Cold War Hot Spots

Cold War Hot Spots

(Trying to Contain the Communist Threat)

Multiple Choice

Under the Truman Doctrine...what was the U.S. policy towards Communism?

• Friendship

• Alliance

• Neutrality

• Containment

Multiple Choice

Korea was a _________________ of Japan until the end of WWII.

• colony
• protectorate
• territory
• country

Multiple Select

What happened that ended the fighting in the Korean War? Select all the right answers.

• North Korea surrendered.

• Both sides agreed to an armistice to stop fighting.

• A demilitarised zone was created alone the 38^th parallel, which is the current border.

• A peace treaty was signed to end the war.

Multiple Choice

What happened when China decided to join the Korean War?

• They managed to conquer Korea.

• They helped North Korea push the USA and South Korean forces back across the 38^th parallel.

• They could not defeat the USA and South Korea, so North Korean forces remained in China.

• They were attacked by the USA with nuclear weapons.

Multiple Choice

The president of the USA during the Korean War was

• Franklin Roosevelt

• Woodrow Wilson

• Harry Truman

• Joseph Stalin

Multiple Choice

How do we know that the Korean War was a civil war?

• The USA helped South Korea.

• The UN got involved in the war.

• North Korea was fighting South Korea.

• The USSR sent help to North Korea.

Multiple Choice

How do we know that the Korean War was a proxy war?

• North Korea was fighting South Korea.

• The people in Korea were fighting one another.

• Foreign countries were fighting in the war.

• The UN tried to establish peace in Korea.

Multiple Choice

The first country in Asia to become communist in 1949 was

• Japan

• North Korea

• South Korea

• China

Multiple Choice

Korea was divided along the __________ Parallel after World War II.

• 35^th

• 36^th

• 37^th

• 38^th

Multiple Choice

Korea was divided along the __________ Parallel after World War II.

• 35^th

• 36^th

• 37^th

• 38^th

Multiple Choice

What event was the closest the world ever came to nuclear war?

• Vietnam War
• Korean War
• Bay of Pigs
• Cuban Missile Crisis

Multiple Choice

Which US President dealt with the Bay of Pigs invasion and the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• John F. Kennedy
• Harry Truman
• Richard Nixon
• Dwight Eisenhower

Multiple Choice

Which areas were hot spots during the Cold War?

• Berlin, Washington DC, Alaska, Moscow
• Hawaii, Cuba, Vietnam, Canada
• Vietnam, Korea, Berlin, Cuba
• China, Soviet Union, North Pole, California

Multiple Choice

Put the following events in chronological order

• Korean War, Vietnam War, World War II
• World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War
• Vietnam War, Korean War, World War II
• World War II, Vietnam War, Korean War

Multiple Choice

In order to catch up with the Soviets the United States did which of the following

• taught more math and science

• created NASA

• put their own satellite, Explorer, into space

• all are true

Multiple Choice

Which country first put a satellite, Sputnik, into space

• Soviet Union

• The United States

• Britain

• France

Multiple Choice

Which belief said that if one country became communist the others around it would too.

• Containment Theory

• Domino Theory

• Communism Theory

• Trouble Theory

Multiple Choice

Who was the leader of the communist government in North Vietnam?

• Ho Chi Minh
• Joseph Stalin
• Mao Zedong
• Nikita Khrushchev

Multiple Choice

Which of the following caused the Vietnam War?

• Japan attacked South Vietnam
• North Vietnam wanted all of Vietnam to be communist
• South Vietnam wanted to remain communist
• The Soviet Union attacked South Vietnam

Multiple Choice

Why did the U.S. want the Soviet Union to remove its nuclear weapons from Cuba?

• It wanted to protect Cuba from communism
• Cuba is close to the U.S. border
• It was protecting nearby countries in Central America
• The U.S. did not have any missiles of its own