Cold War Flocab

Which countries were the superpowers on the two sides of the Cold War?

• England and China

• The United States and the USSR

• China and the Soviet Union

• The United States and England

What is the driving goal of the United Nations?

• to develop a high-tech military

• to raise funds for itself

• to keep peace between countries

• to bring leaders to New York City

What type of weapons did superpowers compete for during the Cold War?

• missiles

• submarines

• pistols

• nuclear weapons

What was an effect of the division of Berlin?

• a period of German economic prosperity

• Soviet censorship of democratic ideas

• communist support in West Berlin

• a resurgence of the Nazi Party

Which group was targeted in the United States during the "Red Scare"?

• Democrats

• Republicans

• communists

• Native Americans

What event was the direct cause of the Cuban missile crisis?

• the invasion of the Bay of Pigs

• the nuclear bombing of Cuba

• Nikita Khrushchev's shoe-banging speech

• Fidel Castro's revolution in Cuba

Which president set the goal of sending Americans to the moon?

• Franklin D Roosevelt

• Dwight D Eisenhower

• John F Kennedy

• Lyndon B Johnson

What did NOT occur during the Cold War?

• Vietnam War

• Korean War

• The Red Scare

• World War II

What was the aim of the Mikhail Gorbachev's perestroika?

• to move the Soviet Union closer to communism

• to move the Soviet Union closer to capitalism

• to move the Soviet Union closer to socialism

• to move the Soviet Union closer to republicanism

What event is generally considered the mark of the end of the Cold War?

• fall of the Berlin Wall

• moon landing

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Vietnam War