CCA WH U11 Test: Cold War
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12th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
During the Cold War, you would most likely find a communist nation in the ____ region on the map.
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2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was the "Iron Curtain"?
Weapons development for the Soviet Army
The installment of European isolationist policies
The barrier between Eastern and Western Europe during the Cold War
A series of military checkpoints in Berlin
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The events listed below support which conclusion?
East German Uprising of 1953
Poland Workers’ Strike of 1956
Hungarian Revolution of 1956
Prague Spring of 1968
The possibility of nuclear war prompted protests throughout Europe.
Political activists turned to communism as a solution to economic problems in the 1950s and 1960s.
Civilians in the Communist Eastern Bloc wanted political reform of oppressive policies.
Communist governments lost control of multiple countries in the 1950s and 1960s.
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How were proxy wars a product of U.S. and Soviet ideological power during the Cold War?
Proxy wars allowed the countries to engage in military conflicts in other nations without risking a direct war between them.
Proxy wars were primarily used to test new weapons and military tactics.
Proxy wars were a tool for promoting democracy and human rights in developing countries.
Proxy wars were used to maintain the balance of power between the U.S. and the Soviet Union.
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How did the United States change its approach to science after the Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik 1 in 1957?
It abandoned its scientific endeavors in order to focus on a military attack against the Soviet Union.
It established the National Defense Education Act in order to fund scientific advancement in the United States.
It created the Central Intelligence Agency in order to gather information about the Soviet Union's scientific intelligence.
It withdrew its funding of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in order to establish new organizations.
6.
DRAG AND DROP QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who became the leader of the Soviet Union after Stalin's death?
(a)Mikhail Gorbachev
Vladimir Putin
Boris Yeltsin
7.
DROPDOWN QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who led the 1950s guerilla war against the Cuban dictator Batista?
(a)
Evo Morales
Hugo Chavez
Che Guevara
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