Unit 7 - The Cold War Review

Question 1

Soviet term for "openness" used by Gorbachev in 1980's

Accepted Answer

Glasnost

Question 2

What is a global conflict between the USSR and the U.S., marked by an avoidance of direct war?

Accepted Answer

Cold War

Question 3

What was the Berlin airlift a response to?

Accepted Answer

Soviet blockade of West Berlin

Question 4

Which DID NOT help lead to the fall of the Soviet Union?

Accepted Answer

The death of Mikhail Gorbachev

Question 5

US, Great Britain, France, China, and Russia are permanent members of what part of the U.N.?

Accepted Answer

Security Council

Question 6

Who was the leader of the Communists in China?

Accepted Answer

Mao Zedong

Question 7

Nickname for Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative program in the 1980's

Accepted Answer

Star Wars

Question 8

Which U.S. President helped heat up the Cold War in the 1980's?

Accepted Answer

Reagan

Question 9

What principle was the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) based on?

Accepted Answer

collective security

Question 10

Of the following participants in the Korean War, which fought on the side of the Communists?

Accepted Answer

China

Question 11

What did the Soviet Union set up in response to efforts from the West to reunify Germany?

Accepted Answer

A Soviet blockade of West Berlin

Question 12

Leaders of the U.S. and U.S.S.R. during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

Accepted Answer

Kennedy & Khrushchev

Question 13

The U.S. supported Mujahideen rebels fight against the Soviets in which country?

Accepted Answer

Afghanistan

Question 14

The U.S. sent military troops to which country based on the principles of the Domino Theory?

Accepted Answer

Vietnam

Question 15

Mao’s plan to modernize and industrialize China

Accepted Answer

Great Leap Forward

Question 16

Who was defeated in the Chinese civil War despite 2 billion dollars in aid from the U.S.?

Accepted Answer

Nationalists

Question 17

What was the main goal of the Truman Doctrine?

Accepted Answer

Stop the spread of communism

Question 18

Policy to resist Soviet aggression to contain the spread of Communism

Accepted Answer

Containment

Question 19

Soviet term for "restructuring" used by Gorbachev in the 1980's

Accepted Answer

Perestroika

Question 20

What are border nations between the USSR and the West serving as a buffer zone called?

Accepted Answer

Satellite Nations

Question 21

$13 Billion to help rebuild Western Europe after WWII and prevent spread of Communism

Accepted Answer

Marshall Plan

Question 22

Which of the following was NOT a member of NATO?

Accepted Answer

Soviet Union

Question 23

1962 Failed attempt to try to overthrow Castro by US trained rebels

Accepted Answer

Bay of Pigs Invasion

Question 24

The 38th parellel became an important dividing line between

Accepted Answer

North and South Korea.

Question 25

After the Communists took over China, where were the Nationalists forced to flee?

Accepted Answer

Taiwan

Question 26

The alliance between the Soviet Union and its allies during the Cold War was called

Accepted Answer

Warsaw Pact

Question 27

After World War II, Germany was split in four by the United States, Great Britain, France and

Accepted Answer

Soviet Union

Question 28

The first satellite launched into space was

Accepted Answer

Sputnik

Question 29

The United States and Soviet Union continuing to build more and more weapons describes the_.

Accepted Answer

Arms Race

Question 30

What was the purpose of the Berlin Wall?

Accepted Answer

Stop people from East Berlin from fleeing to West Berlin

Question 31

Image used to describe Europe divided between free and communist governments

Accepted Answer

Iron Curtain

Question 32

1962, when U.S. and U.S.S.R. came close to nuclear war over weapons in Cuba

Accepted Answer

Cuban Missle Crisis

Question 33

Who came to power in Cuba in 1959?

Accepted Answer

Castro

Unit 7 - The Cold War Review

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Unit 7 - The Cold War Review

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