The Cold War

The imaginary line that divides Europe between Western democracies and Communists states.

• The steel curtain

• The iron curtain

• the Berlin Wall

• The iron wall

To help rebuild Europe and prevent communism from spreading the United States created

• SALT

• NATO

• The Truman Doctrine

• The Marshall Plan

What were the two opposing military alliances that were formed after World War II?

• NASA and The Warsaw Pact

• The Warsaw Pact and NAFTA

• SEATO and NATO

• NATO and the Warsaw Pact

How did the Korean War begin?

• The North invaded the South

• The United States invaded North Korea

• The South invaded the North

• The Chinese invaded South Korea

The United States policy of containment was out lined in

• the Truman Doctrine

• the Monroe Doctrine

• The Marshall Plan

• Domino theory

The name of the first artificial satellite to be launched into space is

• Skylab

• Krupnik

• Sputnik

• Explorer 1

What conflict was known as the Soviet Union's Vietnam?

• The Cuban Missile Crisis

• The Afghan War

• The Battle of Stalingrad

• The Korean War

The idea that if one party used nuclear weapons it would result in the other retaliating which would ultimately lead to the destruction of both.

• Appeasement

• Scorched earth

• Containment

• Mutually assured destruction

The policy which called for greater openness and encouraged citizens to talk about the problems the USSR faced was known as

• Glasnost

• Perestroika

• Brinkmanship

• Transparency

The spread of nuclear weapons is known as

• MAD

• Proliferation

• Containment

• Replication