What was the primary goal for the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan?

to re-establish the Communist regime in Afghanistan

The governing bodies of the UN are:

Security Council and the General Assembly

Reagan's plan to create a lazer shield above the US (SDI), A great movie made the year Mrs. Baumann was born

Why did the Soviets create the Berlin Blockade?

To break West Berlin from the Western powers

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Cold War Review Part II

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1
What event marks the end of the Cold War according to most historians?
The Helsinki Accords
Détente
The Fall of the Soviet Union
The Fall of the Berlin Wall
2
Which countries were on the Security Council of the UN?
The founding members of the UN
The most powerful nations in the world
Representatives from each continent
The winners of WWII
3
This was the American policy of giving aid to those resisting takeover by Communist nations
Kenan Policy
Marshall Plan
Containment
Truman Doctrine
4
What was the primary goal for the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan?
to fight an indirect war with the US
To gain control of Middle east oil supplies
to re-establish the Communist regime in Afghanistan
to cause the US to boycott the 1980 olympics
5
What was the origin of a divided Germany?
The Yalta Conference
Germany's loss of WWII
The SALT treaty
Stalin took the East
6
The governing bodies of the UN are:
Trusteeship Council and General Council
Security Council and the General Assembly
Assembly and the Permanent Secratariat
Alliance and Strategic Command
7
What idea was the major justification for US foreign policy during the Cold War era?
Vietnamization
Khmer Rouge
non-aligned nations
Domino Theory
8
The Truman Doctine was aimed at which countries?
The Soviet Satellites
Yugoslavia (the Balkans)
The Former WWII Allies
Greece and Turkey
9
Who came up with the metaphor of the "Iron Curtain" dividing east and west?
Josef Stalin
Harry Truman
Charles de Gaulle
Winston Churchill
10
What was Star Wars
The largest nuclear missile ever made by the US
Reagan's plan to create a lazer shield above the US (SDI)
A great movie made the year Mrs. Baumann was born
The period where the Soviets shot down a U2 spy plane
11
In Poland the union ______________ led a revolution under _________________
Solidarity, Lech Walesa
Workers Party, Leonid Breznev
Polish Nationalist Party, Alexander Dubcek
Popular Front, Antonin Novotny
12
The policy of détente was mainly intended to
call world attention to human rights violations
Restrict the spread of Communism
Reduce Cold War tensions
solidify US relations with its economic allies
13
What event increased US spending on education and technology?
Soviet launching of Sputnik
establishment of the Warsaw Pact
Cuban Missile Crisis
Chinese-Soviet treaty of friendship
14
Why did the Soviets create the Berlin Blockade?
To punish the people for escaping to the west
To break West Berlin from the Western powers
To stop an east/west war in Germany
To showcase Soviet power
15
The US and her allies were known as
Warsaw Pact
NATO
COMECON
Awesome
16
This Communist nation was NOT part of the Warsaw Pact
Turkey
Romania
Hungary
Yugoslavia

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