Cold War #1

How did the Cold War between the US and the USSR begin?

• Each superpower formed a European military alliance of the nations it had occupied or protected during World War II
• The Soviet Union developed nuclear weapons that were superior to those of the United States
• The United States built a "Star Wars" defense system because the Soviet Union Invaded Afghanistan
• The two superpowers went to war over Cuba in a conflict known as the Bay of Pigs

Why did the Cold War end?

• The Soviet Union collapsed 
• The Berlin Wall fell
• The soviet republicans adopted comminism
• The superpowers signed a treaty

What was the level of U.S. involvement in the Korean War of the early 1950's?

• The U.S. was not involved
• The U.S. was involved only in providing financial aid to South Korea
• The U.S. sent troops as a part of the a UN force consisting of 15 nations
• The U.S. was the only nation to commit troops in support of South Korea

Which of the following outcomes might support the domino theory?

• Korea remained politically and economically divided
• China restricted political liberties while allowing economic freedom
• After communism collapsed in the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe became democratic
• Cambodia and Laos ended up with communist governments dominated by Vietnam

In the 1990's, under the leadership of Boris Yeltsin, Russia attempted to become

• a democracy with a market economy
• a dictatorship with a command economy
• an autocracy practicing mercantilism
• an oligarchy based on serfdom

What caused the US to boycott the 1980 Moscow Olympics?

• Gorbachev's election as Soviet Union president
• The fall of the Berlin Wall
• The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
• The fear the Olympians would be exposed to communism

What is the purpose of detente?

• To ensure that Cuba did not turn into a communist country
• To develop more ICBM's
• To find out which country is the strongest in the cold war
• To encourage more diplomatic discussions and ease tentions

Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis

• Fidel Castro
• Nakita Kruschev
• Mikhail Gorbachev
• Joseph Stalin

What was the Soviet idea of "Openness" and free flow of ideas?

• Glasnost
• Perestroika
• Truman Doctrine
• Marshall Plan

Winston Churchill said that European countries living under Soviet domination were behind what?

• The 8 Ball
• Iron Curtain
• In Math Scores
• The corkscrew curve