Cold War Quiz Review

What was the Cold War?

• A war fought during the winter
• Rivalry between the US and the Soviet Union from 1947 to 1991.
• A rivalry between the US and Japan from 1950-1960

How did the Korean War begin?

• When North Korea invaded South Korea
• When South Korea invaded North Korea
• When the Vietcong attacked the US

Who were the Vietcong?

• North Koreans
• South Koreans who wanted communism
• American soldiers living in Vietnam

What was Sputnik I?

• World’s first artificial satellite, launched by the Soviet Union
• World’s first artificial satellite, launched by the US
• The first spaceship to land on the moon

What was the Bay of Pigs invasion?

• America sent 1400 Pigs to make Cuba mad
• America sent 1400 Cuban exiles to invade Cuba
• Cuba sent 1400 convicts into America

The Bay of Pigs invasion was a huge success.

• True
• False

The United States "won" the Space Race

• True
• False

what does the phrase “Red Scare” describe?

• a fear of democracy
• a fear of communism
• a fear of socialism

What ended the Cold War?

• The US sent an atomic bomb and destroyed the Soviet Union.
• The Cold War is still happening.
• The Soviet Union was dissolved and broken into over a dozen independent nations.

The results of the Cuban Missile Crisis were that the (a)   stopped sending missiles and removed the ones there, and the US removed the blockade and removed missiles from near the Soviet Union.

• Soviet Union
• United States
• Cuba