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Cold War review for 8th graders.
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1
The easing of tensions between the US and the USSR during the Cold War was known as what?
Degeneracy
Detour
Detente
Denial
2
What type of fighting was used by the Viet Cong to fight the Americans?
Orangutan
Guerilla Warfare
Kung Fu
MMA
3
The economy of the United States is known as what?
Socialism
Communist
Mercantilism
Capitilist
4
After World War II what international peace keeping organization was established?
The United Nations
The United Kingdom
The United Arab Emirates
The United States
5
What married couple was caught spying for the Soviets during the Cold War?
Lois and Peter Griffin
Fred and Wilma Flintstone
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
Marge and Homer Simpson
6
What action did the U.S. take to end the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Airstrikes
Bay of Pigs invasion
Naval Blockade
Nothing
7
Which president made the historic trip to China?
JFK
Nixon
Eisenhower
Trump
8
What alliance did the US form with 11 other countries after WWII?
Warsaw Pact
NAFTA
NATO
Allied Pact
9
What WWII hero was chosen to lead U.N. forces in Korea?
Dwight Eisenhower
George Patton
Omar Bradley
Douglas MacArthur
10
The policy of containing the spread of communism is known as what?
Expansion
Domino Theory
Containment (Duh)
Stalemate
11
How far off the coast of Florida is Cuba?
90 Yards
90 KM
90 miles
90 Feet
12
What 2 world leaders were involved in the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Stalin and Hitler
Churchill and Eisenhower
JFK and Kruschev
Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dumb
13
What Soviet leader is credited with easing tensions with the US and implementing many reforms?
Joseph Stalin
Kruschev
Mikhail Gorbachev
Putin
14
The Cold War ends in the early 1990s because of?
US victory in the Persian Gulf War
Creation of the European Union
Collapse of the USSR
SALT
15
What treaty was first attempt at limiting nuclear weapons?
Pepper
Paprika
Saffron
SALT
16
What 2 nations were allies of the US in WWII that became enemies of the US during the Cold War?
China and USSR
Korea and Japan
France and Germany
Britain and Italy
17
Who were the 2 main adversaries (rivals) in the Cold War?
East and West Germany
Germany and the Soviet Union
US and China
US and USSR
18
What proclamation stated that the US would support any nations struggling against communism?
Monroe Doctrine
Truman Doctrine
Roosevelt Corrolary
Marshall Plan
19
What German city was split in half by a wall?
Dusseldorf
Munich
Nuremberg
Berlin
20
Who was president during the Korean War?
JFK
FDR
Obama
Harry Truman
21
When the Soviet Union blockaded the city of Berlin what action kept the city supplied?
Red Ball Express
Berlin Run
Berlin Airlift
The Sacred Way
22
Who was the communist leader of Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Joseph Stalin
Fidel Castro
Nikita Kruschev
Nikki Sixx
23
Name of program where the US provided $13 billion in aid to the nations of western Europe.
Faust Plan
Marshall Plan
Atkinson Plan
Colaiacovo Plan
24
What policy dictated that the United States stop the spread of communism in Vietnam?
Monroe Doctrine
Containment
Expansion
Roosevelt Corrolary
25
The Cuban Missile Crisis began when what was discovered in Cuba?
Waldo
Nuclear Missles
Zika Virus
Oil
26
Prior to and after the Korean War, Korea was divided at what parallel?
25th
38th
17th
11th
27
Why did US citizens protest the Vietnam War?
Lots of soldiers dying
No end in sight
Cost money
Civil war that doesn't concern us
28
What action began the Korean War?
North Korea invaded South Korea
South Korea invaded North Korea
North Vietnam invaded South Vietnam
The US invaded Korea
29
Guerilla Warfare tactics favor?
Troops with the best equipment
Well-trained military
Foreign invaders
Those familiar with the land
30
A similarity between the Korean War and the Vietnam War is that each was?
Supported by the US people
Fought with robots
Containing Communism
Reaction to attacks on the US