Cold War Review

What are ways that the US and Soviet Union competed during the Cold War?

• Space Race

• Arms Race

• Spreading their beliefs

• World Series Baseball

The Soviet Union was also known as __________________

What does "containment" usually refer to in history?

• Containing condiments in the fridge

• Containing the spread of slavery in the 1700s

• Containing revolutions during the 1800s

• Containing communism during the 1900s

How did the US and its allies keep West Berlin safe during the Berlin blockade?

• By sending troops to fight the Soviet Union

• By attempting to overthrow the mayor of W. Berlin

• By dropping supplies from airplanes for the people

• By negotiation with the leader of the Soviet Union

During the Cuban Missile Crisis, where did the US have nuclear missiles?

• Cuba

• Turkey

• USSR

• Vietnam

In which wars were the US fighting communism?

• WWI

• WWII

• Korean War

• Vietnam War

_________________________ was the president during the Bay of Pigs incident and the Cuban Missile Crisis.

In which nation did the US support a brutal dictator who murdered his predecessor?

• Congo

• Afghanistan

• Vietnam

• Korea

What important event in US history was a direct result of the Soviet-Afghan War?

• Oklahoma City bombing

• Election of Dwight Eisenhower

• Assassination of Martin Luther King

• 9/11 terrorist attacks

What evidence supports the statement, "the Soviet Union won the space race"?

• They put the first person in space

• They put the first satellite in space

• They put the first animal in space

• They put the first person on the moon