What do the events of Tiananmen Square reveal about the nature of communist China?

The government maintains repressive control over its people

Why was fall of the Berlin wall so important?

Symbolized the end of the Cold War

Which of the following is NOT a reason democracies are against communism

Higher quality of life and better living standards

How is the situation between North and South Korea like the Cold War?

A country is divided, like East and West Germany, There is a physical border between them like a Berlin Wall, The people in communism are poorer and are repressed, Nuclear weapons are use as threats and deterrents

What is the domino theory?

That communism would spread to bordering countries

All of the following were reasons the Vietnam war was so heavily protested EXCEPT...

The US people supported the Communist North

Which of the following is TRUE concerning the Berlin Airlift?

Led to the Soviets lifting their blockade of the city

The Cold War. How cold was it?

Frozen, Alaska, Frigid, Subzero

What sparked the Cuban Missile Crisis?

Soviets placed nuclear missiles in Cuba

What was the Warsaw Pact?

Alliance of Eastern European nations with the USSR

Why is North Korea so poor compared to South Korea?

Its policies have led them to be an outcast in the world

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1
What do the events of Tiananmen Square reveal about the nature of communist China?
Individual opinions are encouraged by the government
The government maintains repressive control over its people
China has improved its openness to spread of ideas
Peaceful protests are now acceptable by the government
2
What year does the Soviet Union collapse, officially ending the Cold War?
1991
1989
1985
1994
3
What DIDN'T happen in 1989?
The Berlin Wall begins to fall!
Most of the Warsaw Pact countries turn to democracy!
Tienanmen Square protests in China!
The Soviet Union collapsed!
4
What DIDN'T happen in 1961?
Berlin Wall is built
JFK becomes President
The Cuban Missile Crisis
The Bay of Pigs Invasion
5
Why was fall of the Berlin wall so important?
Showed that communism was finally winning the cold war
Symbolized the end of the Cold War
Because David Hasselhoff was able to wear a light up jacket
Allowed West Germans to be free after 40 years of communism
6
Which of the following is NOT a reason democracies are against communism
Lack of human rights
Higher quality of life and better living standards
Tendency for communist countries to have dictators
Citizens tend to have less economic freedoms
7
How is the situation between North and South Korea like the Cold War?
A country is divided, like East and West Germany
There is a physical border between them like a Berlin Wall
The people in communism are poorer and are repressed
Nuclear weapons are use as threats and deterrents
8
The US and the USSR never fought directly because...
of mutually assured destruction, or MAD
both had nuclear weapons
Both of those
None of those
9
What happened in 1922?
David Hasselhoff is born
Berlin Wall is Built
Stalin becomes leader of Soviet Union
Formation of Soviet Union
10
Which country was not in the Warsaw Pact?
Poland
West Germany
East Germany
Hungary
11
Which President said "Tear down this wall"?
Dwight D Eisenhower
Harry S Truman
Ronald W Reagan
John F Kennedy
12
What is the domino theory?
That communism would spread to bordering countries
Communism would spread randomly around the world
That countries that border democratic ones would become free
Democracy would not have to worry about communism spreading
13
All of the following were reasons the Vietnam war was so heavily protested EXCEPT...
The US people supported the Communist North
Many people back home viewed it as a civil war
The reports of the war diminished public morale
There were many American casualties
14
What was the policy aimed at stopping the spread of communism?
MAD
Iran Contra
Disarmament
Containment
15
What was the Iron Curtain?
The idea that Europe was divided politically
All of those answers
The practice of the Soviets to wall off their borders
The Communist attempt to keep out Western influences
16
Who is the father of communism in China?
Mao Zedong
Zhou Enlai
Chiang Kai-shek
Sun Yet Sen
17
What was NOT a way the Soviets and the US competed against each other in the Cold War?
Nuclear Missiles
Olympics
Yak and Sack racing
Space Programs
18
Which country is not in NATO?
Great Britain
Italy
Turkey
Czechoslovakia
19
Which of the following is TRUE concerning the Berlin Airlift?
Took place in the last decade of the Cold War
Led to the Soviets lifting their blockade of the city
Considered a defeat for NATO countries
Successfully delivered supplies to East Berlin
20
The Cold War. How cold was it?
Frozen
Alaska
Frigid
Subzero
21
What sparked the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Soviets placed nuclear missiles in Cuba
Cubans placed nuclear missiles near Soviet Union
Cuba threatened the U.S. with nuclear missiles
The U.S. threatened Cuba with nuclear missiles
22
What was the Warsaw Pact?
Alliance of countries to help the spread of pierogies
The alliance against the Eastern European countries
Alliance supporting democratic countries
Alliance of Eastern European nations with the USSR
23
What DIDN'T happen in 1949?
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is established
The Berlin Wall is built
Germany was officially divided into 2 countries, East & West
Mao Zedong took over China and made it Communist
24
Who is the current dictator of North Korea?
Kim Jong Il
Kim Il Sung
Kim Jong Un
Kim Possible
25
Why is North Korea so poor compared to South Korea?
The people there elect bad leaders
Its policies have led them to be an outcast in the world
Spends all its money at the fair when I said not to!
They have had to pay reparations for the Korean War

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