Vietnam War

Leader of North Vietnam during the Vietnam War, Communist

• Ho Chi Mnh

• Ngo Diem

• Nikita Khrushchev

One reason the United States became involved in the Vietnam War was to...

• prevent the spread of communism in Southeast Asia

• reduce French influence in Vietnam

• stop China from seizing Vietnam

• support the government of North Vietnam

Which Communist Nation is most closely associated with the leadership of Ho Chi Minh and the surrender of Saigon?

• North Korea

• The Soviet Union

• North Vietnam

• North Dakota

Hostility between the Soviet Union and the United States but without military action was known as ______.

• Marshall Plan

• Iron Curtain

• Cold War

• Brinkmanship

What was the main reason for the construction of the Berlin Wall?

• To embarrass America

• To stop East Germans from fleeing to West Germany

• To reduce cold war tensions

• To demonstrate the success of Communism

At the end of WWII, North Korea became a ____.

• democratic republic

• communist government

• free state

Why did the Korean War start?

• The North invaded the South

• The South invaded the North

• The East invaded the West

• The West invaded the East

An attempt by the Soviet Union in 1962 to place nuclear missiles in Cuba directed toward the United States caused the

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Iron Curtain

• Berlin Airlift

• Detente

A massive concrete barrier, dividing democratic West Berlin from communist East Berlin. The wall became a symbol of the whole Cold War

• Berlin Wall

• Cold War

• Warsaw Pact

• Iron Curtain

This is a type of government where the government has complete control of the country. 

• Communism

• Socialism

• Democracy

• Government