Cold War

After WWII, the Soviet Union controlled what region of the world?

• Eastern Europe

• Western Europe

• Middle East Mandates

• China

The policy of containment meant stopping the spread of--

• democracy

• communism

• capitalism

• monarchy

Which leader is most associated with the following events:

-Tearing down the Berlin Wall

-Breakup of the Soviet Union

-Soviet economic collapse

• Mikhail Gorbachev

• Joseph Stalin

• Fidel Castro

• Vladimir Lenin

Who led the communists in the Chinese Civil War?

• Deng Xiaoping

• Chiang Kai-shek

• Kim Il Sung

• Mao Zedong

What organization belongs in the place of the question mark?

• League of Nations

• United Nations

• European Union

• Warsaw Pact

What event are these newspaper headlines most closely associated with?

• Vietnam War

• Russian Revolution

• Korean War

• Chinese Civil War

What year was the Berlin Wall torn down?

• 1962

• 1995

• 1991

• 1989

Mikhail Gorbachev agreed to arms reduction treaties with the United States in the 1980s because--

• the Soviet economy could not afford another arms race

• he was forced to by an internal coup d'etat (uprising)

• West Germany acted as mediator between the US and USSR

• he was focused on maintaining military control of the Soviet Bloc

What event explains the rise in military spending in the graph?

• World War II

• Korean War

• Vietnam War

• Space Race

Who was the leader of North Vietnam?

• Ho Chi Minh

• Syngman Rhee

• Mao Zedong

• Kim Il Sung