History - 39. USA vs USSR Fight! The Cold War

What was the rivalry between the USSR and the USA known as?

• The Revolutionary War

• The World War

• The Cold War

• The Civil War

Which policy involved stopping the spread of communism by standing up to the Soviets wherever they seemed to want to expand?

• Containment

• Isolationism

• Appeasement

• Interventionism

What did the U.S. and USSR agree on as a strategy to prevent direct conflict due to their large nuclear arsenals?

• MAD (Mutually Assured Destruction)

• PEACE (Preventing Extreme Atomic Catastrophes Everywhere)

• BOOM (Big Offensive Operation Maneuver)

• WAR (We Are Ready)

Which event led to the division of Germany into East and West, with the Berlin Wall separating the two parts?

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Berlin Airlift

• Vietnam War

• Suez Crisis

What did Gorbachev's Perestroika and Glasnost aim to achieve in the Soviet Union?

• Open up the political and economic systems

• Isolate the country further

• Strengthen communist control

• Increase censorship

Which country experienced a mass political movement led by the Gdansk dockworker's union Solidarity in 1989?

• Czechoslovakia

• Hungary

• Poland

• Romania

What was the main reason for the collapse of former communist states in the late 1980s and early 1990s?

• Opening up of the Soviet political and economic systems

• Increased censorship in the Soviet Union

• Stronger communist control

• Isolation from the rest of the world

Which term was used to describe the division of the world into three 'worlds' during the Cold War?

• Western World, Eastern World, Southern World

• Capitalist World, Communist World, Neutral World

• Superior World, Inferior World, Developing World

• First World, Second World, Third World

What was the main disadvantage faced by the USSR in comparison to the U.S. during the Cold War?

• Weak military power

• Isolation from Europe

• Lack of nuclear arsenal

• Being controlled by Joseph Stalin

Which event led to the reunification of East and West Germany in 1990?

• Vietnam War

• Suez Crisis

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Fall of the Berlin Wall