Cold War - Section IV

Question 1

The CIA was successful in returning the Shah to power who turned back the Iranian oil fields to western company control

Accepted Answer

True

Question 2

1955 - During the Summit in Geneva - what proposal did Eisenhower put forth?

Accepted Answer

Open Skies

Question 3

In 1952 - the Soviet Union won the arms race when they exploded the first H (hydrogen) - Bomb

Accepted Answer

False

Question 4

After Joseph Stalin&#x27;s death - who came to power in the Soviet Union?

Accepted Answer

Nikita Khrushchev

Question 5

Planes used to make secret high altitude flights over Soviet Union territory

Accepted Answer

U-2

Question 6

1953 - The CIA gave several million dollars to anti-Mossadegh supporters. Who did the U.S. support instead?

Accepted Answer

pro-Amercian Shah of Iran

Question 7

The Soviet Union won the space race

Accepted Answer

True

Question 8

The Warsaw Pact

Accepted Answer

Linked the Soviet Union with seven Eastern European countries

Question 9

The world&#x27;s first artificial satellite

Accepted Answer

Sputnik

Question 10

The Soviet Union accepted the Open Skies proposal

Accepted Answer

False

Question 11

The Eisenhower administration relied heavily on spies from the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) - What did they do?

Accepted Answer

Went on secret operations to weakean and overthrow unfriendly governments

Question 12

"Open Skies" - The United States and the Soviet Union would allow flights over each other&#x27;s territory

Accepted Answer

True

Question 13

The United States entered a deadly race with the Soviet Union to see which country could produce the first

Accepted Answer

H - Bomb

Question 14

How did the Soviet Union respond to Imre Nagy forming a new government in Hungary that allowed free elections?

Accepted Answer

Killed 30,000 Hungarians

Question 15

Secretary of State John Foster Dulles proposed that the United States could prevent the spread of communism by

Accepted Answer

use all its force - including nuclear weapons

Question 16

Why did the United States not help Hungary agaisnt the Soviet attack?

Accepted Answer

The policy of containment did not apply to Satellite Nations

Question 17

Who was the Iranaian prime Minister who nationalized Iran&#x27;s oil fields in 1951?

Accepted Answer

Mohammed Mossadegh

Question 18

What year did the Soviet Union explode their first atomic bomb?

Accepted Answer

1949

Question 19

1960 - A Soviet U-2 plane was shot down by the U.S.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 20

Which central American country did the CIA take secret actions in? (trained an army to invade)

Accepted Answer

Guatemala

Question 21

Brinksmanship

Accepted Answer

The willingness of the United States to engage in all-out war

Question 22

1955 - The Soviet Union formed a military alliance called

Accepted Answer

The Warsaw Pact

Questions 22