Cold War Vocabulary

Cold War Vocabulary

7th Grade

10 Qs

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Cold War Vocabulary

Cold War Vocabulary

Assessment

Quiz

History

7th Grade

Hard

Created by

Robin Huels

Used 165+ times

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Containment

a principle of US foreign policy  to prevent the expansion of Communist power
a principle of US foreign policy to keep secrets from all foreign countries
a principal of US foreign policy to expand nuclear power to allied countries
a principal of US foreign policy to defeat North Korea 

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Domino Theory

a game played by leaders of the Super Powers during the cold war
idea that all communist countries could be eliminated by eliminating the USSR
 a theory that if one nation becomes Communist-controlled the neighboring nations will also become Communist-controlled
the order in which all communist countries could be eliminted

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

DMZ

domino missile zone
demilitarized zone
desensitized military zone
destroyed major zones

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Cuban Missile Crisis

13 day period when US was threatened by nuclear war with North Korea
13 day period when the USSR was threatened by nuclear war with Cuba
a crisis created by John F Kennedy to get support for the Cold War
13 day period when US was threatened by nuclear warheads in Cuba

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

naval blockade

military strategy used by the US against Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis
blockade of all naval bases to prevent nuclear war
blockade of Soviet naval bases during the Korean War
military strategy to blockade missile sites in communist countries

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

MAD

US anger against Soviet intervention in Cuba
Mutually assured destruction - if any country begins a nuclear war, all will be destroyed
Military Assisted Destruction - the US military could take out any threat of nuclear war
a policy to diffuse the Soviet's anger toward the US

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Marshall Plan

General Marshall's plan to attack North Korea
Cold War plan to destroy communism
post WWII plan to rebuild Europe
General Marshall's plan to put a naval blockade around Cuba

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