Cold War

What was the conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union that was a struggle between their ideologies of democracy and communism?

• World War III
• The Cold War
• The Marshall Plan
• Russian American War

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Which term described how the Soviet Union's effort to control some countries in Eastern Europe by not allowing their people to communicate with others outside of the Soviet Union?

• The Iron Curtain
• Soviet Union Control
• The Berlin Airlift
• The Warsaw Pact

How did the Soviet Union show its disregard for personal freedoms in Europe during 1961?

• By building the Berlin Wall
• They built the Iron Curtain
• Causing the Berlin Airlift
• Threatening to start WWIII

What was the conflict between John F. Kennedy, Nikita Khrushchev, and Fidel Castro?

• The Berlin Airlift
• The Iron Curtain
• The Cuban Missile Crisis
• The Berlin Wall

Which war began in 1950 with a communist government invading its southern neighbor?

• World War II
• The Vietnam War
• The Cold War
• The Korean War

Where is the Korean peninsula devided?

• The 38th parallel
• In the middle
• West of Seoul Korea
• Near the southern tip

Who tried to put missiles in Cuba?

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

Which U.S. war ended with communist victory when the United States left the country?

• The Korean War
• The Vietnam War
• WWII
• The Cold War

In what year did the Russians launch the satellite Sputnik?

• 1941

• 1957

• 1969

• 1991

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