Cold War

What event inspired the United States to create the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)?

• The Soviets' development of the hydrogen bomb

• the Soviets' successful launch of the world's first satellite

• the United States' loss of political power after World War II

• The United States' successful use of the Marshall Plan

What does the bold green line on this map represent?

• the demilitarized zone of Europe

• The alliances of World War II

• the Iron Curtain

• the western border of the Soviet Union

President Kennedy put a naval blockade around Cuba after the Soviet Union did what?

• launched the first satellite into space

• made Cuba a member of the Warsaw Pact

• attempted to put nuclear weapons in Cuba

• constructed the Berlin Wall

What was the purpose of the Berlin Wall?

• to protect East Berlin from the invading forces of West Berlin

• to prevent citizens from East Berlin from defecting into West Berlin

• To prevent citizens from West Berlin from selling goods in East Berlin

• to expand the physical wall known as the Iron Curtain

Why did the United States put a naval blockade around Cuba?

• The United States was opposed to the tariffs placed on Cuban goods

• The United States learned that Soviet missiles were being constructed in Cuba

• The United States was responding to a declaration of war by Cuba

• The United States wanted to prevent Cubans for leaving Cuba.

What did Winston Churchill mean when he described Eastern Europe as being behind the "Iron Curtain"?

• The countries in Eastern Europe were made stronger due to the communist influence

• The communist countries built a physical wall between Eastern and Western Europe

• The areas under communist control thrived due to a strong military presence in Eastern Europe

• The areas under communist control had significantly worse living conditions than those in Western Europe

The events of the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962 showed that which idea was true?

• The Soviet Union and the United States opposed each other but did not want to start a nuclear war

• The Soviet Union was willing to launch nuclear weapons at the United States

• The United States accepted the Soviet Union's control of Cuba

• The United States and the Soviet Union did not have enough nuclear weapons to go to war

What term was used to identify the imaginary line that divided Eastern and Western Europe after World War II?

• the Mason-Dixon Line

• the 38th Parallel

• the Iron Curtain

• The Maginot Line

Why did the United States get involved in the Vietnam War?

• to create missile silos in North Korea that could reach China

• to fulfill the United Nations request to give military aid to South Vietnam

• to aid South Vietnam in their invasion of communist North Vietnam

• to give military aid to South Vietnam and to prevent the spread of communism

How did the Vietnam War end?

• The United States withdrew, and Vietnam was united under communist rule

• The United States defeated the North Vietnamese, and Vietnam was unified under democratic rule

• The two sides fought to a stalemate, leaving North and south Vietnam divided

• The Vietnam War ended in a peace treaty, and the two countries are allies today