Unit 13 - Proxy Wars

What is the definition of a 'proxy war'?

• A state of hostility that never actually leads to open warfare.

• A war fought between two sides representing the interests of two larger conflicting powers.

• A form of cyber warfare fought via online control systems and digital networks.

What did the US' policy of 'Containment' pledge to do?

• Contain capitalism, keeping capitalist nations strong and stable worldwide.

• Contain the US, rebuilding a strong and financially stable nation after World War Two.

• Contain communism, preventing it from spreading into other territories worldwide.

What major geopolitical event fuelled the USSR's choice to back North Korea in 1950?

• China turned communist under Mao Zedong.

• Harry Truman was re-elected as US President.

• Western powers beat the Berlin Blockade with the Berlin Airlift.

How did the Korean War end in 1953?

• Korea was unified as a capitalist country.

• Korea was split in two along the 38th parallel.

• Korea was unified as a communist country.

How did the US respond to news of a nationalist revolution in Cuba, led by Castro?

• They dropped nuclear bombs on Cuba to obliterate Castro and his supporters.

• They established a naval blockade around Cuba to destabilise its economy.

• The CIA sent a group of trained Cuban exiles to overthrow the government.

The US found out that the USSR had nuclear missiles on Cuba, in 1954. But where had the US deployed missiles to threaten the USSR?

• Turkey

• Vietnam

• Germany

Which colonial power did Vietnam fight in the First Indochina War?

• France

• The UK

• Germany

Which three of the below did the US and USSR agree to after the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• The US would remove its missiles from Turkey.

• The USSR would knock down the Berlin Wall.

• The USSR would dismantle and remove its missiles on Cuba.

• The US would not invade Cuba.

• Castro would stand down as leader of Cuba.

How did the US support its decision to involve itself in the Vietnam War?

• It was an opportunity to build US military bases closer to China.

• Vietnam had valuable resources that would benefit the US economy.

• The 'Domino Theory' meant that communism would inevitably spread across Asia.

What happened after the US withdrew from Vietnam, splitting it along the 17th parallel?

• The North Vietnamese forces soon invaded, unifying Vietnam as a communist nation.

• The South Vietnamese soon invaded, unifying Vietnam as a capitalist nation.

• The US Vietnam alliance continued.