Cold War Review

The US and Soviet Union became fierce rivals because

• they were both super powers and wanted to take over the world

• of their conflicting political beliefs

• they both had nuclear weapons

• the Soviet Union was left out of NATO

WWII lead to European countries picking a side between the US and USSR... Why?

• there were only two choices in political beliefs: communist or capitalist

• they had the strongest two armies at the time

• Euro countries had no real power after being devastated by WWII

Who led the Chinese communists to victory during China's civil war in 1949?

• Kreischev

• Mao Zedong

• Ho Chi Minh

• Chiang Kai-shek

The policy of containment got the US involved in what wars?

• WWI and WWII

• Vietnam only

• Vietnam and Korean

• Cuba and Korea

Which was the first area of conflict after WWII between the US and USSR political ideals?

• Korea

• Vietnam

• Eastern Europe

Which is a direct result of WWII?

• China became communist

• USSR and US became rivals

• Germany was divided into East and West

• France took control of Vietnam

Berlin was...

• Entirely surrounded by East Germany

• Entirely surrounded by West Germany

• divided between East and West Germany

Kennedy decided to do what to stop Soviets from delivering missiles to Cuba?

• Invade at the Bay of Pigs

• set up a naval blockade

• Begin war with Cuba by invading

• attack the Soviets, without nuclear weapons

Why was the Berlin Wall built?

• to keep people out of East Berlin

• to keep people from leaving communist East Berlin

• to prevent communism from spreading to West Berlin

• protect the Soviets from invasion

Why did the US give money to European countries after WWII?

• to help them so they would not turn to communism

• because we felt bad for WWII

• because the communist countries were taking over and ruining their economies