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What was the Berlin Blockade?
NATO
Conflict that began with North Korea's invasion of South Korea
Soviet blocking of Berlin from Allies. Caused the Berlin Airlift
The official name of democratic West Germany
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What was Operation Vittles?
Federal Republic of Germany (FRG)
The Bay of Pigs An unsuccessful invasion of Cuba in 1961
Soviet blocking of Berlin from Allies
Truman ordered a massive airlift to supply daily food rations to West Berli
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What was the Warsaw Pact?
An agreement between East and West Berlin
An alliance between the Soviet Union and other Eastern European countries
Unification of East and West Germany
Another name for NATO
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How did the Korean War start?
USA invaded North Korea
South Korea invaded North Korea
Japan invaded South Korea
North Korea invaded South Korea
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What was the Cold War?
A time of hostility and tension between Britain and France
Another name for WWII
A time of hostility and tension between the USA and USSR
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When did the Cold War end?
1991
1989
1990
1988
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Define Marshall Plan.
Private ownership of property and business
A US program of economic aid for the reconstruction of Europe (1948-1952)
Government ownership of business and industry
Policy of providing aid to any country threatened by communism
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Who was Stalin's successor as head of the Communist Party?
Khrushchev
Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
Fidel Castro
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Who were the superpowers?
Name for the US and USSR after World War II
France and Germany
Name given to Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union
Countries in the commonwealth
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Identify 1 result of the Korean War.
South Korea became a ridged, conservative dictatorship
North Korea became an ally of the USA
100 deaths
The UN proved that it could gather an army
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Select 3 causes of the Cold War.
Capitalism VS Communism. The Marshall Plan. The Turman Doctrine
The Marshall Plan. The Turman Doctrine. WW1.
Capitalism VS Communism. The Marshall Plan. The Treaty of Versailles
The Turman Doctrine. Treaty of Versailles. WWII.
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What was the Federal Republic of Germany (FDR)?
The official name of democratic West Germany
The official name of Communist East Germany
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Why was the Cuban Missile Crisis important?
Washington-Moscow hotline was set up. Nuclear Test Ban Treaty was signed
USSR invaded Cuba
USA gained control of Cuba
Both countries agreed to use more nuclear weapons
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Why did the Soviet Union collapse?
Fall of the Berlin Wall
The Soviet Union could not compete with US spending. Gorbachev's reforms.
Reunification of Germany
The Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
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Why was the Berlin Blockade important?
Soviets won the first battle of the Cold War.
Two countries were established in Germany. NATO was formed.
Germany was unified.
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Who was Fidel Castro?
Leader of the USSR
Communist dictator of the USA
Communist dictator of Cuba who came into power in 1959
President of South Korea
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What was Truman Doctrine?
A government controlled by one person or a small group of people
Private ownership of property and business
Policy of providing aid to any country threatened by communism
Government ownership of business and industry
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What was the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Conflict that began with North Korea's invasion of South Korea
Confrontation between US and the Soviet Union over Soviet missiles in Cuba
An unsuccessful invasion of Cuba
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What was the 'iron curtain'?
Winston Churchill's term for the Cold War division
A wall that split East and West Germany
Division between the two sides of Berlin
A wall that divided Berlin
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What was the German Democratic Republic (GDR)?
The official name of democratic West Germany
The official name of Communist East Germany
