The Cold War

The United States and its allies were in favor of this government type:

• theocracy

• communism

• socialist

• democratic

What did the "Iron Curtain" symbolize?

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• The divide between democracy and communism

• The border between North and South Korea

• The Ho Chi Minh Trail

Which of the following choices best describes the U.S. foreign policy during the Cold War?

• Containment of communism

• Whoever smelt it dealt it

• The enemy of my enemy is my friend

• Whoever supplied it denied it

• The War on Terror

What was the name given to the buildup of weapons during the Cold War?

• Space Race

• Bombageddon

• Arms Race

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Nuka-palooza

Which of these BEST describes the Cold War?

• direct warfare between two superpowers

• competition for global influence between two superpowers

• indirect warfare between three superpowers

• nuclear war between the U.S. and Soviet Union

• mild disagreement between allies

Why did the Cuban Missile Crisis "scare" Americans

• Communist Cuba was taking over American businesses

• The Bay of Pigs invasion almost failed

• Soviets were financing Cuba

• Cuba was within nuclear missile shooting range of American cities

How did Truman help the people of West Berlin?

• By airlifting supplies, such as fuel and food, into the city

• He didn't

• He sent American troops and tanks to break into the city

• He protested in the United Nations

Why weren't nuclear weapons used during the Cold War?

• The Domino Theory

• The Marshall Plan

• Mutually assured destruction

• Strategic defensive initiative

The US and the Soviet Union were stockpiling weapons in an effort to have more weapons than the other side. This was called...

• the Korean War

• the Manhattan Project

• the arms race

• disarmament talks

What happened at the Bay of Pigs?

• The Soviets attempted to install nuclear weapons in Haiti

• The Soviets invaded Hungary

• The US tried to overthrow the Cuban communist government

• A meeting in the Soviet Union to develop the Warsaw pact