Cold War Quiz Review

Which of the following would NOT correctly be associated with the Korean War?

• China got involved

• The country remained divided after the United States intervened

• Ho Chi Minh was the leader of North Korea

• Communist North Korea started the conflict by attacking democratic South Korea

Winston Churchill when discussing the Cold War stated that “a _______________ has descended across the continent of Europe.”?

• Brick wall

• Invisible shield

• Iron curtain

• Tinted window

Which of the following DID NOT happen within the time period of the Cold War?

• Space race

• Vietnam

• Korea

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• All of the these events happened within the Cold War

As a result of the Berlin blockade, what did the United States decide to do?

• Go to war with the USSR

• Airlift supplies into West Berlin

• Bomb East Berlin

• Ignore the people of West Berlin

What do the Korean War and Vietnam War have in common?

• The United States lost both wars

• They were the same amount of years long

• They both were fought by the United States to try to contain communism

What country fought Vietnam and lost control of it prior to the United States coming in?

• France

• Britain

• China

• USSR

What served as a symbol of Soviet oppression until it was torn down in 1989?

• St. Petersburg

• Stalingrad

• Auschwitz

• Kremlin Wall

• Berlin Wall

How was the fighting in Vietnam unlike conventional wars?

• The enemy often hid in underground tunnels

• The battlefield were jungles and rice paddies

• The Vietcong (VC) were indistinguishable from Vietnamese allies

• All of the above are accurate 

There were very high civilian casualties during the Vietnam War.

• True

• False

Approximately how many Americans died fighting in Vietnam?

• 6,000

• 60,000

• 600,000

• 6,000,000