Cold War Pt.2 / Vietnam War

Similar to the Korean War, what part of Vietnam was the US trying to save?

• North

• South

• East

• West

Fidel Castro was the leader of which country?

• Sweden
• Hungary
• Cuba
• Czechoslavakia

Why did the United States become involved in the Korean War?

• to contain communism
• to colonize Korea
• to spread communism
• to Christianize Koreans

Who were the two participants in the Space Race?

• The US and Cuba
• China and US
• The Soviet Union and US
• US and North Vietnam

Who tried to put missiles in Cuba?

• Fidel Castro
• The United States
• The Soviet Union
• Cuba

What two nations were in competition with each other during the Cold War?

• Spain and Portugal
• England and France
• Germany and Italy
• United States and Soviet Union

The United States got involved in conflicts like Korea and Vietnam because they were afraid of the domino theory. What is the domino theory?

• If one country fell to democracy, others would follow
• If one country fell to communism, others would follow

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CCSS.RI.4.3

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How did the US respond to finding out that the Soviets had missiles in Cuba?

• They sent the Air Force to bomb Cuba
• They began placing missiles in the Soviet Union.
• They placed a naval blockade around Cuba.
• They invaded Cuba and the Soviet Union.

What was the name of the first satellite in space launched by the Soviet Union?

• Gagarin
• Apollo 11
• Sputnik
• Apollo 13

This group supported Ho Chi Minh in South Vietnam

• Cambodians

• Viet Minh

• Viet Cong

• Doves