Unit 12 Cold War

Question 1

After Stalin' death, relations between the rival superpowers began to relax in what time period

Accepted Answer

Cold War thaw

Question 2

The single-most dangerous conflict of Cold war in which the war was on edge of nuclear war

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Cuban Missile Crisis

Question 3

What event symbolized the fall of European communism?

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fall of Berlin Wall

Question 4

Fidel Castro contributed to the Cold War by

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taking over Cuban gov't & establishing communism

Question 5

During the 1980's, the USSR experienced an economic restructuring called

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perestroika

Question 6

The international peace-keeping organization created a country for Jews to relocate to called?

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Israel

Question 7

In 1948, Stalin attempted to blockade Berlin

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halt reunification of Germany

Question 8

The basic principle behind the Truman Doctrine was that the US

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had responsibility to protect smaller nations from communism

Question 9

Relations improved drastically in the 1980s as President Reagan developed good diplomacy with

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Gorbachev

Question 10

The weapons of the Cold War included all of the following except?

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use of nuclear weapons in war

Question 11

Korean War started as a conflict between N & S Korea, but evolved into what

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clash of ideologies between communism & democracy

Question 12

Which of the following was not part of Truman's policy of containment?

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overthrow existing communist countries

Question 13

A symbol of the ideological division between democracy & communism was the

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Berlin Wall

Question 14

The Cold War was a time period of icy tensions between which 2 world powers?

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US & USSR

Question 15

In 1945, the major world powers established in international peace-keeping organization called?

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United Nations

Question 16

The United States & Western allies rescued the citizens of West Berlin from the blockade by.

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airlifting 1000's of tons of supplies to West Berlin

Question 17

What was the communist economic alliance that the USSR used to control eastern Europe?

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COMECON

Question 18

USSR's alliance with eastern European countries after western alliance

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Warsaw Pact

Question 19

What is the iron curtain

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division of Europe between communism & democracy

Question 20

The agreement made by Allies at end of WWII stated that Germany would...

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divided into 4 occupations zones

Question 21

In 1949, China became a Communist country under the rule of

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Mao Zedong

Question 22

Khrushchev began process of deStalinization which

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Stalin's harsh policies were reversed

Question 23

What is the hypothesis that "if one country falls to communism, others would follow"

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Domino Theory

Question 24

Alliance between the US, Canada & western European nations due to Stalin's aggression

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NATO

Question 25

The American plan to provide massive aid for economic recovery in Europe between 1948 to 1852

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Marshall Plan

Question 26

ReaWhat was the goal of the SALT treaties

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To reduce the number of nuclear weapons on both sides

Question 27

During the 1980's, the USSR leader called for openness about the USSR problems, called

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glasnost

Question 28

Korean War started when communist North Korea invaded South Korea over what barrier?

Accepted Answer

39th Parallel

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