CCA WH U11 Test: Cold War

During the Cold War, you would most likely find a communist nation in the ____ region on the map.

• Dark

• Striped

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

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.

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.

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  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.

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.

Who became the leader of the Soviet Union after Stalin's death?

(a)  

• Mikhail Gorbachev

• Nikita Khrushchev
• Vladimir Putin

• Boris Yeltsin

Who led the 1950s guerilla war against the Cuban dictator Batista?

(a)  

• Evo Morales

• Hugo Chavez

• Fidel Castro
• Che Guevara

What event led to the US turning against Cuba and Fidel Castro?

(a)  

• Cuban Communist Revolution
• Bay of Pigs Invasion

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Cuban Embargo

What was the result of the Bay of Pigs invasion?

(a)  

• Successful overthrow of Castro

• Humiliation of the US
• Peaceful resolution

• Cuban surrender

How did United States President John F. Kennedy respond after learning Cuba had Soviet missiles?

• He asked the United Nations to help with negotiations.

• He ordered a naval "quarantine" (blockade) of Cuba.

• He ordered small-scale bombings of military targets.

• He placed nuclear missiles in Turkey.