Characteristics of the Cold War/Nuclear Age

The military alliance of the US and Western European democracies created as a defense against Soviet aggression is known as -

• Warsaw Pact

• MASH

• NATO

• Allies

The military alliance of the Soviet Union and its Eastern European satellite nations created in response to NATO is -

• Warsaw Pact

• Allied Powers

• MASH

• Axis Powers

Which of the following are examples of proxy wars fought by the Soviet Union and its allies against the United States and its allies?

• Iraq War

• Vietnam War

• Korean War

• Russian Civil War

In the Korean War and Vietnam War what was the system of alliances which characterized the conflicts?

• The USSR supported the communist North

• The USSR supported the non-communist South

• The US supported the communist North

• The US supported the non-communist South

What city was divided after WW2 in the manner depicted in the map?

• Berlin

• Warsaw

• Paris

• London

What symbol of the Cold War is depicted in this picture AND what was its purpose?

• Berlin Wall - blockade and annex West Berlin

• Iron Curtain - divide Eastern and Western Europe

• Iron Curtain - prevent spread of communism to Western Europe

• Berlin Wall - prevent defections from communist Eastern Europe to Western Europe

1962 event when Soviet nuclear missiles were placed in Cuba and the US responded by blockading Cuba.

• Cuban War

• Bay of Pigs

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Castro Revolution

What was the outcome of the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• World War 3

• Nuclear missiles were fired between the US and USSR

• The Soviets removed their nukes from Cuba

• The US invaded Cuba and removed the missiles

What theory refers to preventing the use of nuclear missiles because if one side launches its nukes, then the other side will launch its nukes in retaliation?

• big bang theory

• domino theory

• containment theory

• deterrence theory

What is another name for deterrence theory?

• Mutually Assured Destruction

• Containment Theory

• Big Bang Theory

• Domino Theory