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Unit 8 Vocabulary Quiz

Authored by Cara Slotkin

History, Social Studies

10th Grade

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Unit 8 Vocabulary Quiz
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

13 day period in October 1962 when Cuban missiles (backed by the Soviet Union) were pointed at the United States; nearly led to nuclear war

Bay of Pigs

Berlin Wall

Cuban Missile Crisis

Arms Race

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

An unsuccessful invasion of Cuba by Cuban exiles, supported by the U.S. government. It was a failed attempt to overthrow the communist government.

Ho Chi Minh

Bay of Pigs Invasion

Space Race

Cuban Missile Crisis

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

A military alliance of communist Soviet Union and its Eastern European satellite nations.

NATO

Berlin Blockade

Arms Race

Warsaw Pact

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Communist dictator of Cuba who came into power in 1959; supported by the Soviet Union

Joseph Stalin

Fidel Castro

Nikita Kruschev

John F Kennedy

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

1950-1953 war between communist North Korea and South Korea (who was supported by America and democratic nations); ended in a stalemate at the 38th parallel

Vietnam War

Cold War

Korean War

Cuban War

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

political and economic system in which government owns all property and makes all economic decisions; command economy

Communism

Capitalism

Democracy

Monarchy

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Chinese Communist leader from 1949 to 1976; Great Leap Forward and Cultural Revolution

Mao Zedong

Joseph Stalin

Ho Chi Minh

Fidel Castro

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