Chapter 6: The Cold War

Question 1

What do we call the countries that tried to distance themselves from the superpowers and develop on their own terms?

Accepted Answer

Nonaligned Nations

Question 2

What was decided at the Yalta Conference?

Accepted Answer

Germany would be divided into four military occupation zones

Question 3

Which is true of the Korean War?

Accepted Answer

At the end of WW2, Korea was liberated from Japan and divided in half, North and South Korea signed an armistice to end the conflict, North Korea invaded South with Soviet and Chinese support

Question 4

What country was divided into two parts (East and West) - one controlled by the USSR and one by Allies?

Accepted Answer

Germany

Question 5

Which is true of the wars in Indochina?

Accepted Answer

The domino effect happened as a reaction to imperialism & colonialism, Unexploded mines/bombs continued to maim civilians, The wars all resulted in communist victories, Wars shattered economies and societies

Question 6

Who became the head of the Soviet Union in 1985 and led the transition away from strict communism?

Accepted Answer

Mikhail Gorbachev

Question 7

Which is not true of the Space Race?

Accepted Answer

The Soviet Union landed the first man on the moon

Question 8

What was the United States system based on?

Accepted Answer

Capitalist economics, Democratic government

Question 9

Capitalist countries were known as what world?

Accepted Answer

1

Question 10

Who is the spokesperson or top ranking official for the United Nations?

Accepted Answer

Secretary General

Question 11

What was the Soviet system based on?

Accepted Answer

Communism, Authoritarian/Autocratic Government

Question 12

Why did many developing hesitate to join the West?

Accepted Answer

West was associated with colonial rule

Question 13

In what two countries were trials held to try military leaders for war crimes after WW2?

Accepted Answer

Germany and Japan

Question 14

What product made Cuba one of the wealthiest countries in Latin America?

Accepted Answer

Sugar

Question 15

As a result of the Great Leap Forward, food production fell and it led to the largest famine ever (million starved)

Accepted Answer

True

Question 16

Which is true of the treaty to end World War 1?

Accepted Answer

Was called the Versailles Peace Treaty, Imposed harsh penalties on Germany - war guilt clause and reparations, Helped fuel Hitler's rise to power

Question 17

What two countries became the super powers after World War 2?

Accepted Answer

United States and Soviet Union

Question 18

After WW2, U.S. leaders feared Europe's poor condition would fuel unrest and lead countries to communism

Accepted Answer

True

Question 19

Which best describes the "Long Telegram"?

Accepted Answer

Claimed the Soviets intended to destroy the U.S. system & must be contained

Question 20

Which is not an organ of the United Nations?

Accepted Answer

World Bank

Question 21

In the decades after WW2, African and Asian nations faced challenges in trying to overcome the legacy of imperialism

Accepted Answer

True

Question 22

The Truman Doctrine is the policy of the U.S. should be to contain communism by supporting countries resisting

Accepted Answer

True

Question 23

What international organization was created in 1944 to provide loans to help countries recover from the war?

Accepted Answer

World Bank, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development

Question 24

Which is not one of the countries that make up the colony of Indochina?

Accepted Answer

Korea

Question 25

What international organization was formed in 1945 to help maintain peace and avoid another world war?

Accepted Answer

United Nations

Question 26

What are Soviet satellites?

Accepted Answer

Eastern European countries under Soviet influence

Question 27

What European country colonized what is now Vietnam?

Accepted Answer

France

Question 28

What country gained independence from Spain after the Spanish-American War in 1898?

Accepted Answer

Cuba

Question 29

Where was the first major battle of the Cold War?

Accepted Answer

Korea

Question 30

Who moved nuclear missiles to Cuba which led to the Cuban Missile Crisis?

Accepted Answer

USSR

Question 31

Who was the young lawyer that led a guerilla army to overthrow the Cuban government and brought communism to Cuba?

Accepted Answer

Fidel Castro

Question 32

The "Long Telegram" shaped U.S. foreign policy for decades.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 33

Less developed countries were known as what world?

Accepted Answer

3

Question 34

The CIA carried out covert actions in Cuba including plots to assassinate Castro and the Bay of Pigs invasion

Accepted Answer

True

Question 35

Which is not true of the Soviet system?

Accepted Answer

Individuals and private businesses make most of the economic decisions, Property, factories, and equipment are privately owned

Question 36

Who was the guy who brought communism to China?

Accepted Answer

Mao Zedong

Question 37

Which best describes the Marshall Plan?

Accepted Answer

Plan to give Western European money to promote economic growth & stability

Question 38

What country with a history of democratic govt. elected a socialist and fell to coup over economic conditions?

Accepted Answer

Chile

Question 39

What did the Marshall Plan do?

Accepted Answer

Gave aid to Western European countries to rebuild their economies

Question 40

Who was president during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

Accepted Answer

John F. Kennedy

Question 41

What country did the US organize a rebel army to overthrow the govt. because of frustrations over fruit?

Accepted Answer

Guatemala

Question 42

Which country was Pol Pot the leader of the Khmer Rouge and was response for the death of millions?

Accepted Answer

Cambodia

Question 43

What does the Iron Curtain symbolize

Accepted Answer

Barrier between the West and East

Question 44

Which is not true of how Japan was treated after WW2?

Accepted Answer

Was treated the same as Germany

Question 45

Which of the following is true of the Vietnam War?

Accepted Answer

Support for the war was split inside the US, The Viet Cong launched a guerilla war against South Vietnam, The U.S. sent troops, military aid, and conducted air strikes

Question 46

Which is not one of Mao Zedong's policies?

Accepted Answer

Molotov Plan

Question 47

In what two cities were the trials held?

Accepted Answer

Tokoyo, Nuremberg

Question 48

What influenced the Soviet Union and United States visions of post-war Europe?

Accepted Answer

Their different experiences during WW2

Question 49

Which is not true of the United States system?

Accepted Answer

Govt. owned all factories and the state seized private land, Single party political and economic control

Question 50

Who are the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council?

Accepted Answer

United States, Britain, France, Russia, China

Question 51

Which was not a part of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)?

Accepted Answer

USSR

Question 52

How many members are in the UN Security Council? And how many are permanent members?

Accepted Answer

15 and 5

Question 53

Communist countries were known as what world?

Accepted Answer

2

Question 54

Which is not an organ of the United Nations

Accepted Answer

Yalta Conference

Question 55

Who was the man responsible for bringing communism to Vietnam?

Accepted Answer

Ho Chi Minh

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