The Cold War

Which of the following was the most important international organization formed after WWII to maintain peace and avoid another world war?

• United Nations 
• League of Nations 
• World Bank 
• Triple Alliance 

What did the United States do after WWII to rebuild Europe?

• Marshall Plan 
• NATO 
• Containment
• Arms Race

Why is the Cold War considered a “cold” war, compared to WWII, a “hot” war?

• Most of the fighting took place in the cooler Northern Hemisphere
• The Soviet Union is located in a fairly cold area
• The Soviets and Americans never actually fought against one another with weapons
• The United States believed a nuclear war would end the seasons and it would be cold on Earth

The graph above shows the amount of nuclear weapons the U.S. and Soviet Union possessed during the Cold War. Which vocabulary word is this graph best illustrating?

• Nonallignment 
• Democratization
• Arms Race 
• Communism 

Why did the U.S. get involved in Vietnam, a country so small and so far away?

• Resources – they are rich and oil which our economy needs
• Containment – we wanted to stop the spread of Communism
• To Colonize – we wanted to build an American empire in Asia
• Democratize – we desired their government to become a democracy

How did the Vietnamese fight against the U.S. Army?

• They used conventional warfare such as tanks and planes
• They used nuclear weapons on the U.S.
• They used guerrilla warfare such as hit and run tactics     
• They used Soviet soldiers to fight for them

Which of the following best describes the outcome of the Korean War?

• the South Koreans won the war and controlled all of Korea
• the North Koreans won the war and controlled all of Korea
• neither side won the war and Korea remains divided today
• the U.S. and Soviet Union took over the area

“…An iron curtain has descended across the Continent. Behind that line lie all the capitals of the ancient states of Central and Eastern Europe… and the populations around them lie in what I must call the Soviet sphere…”  - Winston Churchill
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Winston Churchill’s remark above on the “iron curtain” in  Europe is describing what?

• the division in Europe during the Cold War
• the destruction of Europe during the Cold War
• the diversity in Europe during the Cold War
• the depression in Europe during the Cold War

I was a senator in the 1950s.
I wanted to find Communists in the US.
My work was part of the Red Scare.
My ideas became unpopular.
Who am I?

• Henry Ford
• Charles Lindbergh
• Joseph McCarthy
• General Eisenhower

Why was the Cuban Missile Crisis one of the MOST important events of John Kennedy’s presidency?

• The US almost started a war with Cuba.
• The US and the USSR almost started a nuclear war.
• The US landed a person on the moon.
• The USSR broke apart into nation-states.