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Grudgeball……
A. The policy of stopping the spread of
communism by military or economic means
was known as:
A.
B.
C.
D.
Containment
Marshall Plan
Brinksmanship
Contamination
A. The military alliance of the United States and
its allies was opposed by:
A.
B.
C.
D.
S.H.I.E.L.D.
NATO
Warsaw Pact
SEATO
A. Which one of these international figures was
NOT part of the Cuban Missile Crisis?
A.
B.
C.
D.
John F. Kennedy
Joseph Stalin
Nikita Khruschev
Fidel Castro
A. What general led the UN forces in the Korean
War?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Douglas MacArthur
Dwight Eisenhower
George Patton
The General (The guy from the auto insurance
commercials)
A. What idea was the major reason behind the
U.S. foreign policy during the Cold War era?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Vietnamization
Domino Theory
Nonaligned nations
Khmer Rouge
A. The United States and the Soviet Union had a
dangerous standoff over the presence of
Soviet nuclear missile in:
A.
B.
C.
D.
Iraq
Iran
Cuba
Afghanistan
A. In the 1940’s and 1950’s, what region was
described as being behind the “Iron
Curtain”?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Eastern Europe
Western Europe
Narnia
Germany
A. Who were most of the Vietcong?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Pro-Communist South Vietnamese
Pro-Communist North Vietnamese
Anti-Communist South Vietnamese
Anti-Communist North Vietnamese
A. What were “Third World” countries?
A. Countries that sided with the United States and
its allies
B. Countries that sided with the Soviet Union and
its allies
C. Developing countries that were not sided with
either the USA or USSR
D. Countries with a monarchy as a form of
government
A. What US President reignited Cold War
tensions in the early 1980’s with a plans for
anti-missile satellite system, known as “Star
Wars”?
A.
B.
C.
D.
John F. Kennedy
Barack Obama
Richard Nixon
Ronald Reagan
A. What rescue mission by the United States
and Britain, helped half of the German
capital from falling to the communists in the
late 1940’s:
A.
B.
C.
D.
The Berlin Airlift
Ich bin ein Berliner
The Marshall Plan
Hamburger Helper
A. What military alliance was created to counter
the communist aggression by the Soviet
Union in Eastern Europe?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Iron Curtain
Warsaw Pact
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
NATO
A. The policy of militarily intimidating your
opponent to the edge of war is known as:
A.
B.
C.
D.
Détente
Vietnamization
Brinksmanship
Containment
A. What country was not divided by the allies
after World War II?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Korea
Vietnam
Germany
Cuba
A. What country did the Soviet Union invade
and is considered their “Vietnam”?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Iran
Iraq
Germany
Afghanistan
A. Which one of the following was NOT a result
of the Korean War?
A.
B.
C.
D.
The 38th Parallel remained the border
South Korea became communist
North Korea remained communist
Communism was contained
• The term “détente” refers to:
– Human rights abuses during the cold war
– The arms race during the cold war
– The planned invasion of Cuba
– The lessening of Cold War tensions
• The event that set off the nuclear arms race
was:
– The bombing of Japan at the end of World War 2
– The SALT talks
– The Cuban Missile Crisis
– The Strategic Defense Initiative (Star Wars)
• The international organization that was
formed after World War II to settle
international disputes was:
– NATO
– Warsaw Pact
– The League of Nations
– The United Nations
• The leader of the North Vietnamese forces
during the Vietnam War was:
– Mao
– Diem
– Ho Chi Minh
– Viet Cong
• The leader of the South Vietnam during the
Vietnam War was:
– Mao
– Diem
– Ho Chi Minh
– Viet Cong
• All of the following are communist except:
– Viet Cong
– Khmer Rouge
– Soviet Union
– South Korea
• The President of the United States during the
Cuban Missile Crisis was:
– Lyndon Johnson
– Richard Nixon
– Ronald Reagan
– John F. Kennedy
• The Premier of the Soviet Union during the
Cuban Missile Crisis was:
– Leonard Brezhnev
– Nikita Khrushev
– Joseph Stalin
– Mikhail Gorbachev
• All of these opposing ideas are part of the
Cold War, except:
– Democracy vs. Totalitarianism
– Capitalism vs. Communism
– Potterism vs. Voldemortism
– Soviet Union vs. United States
• This group took over Cambodia in the
aftermath of the Vietnam War:
– Vietcong
– Khmer Rouge
– Moulin Rouge
– Ngo Dinh Diem
• What was the term for countries that did not
become allies of either the United States or
the Soviet Union?
– Undecided Nations
– Poverty Stricken Nation
– Unaligned Nations
– Seven Nation Army
• What is an example of the Cold War thawing?
– Star Wars
– The Berlin Airlift
– The Vietnam War
– The Berlin Wall coming down
• The Korean War began when:
– The Chinese crossed their southern border and
invaded North Korea
– The United Nations invaded South Korea
– The Soviet backed North Koreans invaded South
Korea
– The South Koreans invaded North Korea
• The result of the Vietnam war was:
– The Americans left and South Vietnam fell to the
communists
– The Americans left and North Vietnam fell to the
communists
– The Soviets withdrew and the South fell to the
communists
– The Soviets withdrew and the North fell to the
communists
• What nickname did Winston Churchill give the
imaginary divide between eastern and
western Europe during the Cold War?
– Iron Curtain
– Berlin Curtain
– The Iron Wall
– The Berlin Wall
• What was the name of the very real structure
that surrounded a half of a city in Germany?
– Iron Curtain
– Berlin Curtain
– The Iron Wall
– The Berlin Wall
• The leader of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia
after the Vietnam War was:
– Pol Pot
– Paul Pot
– Ho Chi Minh
– Ngo Dinh Diem
• The policy of helping any country who was
threatened by the spread of was known as:
– The Obama Doctrine
– The Falseman Doctrine
– The Truman Doctrine
– The Eisenhower Doctrine
• What did a U-2 spy plane discover in a flight
over Cuba?
– Too many cigars were being produced
– Castro was playing baseball
– Legos
– Nuclear Weapons