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Cold War Test Review
The Cold War that followed WWII emerged as a rivalry
between:
What are the two ideologies which created conflict between
the two superpowers?
When were the approximate years of the Cold War?
The Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan were designed
to:
U.S.S.R and the United States
Capitalism and Communism
1945-1990
Promote economic and political stability in Europe
Which U.S. President introduced the policy of containment?
Harry Truman
The policy of containment prevented the expansion of what
type of government system?
Communism
The Marshall Plan, the Iron Curtain, and the Berlin Airlift
are events associated with what era?
The Cold War
During the Cold War, the people of which group of nations
were largely powerless against the secret police and Soviet
troops?
What action became a symbol of the divide between the
United State and the Soviet Union?
The Iron Curtain:
Soviet satellites
The construction of the Berlin Wall
Separated Communist from non-Communist nations.
The Cold War can best be described as:
An ideological war fought through allies and
supporting countries.
During the Cold War, why were the United States and the
Soviet Union reluctant to become involved in direct military
conflict?
The potential for global nuclear destruction.
NATO and the Warsaw Pact represent:
How did the United States attempt to help Western Europe
after World War II?
How did the United States respond to the Soviet Union
stockpiling weapons in Cuba?
Which event is generally acknowledged to be the
confrontation which most nearly led to a nuclear war?
For the United States, how were the Korean and Vietnam
wars similar?
Communist China became involved with the Korean War
when:
After three years of fighting the Korean War, the border
between North and South Korea:
The defeat of what colonial power in World War II
effectively led to the North-South split in Korea?
Two competing military alliances in the Cold War.
Give massive amounts of economic assistance to
war-torn country
They blockaded Cuba with Navy ships.
Cuban Missile Crisis
The United States joined both wars to prevent
the spread of Communism.
it thought North Korea would fall to South
Korea.
remained at the 38th parallel.
Japan
Vietnam was a former colony of _________________,
what country?
What was the main goal of the US in Vietnam?
What is the current status of Vietnam today?
What described the fall of one Asian country to communism
leading to the fall of its neighbors?
What was a result of the Chinese civil war?
Which three people led successful communist uprisings in
their nations:
Who was the leader of Nationalists China who fled offshore
to the island of Taiwan?
How did the Cold War influence conflicts in China after World
War II?
Who was the leader of the Communists in China’s civil war?
The outcome of China’s civil war worried Americans
because:
France
Containment of communism
reunited as a communist nation
Domino Theory
Mainland China was a united Communist nation.
Ho Chi Minh, Mao Zedong & Fidel Castro
Chiang Kai-shek
China was divided into a nationalist and communist nation, and
participated in the Korean War to keep N. Korea communist.
Nationalist China fought to contain communism but was defeated.
Mao Zedong (Tse-tung)
The successful Communists seemed to be
advancing all over the world.
What happen to end the Cold War?
Which American and Soviet leaders are generally credited
with ending the Cold War?
The USSR restructured their economy away from
Communism easing tensions throughout the world.
American-Reagan & Soviet-Gorbachev
Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, tear down
this wall!”
Ronald Reagan
What factors led to the final demise of the Berlin Wall?
The strong support of police force in breaking
up the demonstrations.
Tearing down the Berlin Wall, breakup of the Soviet Union
and Soviet economic collapse were the result of:
the collapse of communism in the Soviet Union
and Eastern Europe.
Who was the final president of the Soviet Union who also
helped cause its downfall?
Mikhail Gorbachev
Which leader developed a nuclear program in response to a
nuclear threat from the People’s Republic of China?
Indira Gandhi
During the 20th century, what country began to closely
align their policies with those of the United States?
Which of the following describes Margaret Thatcher’s
governmental policy?
John F. Kennedy, Fidel Castro, and Cuba are
representations of what two events:
Britain
Worked to decrease the government’s role in
the economy
Bay of Pigs & Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cold War that followed WWII emerged as a rivalry
between:
What are the two ideologies which created conflict between
the two superpowers?
When were the approximate years of the Cold War?
The Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan were designed
to:
U.S.S.R and the United States
Capitalism and Communism
1945-1990
Promote economic and political stability in Europe
Which U.S. President introduced the policy of containment?
Harry Truman
The policy of containment prevented the expansion of what
type of government system?
Communism
The Marshall Plan, the Iron Curtain, and the Berlin Airlift
are events associated with what era?
The Cold War
During the Cold War, the people of which group of nations
were largely powerless against the secret police and Soviet
troops?
What action became a symbol of the divide between the
United State and the Soviet Union?
The Iron Curtain:
Soviet satellites
The construction of the Berlin Wall
Separated Communist from non-Communist nations.
The Cold War can best be described as:
An ideological war fought through allies and
supporting countries.
During the Cold War, why were the United States and the
Soviet Union reluctant to become involved in direct military
conflict?
The potential for global nuclear destruction.
NATO and the Warsaw Pact represent:
How did the United States attempt to help Western Europe
after World War II?
How did the United States respond to the Soviet Union
stockpiling weapons in Cuba?
Which event is generally acknowledged to be the
confrontation which most nearly led to a nuclear war?
For the United States, how were the Korean and Vietnam
wars similar?
Communist China became involved with the Korean War
when:
After three years of fighting the Korean War, the border
between North and South Korea:
The defeat of what colonial power in World War II
effectively led to the North-South split in Korea?
Two competing military alliances in the Cold War.
Give massive amounts of economic assistance to
war-torn country
They blockaded Cuba with Navy ships.
Cuban Missile Crisis
The United States joined both wars to prevent
the spread of Communism.
it thought North Korea would fall to South
Korea.
remained at the 38th parallel.
Japan
Vietnam was a former colony of _________________,
what country?
What was the main goal of the US in Vietnam?
What is the current status of Vietnam today?
What described the fall of one Asian country to communism
leading to the fall of its neighbors?
What was a result of the Chinese civil war?
Which three people led successful communist uprisings in
their nations:
Who was the leader of Nationalists China who fled offshore
to the island of Taiwan?
How did the Cold War influence conflicts in China after World
War II?
Who was the leader of the Communists in China’s civil war?
The outcome of China’s civil war worried Americans
because:
France
Containment of communism
reunited as a communist nation
Domino Theory
Mainland China was a united Communist nation.
Ho Chi Minh, Mao Zedong & Fidel Castro
Chiang Kai-shek
China was divided into a nationalist and communist nation, and
participated in the Korean War to keep N. Korea communist.
Nationalist China fought to contain communism but was defeated.
Mao Zedong (Tse-tung)
The successful Communists seemed to be
advancing all over the world.
What happen to end the Cold War?
Which American and Soviet leaders are generally credited
with ending the Cold War?
The USSR restructured their economy away from
Communism easing tensions throughout the world.
American-Reagan & Soviet-Gorbachev
Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, tear down
this wall!”
Ronald Reagan
What factors led to the final demise of the Berlin Wall?
The strong support of police force in breaking
up the demonstrations.
Tearing down the Berlin Wall, breakup of the Soviet Union
and Soviet economic collapse were the result of:
the collapse of communism in the Soviet Union
and Eastern Europe.
Who was the final president of the Soviet Union who also
helped cause its downfall?
Mikhail Gorbachev
Which leader developed a nuclear program in response to a
nuclear threat from the People’s Republic of China?
Indira Gandhi
During the 20th century, what country began to closely
align their policies with those of the United States?
Which of the following describes Margaret Thatcher’s
governmental policy?
John F. Kennedy, Fidel Castro, and Cuba are
representations of what two events:
Britain
Worked to decrease the government’s role in
the economy
Bay of Pigs & Cuban Missile Crisis