Unit 9

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

• Berlin Wall

• Iron Curtain

• No Man's Land

• Iron Wall

What wars were fought during the Cold War as a result of containment and the Domino Theory?

• Korean & Vietnam War

• WWI & WWII

• Civil War & Spanish American War

• Persian Gulf & War on Terror

During the Cold War, what bill did the U.S. Congress pass to provide financial assistance to western European countries?

• Truman Doctrine

• Open Door Policy

• Marshall Plan

• Domino Theory

During what Cold War event did the U.S. bypass a Soviet blockade in Germany without provoking a military conflict?

• Berlin Airlift

• Vietnam War

• Watergate Scandal

• Bataan Death March

How did the Soviets begin the "Space Race" which started in 1957?

• They launched the first ICBM (Intercontinental Ballistic Missile)

• They launched the first artificial satellite named Sputnik into space

• They created the first space station

• They produced the largest hydrogen bomb ever

Why did the launch of Sputnik frighten many in the United States?

• It meant the Soviet Union could stop all nuclear attacks sent their way

• It made them feel they fell behind the Soviets in technology and they had more powerful nuclear rockets

• They believed the USSR would soon declare war on the US

• It made Americans feel an impending invasion of US soil was happening

How did the United States work to challenge the Soviet Union in the "Space Race" after Sputnik?

• They sent spies to copy Soviet space secrets

• War was declared on the Soviet Union

• The US put nuclear missiles closer to the Soviet Union

• NASA was created and the US spent more on math and science education to make engineers.

McCarthyism was what?

• a system of government that is centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state.
• an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state.
• a political theory derived from Karl Marx, advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs.
• The practice of making accusations of subversion or treason without proper regard for evidence.

What was created by the Soviet Union in response to NATO?

• Warsaw Pact

• Berlin Wall

• Central Powers

• The Kremlin

The failed US attempt to overthrow the communist Cuban government in 1961 was called the:

• Bay of Pigs Invasion

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Project to Eliminate Cuban Communism (PECC)

• Inchon Invasion

• Anti-Totalitarian Takeover (ATT)