Cold War

What year did China become Communist?

• 1917

• 1949

• 1967

• 1989

How did the Korean Conflict end?

• The United States won and defeated the Communist North

• South Korea was defeated and the whole peninsula became Communist

• China took over Korea

• Korea remained divided between the Communist North and the Capitalist South at the 38th Parallel.

Which country was NOT divided between Communist and Capitalist after WWII?

• Cuba

• Germany

• Korea

• Vietnam

What resulted from the USSR placing missiles 90 miles off the coast of Florida?

• Berlin Airlift

• Bay of Pigs invasion

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

The Bay of Pigs was:

• An attack on American ships off the coast of Vietnam

• The invasion of Cuba by Cuban exiles

• The slaughter of thousands of pigs in Korea

• The US military landing in Korea

What caused the US to increase spending on technology and weapons to compete with the Soviet Union

• The Launch of Sputnik I

• The dropping of the Atomic Bomb

• The landing on the moon by the Soviets

• The building of the Berlin Wall

The United States fought wars to keep the spread of communism contained in Asia in all of these countries except:

• China

• Korea

• Vietnam

What was the US policy toward Communism during the Cold War?

• Isolationism

• Laissez-faire

• Full Spectrum Dominance

• Containment

When It was suspected that communist Cuba was forming ties with the Soviet Union, the US:

• Bombed Cuba until it broke ties with the USSR

• Planned the Bay of Pigs invasion

• Placed Nuclear weapons in Florida

• Assassinated Cuban leader, Fidel Castro

The Arms race was:

• The competition for weapons superiority

• The race into space

• Soviets and Americans competing in Olympic arm wrestling