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What type of political system did the Soviet Union have during the Cold War?

• Communism

• Democracy

• Theocracy

• Absolute Monarch

Which European country was reunified in 1989 after being split into two countries during the Cold War?

• England

• Germany

• France

• Russia

The Berlin Wall was built in which country in 1961?

• Soviet Union

• East Germany

• West Germany

• United States

What contributed to the reunification of Germany?

• The effect of the War on Terror on global politics.

• The increasing strength of the European Union.

• The weakening of Soviet control over Eastern Europe.

• China emerging as the next global superpower.

Why was Germany divided after World War II?

• to keep Germany from becoming an international threat

• to divide Germany's exports among the Allied countries

• to divide Germany's religious groups into their own sections

• to end Germany's acid rain problem

What was the time of tension without direct warfare from 1945 to 1991 called?

• World War II

• Cold War

• World War I

• Vietnam War

After World War II, which two superpowers engaged in the Cold War?

• Soviet Union and Germany

• United States and Germany

• United States and Soviet Union

• France and Germany

Countries in which region fell under the influence of the Communist Soviet Union after World War II?

• Western Europe

• Northern Europe

• Southern Europe

• Eastern Europe

In Europe, the imaginary dividing line between the Communist East and Democractic West is known as the:

• Iron Curtain

• Berlin Wall

• Equator

• German Reunification

What type of weapons did superpowers compete for during the Cold War?

• missles

• submarines

• pistols

• nuclear weapons