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1
What was "rollback"?
Churchill's advocacy of undermining nations behind the iron curtain.
Eisenhower's use of covert operations to disrupt USSR-supported states.
Truman's policy of trying to force Eastern Europe to reject communism.
Kennedy's policy of reducing the budget for anti-communist policies.
2
By the end of 1964, which of the following things had NOT occurred?
The People's Republic of China detonated the atom bomb.
Lyndon Johnson became US President.
Brezhnev became USSR leader.
The Six Day War occurred between Israel and its Arab neighbors.
3
What was the result of the 1964 Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?
The US provided arms and financial aid to South Vietnam.
President Johnson sharply increased the number of US troops in Vietnam.
The US entered the Vietnam War on the side of the Viet Cong.
The US ended its involvement in Vietnam.
4
What strategy did Kennedy pursue in the Cuban missile crisis?
Naval blockade
Land invasion
Arms for hostages
Air strike
5
Who was Karol Woytyla?
The Polish cardinal who became the first non-Italian pope in 500 years.
President of Poland.
The dissident who led the anti-communist movement in Poland.
Leader of Solidarity.
6
When did Stalin die?
After Kennedy's assassination
1945
After Truman
1953
7
What was the first Berlin Crisis about?
the Berlin Wall
the "Ich bin Ein Berliner" speech by Kennedy
the Berlin Blockade and Airlift
the decision by Gorbachev to allow the wall to come down
8
Which of the following statements is FALSE?
All communist elements of the USSR were dissolved in 1991.
USSR replaced by Commonwealth of Independent States in January 1992.
Nicolae Ceausescu disbanded the Communist Party in Romania in 1989.
Gorbachev resigned as President of USSR in December 1991.
9
Which of the following events did NOT occur in 1989?
Solidarity wins Polish elections
Attempted coup by Soviet hardliners against Gorbachev.
Fall of Berlin Wall
Collapse of East Germany's communist government.
10
Who became US President on January 20, 1961?
Eisenhower
Johnson
Nixon
JFK
11
How did Khrushchev handle the 1956 Hungarian Uprising?
He crushed it.
He agreed to Nagy's reform requests.
He abandoned his policy of "peaceful coexistence."
He sent Nagy to a Siberian gulag.
12
At the end of the Korean War, which of the following existed?
The communists controlled the North and the non-communists the South.
The non-communists controlled the North and the communists the south.
The Russians and Chinese share controlled of the entire peninsula.
The United Nations controlled the entire peninsula.
13
How do you spell the Soviet leader's name who was in power in 1956?
Andropov
Khrushchev
Khcrushev
Brezhnev
14
Which country did the Soviets invade during the Prague Spring?
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Afghanistan
Poland
15
What was "glasnost"?
Gorbachev's policy of openness and wider dissemination of information.
Another name for the elite class of Soviets that held top gov't positions.
Gorbachev's alternative to the Brezhnev Doctrine.
Gorbachev's policy of economic restructuring.
16
Did Reagan get along well with the leader of the "evil empire" in the late 1980s?
Yes.
No.
17
Who did the Soviet leader denounce in his 1956 "secret speech"?
Stalin
Hitler
Roosevelt
Lenin
18
The Federal Republic of Germany was
established by Hitler in the 1930s.
comprised only of the Soviet sector of post-war Germany.
comprised of the 3 Allied sectors of Trizonia.
comprised of two of the Allied sectors of Bizonia.
19
What is the process of easing tensions between the superpowers, especially regarding nuclear weapons?
M.A.D.
Peaceful coexistence
Detente
Summit diplomacy
20
When did the Soviets first detonate a nuclear weapon?
1949
1947
1953
1948
21
What happened in July of 1963 between the superpowers?
The signed the SALT I Treaty.
They agreed to a Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
The Second Berlin Crisis ended with the construction of the wall.
They settled their differences over Germany.
22
Kennedy received 2 letters from Khrushchev. How did he respond?
He turned them over to the United Nations.
He publicly accepted the demand to remove US missiles from Turkey.
He answered the first letter and pledged not to invade Cuba.
He ignored both letters.
23
Who got elected President of the US in 1952?
Truman
Kennedy
Nixon
Eisenhower
24
Which general did President Truman fire over a disagreement on Korean policy.
Marshall
MacArthur
Patton
Eisenhower
25
How did the Soviet Politburo react to the end of the crisis?
The Soviets secretly moved their missiles to Nicaragua.
The Politburo named Gorbachev as the new foreign minister.
The Soviet leadership increased financial aid to Castro.
The Poliburo ousted Khrushchev several months later.
26
Who won the Chinese Civil War, and when?
Communists; 1949
Mao; 1950
Chiang Kai-shek, 1950
Nationalists; 1948
27
What happened in Washington on October 16, 1962?
The US Congress voted to send troops to Vietnam.
A US spy plane was shot down over the USSR.
Kennedy was assassinated.
Kennedy was told that the USSR was installing nuclear missiles in Cuba.
28
What happened to the Marxist leader of Chile, Salvador Allende?
He was reelected with a majority of the vote.
He went into exile in Moscow.
He was overthrown by a right-wing autocrat supported by the US.
He went into exile in Cuba.
29
What was the CIA's name during WW II?
MI-6
Mossad
KGB
Office of Strategic Services
30
What was "ostpolitik"?
West Germany's policy of seeking rapprochement with the communists.
NATO's strategy of confronting the Warsaw Pact.
East Germany's desire to seek better relations with the West.
The Russian word for detente.
31
Which two leaders led the way in achieving arms control agreements?
Johnson and Brezhnev
Khrushchev and Kennedy
Reagan and Andropov
Nixon and Brezhnev
32
In 1956, two Cold War crises developed. Where?
Hungary and the Suez Canal
Congo and Berlin
Vietnam and Korea
Korea and Japan
33
The policy of containment most definitely did not work in the case of
Germany
Korea
Cuba
France
34
What or who were Quemoy and Matsu?
Disputed lands in Indo-China.
A comedy duo that entertained the US troops fighting in Korea.
Japanese protectorates claimed by China.
Two islands in the Taiwan Staits.
35
Which country did Nixon NOT visit in 1972?
China (PRC)
Iran
Russia
Taiwan
36
The "opening salvo" in the Cold War was
the Iron Curtain speech by Churchill.
the Long Telegram.
the use of the A-bomb on Japan without giving Stalin notice.
the Yalta Conference.
37
According to the Truman Doctrine, the US would
provide only military support to countries to combat communism.
provide only economic support to countries to combat communism.
provide support to countries already under the sphere of USSR control.
provide support to countries to try to contain the spread of communism.
38
Where and when was the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) created?
Moscow; 1947
Brussels; 1948-49
Washington DC; 1953
Paris; 1945
39
What is "revisionism"?
A term that says Marxism can be defined in a less revolutionary manner.
A ideological term that says socialism and communism can co-exist.
A term used by moderates who want capitalists and communists to coexist.
A Maoism that says real communists cannot stray from the party line.
40
The conflict between the USSR and the US began to emerge at Yalta over the future of the city of
Munich
Warsaw
Berlin
Rome
41
Which would-be leader of the Congo was supported by the USSR but ultimately killed by the pro-Western leader Mobuto?
Lumumba
Leopold
Kasavubu
Tshombe
42
What was Gorbachev's policy of economic restructuring called?
Glasnost
Demokratizatsiya
Collectivization
Perestroika
43
Where did Stalin, Churchill, and Truman meet?
Cairo
Teheran
Potsdam
Yalta
44
What was the Marshall Plan about?
It was Eisenhower's plan to make the use of nuclear weapons practical.
It was General Marshall's plan to rebuild Germany's army after 1919.
It was the aid program designed to rebuild Eastern Europe's infrastucture.
It was the US economic program to implement the Truman Doctrine.
45
How did Mikhail Gorbachev approach the Brezhnev Doctrine?
He enforced it rigidly.
He did not enforce it.
46
Describe the Brezhnev Doctrine.
The USSR ruled its satellite nations with an iron fist.
The Soviets would attempt to gain nuclear superiority over the US.
The Soviets would tolerate revisionist socialism.
Detente was out of the question.
47
Who became leader of Cuba in January 1959?
Fidel Castro
Che Guevara
Fulgencio Batista
Hugo Chavez
48
Did the US policy of containment succeed in preventing the establishment of a communist state in Egypt?
Yes
Jury's still out
Irrelevant; containment wasn't an issue there.
No
49
Who lost the most credibility in the 1956 Suez Crisis?
France, Britain, and Israel
USSR
Egypt
USA
50
Where did the first "proxy war" of the Cold War take place?
Vietnam
Nicaragua
Korea
Congo
