Why is North Korea so poor compared to South Korea?

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

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

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

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

The US people supported the Communist North

The Cold War. How cold was it?

Frozen, Frigid, Alaska, Subzero

Why was fall of the Berlin wall so important?

Symbolized the end of the Cold War

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

The government maintains repressive control over its people

Which of the following is TRUE concerning the Berlin Airlift?

Led to the Soviets lifting their blockade of the city

What was the Warsaw Pact?

Alliance of Eastern European nations with the USSR

What sparked the Cuban Missile Crisis?

Soviets placed nuclear missiles in Cuba

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

Higher quality of life and better living standards

What is the domino theory?

That communism would spread to bordering countries

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

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