Cold War Test Review

-The Berlin Airlift

-Spy planes discover nuclear sites in Cuba and a 13 day stands USA vs. The Soviet Union

Soviet troops invades Afghanistan, US assists Islamic fighters

What foreign policy best explains the US response to the Cold War?

• Appeasement

• Containment

• Nonalignment

• Detente

Conflict occurred when one side tried to expand its sphere of influence onto another country. This conflict occurred between these two countries from 1948-1979

• Soviet Union and China

• US and Soviet Union

• US and Canada

• Canada and Cuba

Memoirs of people living in Cuba, Afghanistan, and East Germany would be a prime example of the impact on the lives of people during this time period.

• Russian Revolution

• Civil War

• WWI

• Cold War

The Collapse of the Soviet union was partially caused by this:

• The Soviet War in Afghanistan

• Placement of Missiles in Cuba

• Soviet Occupation of Hungary

• Russian Revolution

Proliferation of military weapons could destroy the world was a real threat during the Cold War

• True

• False

The dropping of the atomic bombs in Japan at the end of WWII led to this lasting event.

• Arms Race

• Collapse of the Soviet Union

• Landing on the moon

• French Revolution

They destroyed the Berlin Wall symbolizing the collapse of communism in Europe.

• The Koreans

• The French

• The Germans

• The Italians

This leader instuted the policies of glasnost and perestroika to reform the Soviet Union both politically and economically

• Mikhail Gorbachev

• Mussolini

• Nkrumah

Perestroika contributed to:

• Cold War

• Collapse of the Soviet Union

• Nuclear Arms

• Russian Revolution

This was the massive relief effort of food and fuel to the democratic West Berlin that was cut off by the Soviet Union

• Berlin Airlift

• British Run

• French Armada

• Berlin Blaockade