Timeline Quiz

What treaty did Stalin have with Mao Zedong after the Chinese Revolution?

• Treaty of Friendship

• Treaty of Asia

• Treaty of Versailles

• Treaty of Participation

After Stalin's death, new USSR leader Nikita Khrushchev began a series of reforms called what?

• Dissolution

• The Warsaw Pact Reforms

• de-Stalinization

• Reconstruction

What major event marked the BEGINNING of the Cold War period?

• Vietnam War

• Korean War

• Gulf War

• Taiwan War

What are two important crises that heightened Cold War tensions?

• Parker not receiving his morning coffee & the Iron Curtain failing

• Indonesian Missile Crisis & Sudan Civil War

• NATO formation & U.S. defeating Vietnam

• Cuban Missile Crisis & the Building of the Berlin Wall

When Fidel Castro seized power in Cuba in 1959, the USA feared the spread of what?

• Fascism

• Communism

• Cancer

• Capitalism

In 1972, which U.S. president was first to visit & recognize communist China?

• Richard Nixon
• Jimmy Carter
• John F. Kennedy
• George H. W. Bush

Why was the Vietnam war a U.S. failure?

• Clear objectives and strategy
• Strong public support
• Multiple factors including lack of clear objectives, poor strategy, underestimated enemy resilience, and lack of public support.
• Successful implementation of military tactics

The Space Race between the United States and the Soviet Union reached its peak during the 1960s, with the landmark event of the first human landing on the moon in:

• 1975

• 1985

• 1955

• 1969

In the 1970's, what Richard Nixon policy replaced brinkmanship?

• Détente
• Isolation
• Escalation
• Containment

In 1972, the U.S. and USSR signed a Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) which did what?

• Ban the use of ICBMS by the U.S. and USSR

• Establish a joint ICBMS program between the U.S. and USSR

• Limit the number of ICBMS possessed by the U.S. and USSR

• Increase the number of ICBMS possessed by the U.S. and USSR