
27
Secret negotiations between the US & the Soviet Union resulted in the removal of nuclear missiles the Soviets placed in
Colombia
Cuba
Grenada
Haiti
28
Which of the following was
not
true of detente?
It brought a permanent end to the Cold War
It resulted in the signing of the SALT treaty to limit nuclear weapons
It was motivated by concerns of cost and potential danger
Led to the Helsinki agreement; addressed Cold War boundaries & human rights
29
UN forces invaded Inchon on the Korean Peninsula and pushed the Communists back deep into North Korea
True
False
30
Which of the following was not a reason for the collapse of the Soviet Union?
Dissatisfaction within the Soviet bloc
Economic weakness
Failed ventures
Weakness of the United States
31
This man established communism in Vietnam
Mohandas Ghandi
Mao Zedong
Leonid Brezhnev
Ho Chi Minh
32
Solidarity was an anti-Communist movement in __________
Romania
Poland
Austria
Lithuania
33
This man established the Fifth Republic in France in 1958
Lech Walesa
Mohandas Gandhi
Margaret Thatcher
Charles de Gaulle
34
_____________ was a military alliance that committed the US and its Western European allies to mutual defense
NASA
WWW
NATO
CIS
35
The ____________ was a military alliance that committed the Soviet Union & its Eastern European allies to mutual defense
Warsaw Pact
Truman Doctrine
Peace Treaty
Wilmington Pact