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What is he known for?
Vietnamization
Iran-Contra
New Look
Alliance for Progress
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Which school of historical thought argued that the Cold War was primarily the United States' fault?
Orthodox
none of the above
Revisionist
Post-Revisionist
3
What Soviet program was created in reaction to the Marshall Plan?
SEATO and CENTO
Comic Con
Molotov Plan / COMECON
Warsaw Pact
4
Which school of historical thought argued that the Cold War was primarily the Soviet Union's fault?
Orthodox
Revisionist
Post-Revisionist
all of the above
5
Who was the Soviet leader that followed Stalin?
Gorbachev
Stalin
Khrushchev
Molotov
6
What is he known for?
Chilean Coup
Iranian Revolution
Guatemalan Coup
escalation in Vietnam
7
Who was the Soviet leader at the end of the Cold War?
Andropov
Molotov
Khrushchev
Gorbachev
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What did the SALT Treaties/Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaties intend to do?
Force Russia to give up all weapons
force Germany to give up all weapons
distribute nuclear weapons to other nations
limit numbers, strength, and sites of nuclear weapons per country
9
Who was the leader of South Vietnam from 1954 - 1963?
Ho Chi Minh
Ngo Dinh Diem
Madame Nhu
Bao Dai
10
What is this Secretary of State known for?
detente (and the airport)
coups in Guatemala and Iran (and the airport)
Long Telegram (and the airport)
Panama Canal Treaty (and the airport)
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True/False: China and the USSR remained close allies throughout the Cold War.
False
True
12
After the close call that was the Cuban Missile Crisis, what did the leaders of the US and USSR create?
the internet
Moscow-Washington hotline
fax
faster, longer telegrams
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Fun Fact Question: The reign of Queen Elizabeth II of England was longer than the Cold War.
False
True
14
Fun Fact Question: What was the CIA's Project Azorian?
Experimenting with mind control drugs on unsuspecting subjects
Recovering a sunken Russian sub with the help of Howard Hughes
Building a military base in the Azores
Assassinating Fidel Castro (unsuccessfully)
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What was brinkmanship?
provoke the other side to strike first
be willing to go to war to deter the opponent
16
Which school of historical thought argued that both the US and USSR were at fault for the Cold War?
Orthodox
Revisionist
all of the above
Post-revisionist
17
Fun Fact Question: The younger daughter of Nixon married the grandson of Eisenhower in 1968.
False
True
18
The first major military action of the Cold War occurred in
Cuba
Korea
Egypt
Vietnam
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What is he known for?
Cuban Missile Crisis
McCarthyism
Bay of Pigs
Marshall Plan
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Fun Fact Question: Who was the first person in space?
Alan Shephard
Yuri Gagarin
Valentina Tereshkova
Neil Armstrong
21
Which nation in the Eastern Hemisphere was allied with the USA?
Mongolia
Japan
Turkmenistan
China
22
What is he known for?
Eisenhower Doctrine
Detente
Marshall Plan
Vietnam War
23
Fun Fact Question: Which young president was a lieutenant in the Navy?
Carter
Nixon
Johnson
Ford
24
Fun Fact Question: The Jimmy Carter rabbit incident involved a swamp rabbit swimming at his boat.
True
False
25
Who was the leader of North Vietnam?
Ho Chi Minh
Pol Pot
Ngo Dinh Diem
Bao Dai
26
Fun Fact Question: Which was the only President who was a combat veteran of World War I?
Wilson
Roosevelt
Truman
Coolidge
27
Which countries were known as the "third world"?
U.S.S.R. and allies
non-aligned nations
U.S. and allies
28
What is he known for?
Vietnamization
Star Wars
CIA
New Deal
29
When did the Cold War start and end?
1945-1991
1945-1981
1945-2016
1933-1990
30
Which were results of the Cuban Missile Crisis?
All of the above
US did not try to invade Cuba again & Castro kept power
Nuclear missiles removed from Cuba and Turkey
Kennedy's approval increased
31
True/False: the Space Race was part of the Cold War.
False
True
32
What was the Truman Doctrine?
US will provide overt and covert help to nations rolling back communism
US helps any democratic nation under threat by communist countries
US will not allow European nations to interfere in the Western Hemisphere
US helps communist nations to lure them towards capitalism
33
The Korean War, the Russian War in Afghanistan, and the Vietnam War were all examples of...
shadow wars
proxy wars
colonial wars
revolutionary wars
34
Which nation in the Western Hemisphere was allied with the USSR?
Dominican Republic
Cuba
Canada
Brazil
35
What does USSR stand for?
Union of Social Society Republicans
Union of Soviet Socialists of Russia
United States of Soviet Russia
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
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What was the Marshall Plan?
US aid to Germany to take out USSR
US aid to 3rd world to fight Communism
US aid to USSR to leave Europe
US aid to Europe to rebuild after WWII
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What was the Soviet reaction to NATO?
CENTO
SEATO
Warsaw Pact
OHNO
38
Fun Fact Opinion: Which leader would you rather hang out with?
Nixon
LBJ
JFK
Carter
39
Select the correct chronological list of Soviet leaders.
Lenin, Stalin, Brezhnev, Khrushchev, Gorbachev
Lenin, Stalin, Khrushchev, Brezhnev, Gorbachev
Lenin, Stalin, Gorbachev, Brezhnev, Khrushchev
Stalin, Lenin, Khrushchev, Gorbachev, Brezhnev
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Who was the Soviet leader during detente?
"Brows" Brezhnev
"Gorby" Gorbachev
Groucho Marx
Molotov "Cocktail"
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Which countries were known as the "second world"?
U.S. and allies
U.S.S.R. and allies
non-aligned nations
42
What is he known for?
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Chilean coup
Panama Canal Treaty
End of Cold War
43
What was the Warsaw Pact?
defense treaty of USSR and China
defense treaty of UK and France
defense treaty of US and USSR
defense treaty of USSR & satellite states
44
Fun Fact Opinion: Khrushchev waving his shoe / banging a desk with it at the United Nations was
overblown
unseemly
iconic
cringe
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What is he known for?
detente
Alliance for Progress
Korean War
Berlin airlift
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What was détente?
easing of tension between US & USSR
increase of tension between US and USSR
preparing for war
keeping the status quo
