Fighting the Cold War at Home & Beyond (L39 & 40)

Which statement best describes the outcome of the Korean War?

• North and South Korea were annexed by China.

• North and South Koreans were reunited under a communist government

• North and South Korea remained divided into two countries.

How did the United States respond to the Berlin Blockade in 1948?

• by airlifting food and supplies into Berlin

• by surrendering control of Berlin to the Soviets

• by bombing Berlin until the Soviets surrendered

During the 1950s, Secretary of State John Foster Dulles argued that the United States should be prepared to go to war in order to contain communism. What was this policy called?

• hegemony

• brinkmanship

• deterrence

During the Cold War, the Soviet Union and the United States became locked in an arms race. An arms race is:

• an event in which two nations race to the brink of war, but avoid declaring war

• a competition between nations to achieve a more powerful weapons arsenal.

• a battle that only involves nuclear weapons and weapons of mass destruction

Fear of nuclear conflict came to be known as:

• Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD)

• brinkmanship

• Intercontinental Ballistic Mutualism (ICBM)

When Mao formed the People's Republic of China in 1949, to what country did the Nationalists flee to?

• Taiwan

• Thailand

• South Korea

During the Cold War, much of the fighting took place not on a battlefield, but with:

• covert action.

• radio broadcasts.

• propaganda.

• computers.

What prompted the Soviet Union to form its own security alliance in 1955 that came to be known as the Warsaw Pact?

• the U-2 incident

• the creation of NATO

• the Berlin Blockade

The United States supported which side in the Korean War?

• North Korea

• South Korea

What line served as the border between North and South Korea both before & after the war?

• 38th parallel

• 36th parallel

• 42nd parallel