EXTRA CREDIT QUIZ: Cold War and Global Conflicts

Which term refers to the policy of openness and increased transparency in government institutions introduced in the Soviet Union during the 1980s?

• Perestroika

• Glasnost

• Containment

• Secular

What was the main military alliance formed by Western nations in 1949 to counter the Soviet threat?

• Warsaw Pact

• NATO

• CIS

• United Nations

Who was the leader of Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• Daniel Ortega

• Fidel Castro

• Boris Yeltsin

• Ho Chi Minh

Which doctrine was announced by the United States to provide support to countries resisting communism after World War II?

• Truman Doctrine

• Oslo Accords

• Great Leap Forward

• Suez Doctrine

What was the name of the first artificial satellite launched into space by the Soviet Union in 1957?

• Sputnik

• Apollo

• Soyuz

• Gemini

Which organization was created after World War II to promote international cooperation and peace?

• NATO

• United Nations

• Warsaw Pact

• CIS

Who was the Soviet leader responsible for introducing both Glasnost and Perestroika?

• Boris Yeltsin

• Mikhail Gorbachev

• Nikita Khrushchev

• Mao Zedong

Which term describes the U.S. policy of withdrawing its troops and transferring responsibility for the Vietnam War to South Vietnamese forces?

• Containment

• Vietnamization

• Perestroika

• Air Lift

Which country was NOT a founding member of the Warsaw Pact?

• Soviet Union

• United States

• Poland

• East Germany

What was the main goal of the policy of containment?

• To spread communism worldwide

• To prevent the spread of communism

• To promote nuclear disarmament

• To establish the United Nations