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1
The "small" Atom bombs were replaced by the much bigger...
X-Bombs
G-Bombs
H-Bombs
F-Bombs
2
All of the following were communist rulers, EXCEPT:
Karl Marx
Joseph Stalin
Mao Zedong
Fidel Castro
3
The continual attempt to achieve military superiority during the Cold War was called..
The Arms Race
Death Race 3000
The Guns Race
The Space Race
4
What is the best description of the Cold War?
All of these
An endless period of Soviet propaganda
A 40 year struggle between Communism and the West for power
A brutal nuclear war between the USSR and the USA
5
The US provided needed aid to Europe after WWII. What did we call this assistance?
Operation Overlord
The Trinity Project
The Marshall Plan
The Manhattan Project
6
The Soviet Union threatened the US by placing Missiles in...
Cuba
North Korea
Iraq
Berlin
7
The Cold War was a prime time for Espionage. What is Espionage?
All of these
Sabotage
Spying
Assassination
8
What happened at the Bay of Pigs?
Pigs were taught the basics of swimming
All of these
The USSR placed missiles in Cuba
US allies failed to invade and overthrow Castro
9
Fearing atomic war, some Americans built this in their backyards...
Storm Cellars
Vault tec
All of these
Fallout Shelters
10
After the end of WWII, Americans were back to being scared of...
Communists
Monarchs
Nazis
Fascists
11
The US government behaved irresponsibly when it...
all of these
allowed soldiers to be affected by fallout
tested Atomic bombs near soldiers
had radioactive blasts near humans
12
Mutual Assured Destruction means...
Let's not hurt anyone!
If you kill us, we kill you!
We are going to kill you!
Why can't we be friends?
13
Children in the 1950s were taught ...
to Duck and Cover if they see Atomic bomb flash
to be careful around dynamite
all of these
Monkeys are dangerous
14
The Korean war ended...
all of these
in a dangerous stalemate that almost involved atomic bombs
in virtually the same place it began
with no formal peace treaty
15
This name means to accuse people of being disloyal, or communist...
without proof.
McCarthyism
Reaganism
Trumanism
Nixonism
16
The Soviet Union is gone... but a hostile Russian government is now being lead by...
Putin
Bears
Stalin
Gorbachev
17
The nuclear weapons ultimately possessed by the USSR and the US was enough...
to destroy a country as large as Poland
none of these
to destroy all life on earth
to destroy 4 medium sized cities
18
The Soviet Union required a wall be built around this city...
South Berlin
West Berlin
North Berlin
East Berlin
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The fall of the Berlin Wall was a symbol of...
freedom
immigration
all of these
Soviet expansion
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After decades in power, this evil Soviet dictator finally died in 1953...
Gorbachev
Stalin
Lenin
Putin
