The Cold War

·         A system of government where the government owns factories, land and natural resources, and controls everything.

• Capitalism

• Communism

• Democracy

• monarchy

The United States and some European countries formed an organization to help protect each other from communists aggressions

• Soviet Union

• UN

• NATO

• Soviet Union

·         What is the term used to describe the invisible line that separated communist Eastern Europe from democratic Western Europe

• Berlin Wall

• No Man's Land

• Iron Wall

• Iron Curtain

·     Which wars did the US fight during the Cold War as a result of containment and the Domino Theory?

• Korean and Vietnam War

• WWI and WWII

• Spanish American and Civil War

• The Cuban Missile Crisis

The Cold War was a period of competition between wgich two countries?

• US and Russia

• Germany and Poland

• US and Soviet Union

• North and South Korea

What did the two cold war countries "fight" each other over?

• Political, economic, and miltary influence

• The best technology

• Having the most superior power

• All of the above

·         What theory caused the U.S. to enter the Vietnam War in order to stop the expansion of communism across Southeast Asia?

• Marshall Plan

• Domino Theory

• Open Door Policy

• Soviet Union Policy

·         Korea was divided along the __________ Parallel after World War II.

• 36th

• 37th

• 40th

• 38th

·         Which of the following terms refers to the indirect but hostile conflict between the U.S. and Soviet Union that began at the end of WWII and lasted until 1991?

• Cold War

• Korean War

• Soviet War

• Iron Curtain

·          In the 1950's, Senator Joseph McCarthy won national attention when he...

• Was convicted as a spy.

• Claimed hundreds of government employees were communists.

• Helped Eisenhower become president.

• Went to Korea and said atomic weapons should be used to break the stalemate