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During the SALT talks, WHAT were seen as a particular threat to the balance of terror?
anti-ballistic missiles
domino theory
superpowers
2
Who created perestroika, the Soviet economic restructuring that led to the country's breakup?
Nikita Khrushchev
Josef Stalin
Mikhail Gorbachev
3
The American-supported leader of South Vietnam during the Vietnam War
Ho Chi Minh
Ngo Dinh Diem
Nikita Khrushchev
4
Who led the Cuban Revolution in 1959?
Ngo Dinh Diem
Fidel Castro
Ho Chi Minh
5
A relaxation of tensions between the superpowers
detente
welfare state
domino theory
6
Which leader created the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution in China?
Mao Zedong
Ho Chi Minh
Kim Il Sung
7
A "red scare" was the fear of
a Soviet invasion of Europe
communist in the United States
a communist invasion of South Vietnam
8
Nations that are stronger than other powerful nations are called
domino theory
Superpowers
welfare state
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Who emerged as the new Soviet leader after Stalin's death?
Ho Chi Minh
Fidel Castro
Nikita Khrushchev
10
The winner of the Vietnam War was
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
the United States
11
What brought the world to the brink of nuclear war in 1962?
Cuban missile crisis
Nikita Khrushchev
anti-ballistic missiles
12
In which country did Lech Walesa lead the movement for political and economic change?
Hungary
Poland
Czechoslovakia
13
The communist ruler of North Vietnam after 1954 was
Ngo Dinh Diem
Fidel Castro
Ho Chi Minh
14
Brought on high taxes and greater government regulation
superpowers
welfare state
domino theory
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The belief that one communist victory would lead to many others was known as the
detente
domino theory
welfare state
16
After World War II, the Marshall Plan
supported the Polish labor union called Solidarity
provided U.S. assistance of European nations
encouraged the spread of glasnost
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Which of the following is a reason that the Cold War arms race was so terrifying?
There were many superpowers with hydrogen bombs
The countries involved were very small and unstable
The weapons were extremely powerful
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What was a change that took place during the Cuban Revolution?
Freedom of the press was guaranteed
political freedom was restricted
the U.S. dropped the embargo on Cuba