CS 25 - Korea and Vietnam Vocabulary

The General in command of UN forces in Korea who was removed from his command after criticizing Truman was:

• Douglas MacArthur

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

• George S. Patton

• Omar Bradley

The President who helped sign an armistice between North and South Korea, ending fighting in 1953, was:

• Harry S. Truman

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

• John F. Kennedy

• Lyndon B. Johnson

What is the term for an agreement to stop fighting but not a treaty to end a war?

• Armistice

• Ceasefire

• Truce

• Peace Treaty

What was the competition between the US and USSR to conquer space flight called, which ended when the US were the first to land men on the moon?

• The Space Race

• The Cold War

• The Moon Landing

• The Apollo Program

The US space agency that led efforts in space exploration during the Cold War space race is:

• NASA

• SpaceX

• ESA

• Roscosmos

Which council has primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security, including monitoring of the nuclear arms race?

• United Nations Security Council

• European Council

• World Economic Forum

• International Atomic Energy Agency

The state of political hostility that existed between the Soviet bloc countries and the US-led Western powers from 1945 to 1990 was called:

• The Cold War

• World War II

• The Iron Curtain

• The Red Scare

The first artificial satellite to orbit Earth, launched by the Soviets on October 4, 1957, was:

• Sputnik 1

• Explorer 1

• Vanguard 1

• Luna 1

The campaign against alleged communists in the US government and other institutions carried out under a senator in the period 1950-54 was called:

• Marshallism

• The Cold War

• McCarthyism

• The Iron Curtain

The nation that was a Communist nation led by Kim Il-sung and supported by the Soviet Union is:

• South Korea

• North Korea

• Vietnam

• China