PRE Test: Cold War

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The countries in blue on this map were members of which alliance during the Cold War?

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NATO

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The dividing line between the democracies in blue and the Communists in red was referred to as what by Winston Churchill?

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The Iron Curtain

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Which of the following ways of promoting democracy describes the Truman Doctrine?

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Containing Communism so that it cannot spread any farther

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Which of the following ways of promoting democracy describes the Mar$hall Plan? Options: Containing Communism so that it cannot spread any farther, Giving money to countries so they do not become Communist, Finding ways other than nuclear missiles to stop Communism, Fighting wars by using other countries to stop Communism

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Giving money to countries so they do not become Communist

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Which of the following ways of promoting democracy describes Flexible Response? Options: Containing Communism so that it cannot spread any farther, Giving money to countries so they do not become Communist, Finding ways other than nuclear missiles to stop Communism, Fighting wars by using other countries to stop Communism

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Finding ways other than nuclear missiles to stop Communism

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Which of the following wars were Proxy Wars fought by the United States during the Cold War? Korean War and Vietnam War, Vietnam War and the War on Terror, Desert Storm and Korean War, WWI and WWII

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Korean War and Vietnam War

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Which of the following defines Brinkmanship? Options: Using the threat of nuclear war to stop the spread of Communism, Providing money to stop the spread of Communism, Containing Communism so that it cannot spread, Finding ways other than nuclear weapons to stop the spread of Communism

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Using the threat of nuclear war to stop the spread of Communism

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Why were Americans so scared of Sputnik when the Soviets launched it?

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They were scared it would launch nuclear weapons.

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What was the Eisenhower Doctrine?

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The US would liberate any Middle Eastern country threatened by communism.

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NATO and the Warsaw Pact were examples of

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miliary alliances made for "collective security"