Unit 12: Cold War Review

What is the name of the United States policy that led to its intervention in both the Korean and Vietnam wars?

• Appeasement

• Détente

• Containment

• Free-Enterprise

“I found myself in the difficult position of having to decide on a course of action which would answer the American threat but which would also avoid war. Any fool can start a war, and once he's done so, even the wisest of men are helpless to stop it… especially if it's a nuclear war.”

- Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev

This quote from the Soviet Union’s Premier Nikita Khrushchev is emblematic of which 1962 Cold War event that is the closest the world has ever been to World War III?

• The Bay of Pigs Invasion

• The Korean War

• The Vietnam War

• The Cuban Missile Crisis

After the end of WWII, the United States and Soviet Union had contrasting goals. Which of these best summarizes the Soviet Union’s goals throughout the Cold War?

• To protect itself from invasion and spread communism

• To promote the economic recovery and growth of the European continent

• To establish policies that promote capitalism and communism equally

• To strictly follow the agreement laid out in the Yalta and Potsdam agreements

Why was the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) formed in 1949?

• To promote religious freedoms in Western Europe

• To isolate its member nations from the rest of the world

• To stop the flow of immigration between Europe and North America

• To deter the Soviet Union from aggressions against Western Europe

Posters like this one and other elements of popular culture throughout the Cold War were designed explicitly to sway the opinions of citizens into supporting the US and USSR’s agendas. What are these called?

• Propaganda

• Red Scare

• McCarthyism

• Anime

What is the name of the metaphorical separation between East and West shown in the thick black line on this map?

• The Steel Wall

• The Tungsten Palisade

• The Iron Curtain

• The Wet Tissue

Throughout the Cold War, the United States and Soviet Union had many indirect conflicts where they supported or manipulated the leaders of various countries around the world in armed conflicts without being directly involved themselves. What is the term used to describe these conflicts?

• Puppet Conflicts

• Global Chess Game

• Gladiator Games

• Proxy Wars

Which of these events is NOT one of the main conflicts from the Cold War?

• The Nuclear Arms Race

• The Baby Boom

• The Space Race

• The Berlin Airlift

The launch of Sputnik I, pictured here, by the Soviet Union in 1957 led the United States to respond in what way?

• To establish the NASA organization to accelerate its space program

• To establish the CIA organization to accelerate its espionage efforts

• To establish the FBI organization to investigate Soviet war crimes

• To establish the Space Force to enforce international laws in space

Which of these statements most accurately describes the events of the Korean War?

• It was a struggle between the communist forces in the north and anti-communist forces in the south

• It was a struggle between the anti-communist forces in the north and the communist forces in the south

• It was a direct conflict between the Soviet Union and the United States

• It was a religious conflict between Buddhists in the north and Christians in the south