Cold War Quiz #3

What specific action by Mohammad Mossadegh caused US and British intelligence agencies to overthrow the government of Iran?

• He tried to get Iran to join the Warsaw Pact
• He tried to establish a communist government allied to the Soviet Union
• He tried to nationalize Iran's oil supply
• He invited the Soviet Union to place nuclear missiles in Iran

What kind of government was established in Iran following the overthrow of the Shah in the 1979 Iranian Revolution?

• A Western-style Democracy
• An Islamic Republic
• A Communist Dictatorship
• An Authoritarian Monarchy

Which powerful political figure, who was the head of the Soviet secret police, did Nikita Khrushchev have to get rid of in order to seize power after Stalin's death?

• Georgy Malenkov
• Vyatcheslav Molotov
• Lavrentiy Beria
• Georgy Zhukov

Which of the following was NOT a feature of Khrushchev's policy of De-Stalinization?

• Expanded freedom of speech
• Nations were allowed to leave the Warsaw Pact
• Less use of the secret police and gulags
• The removal of portraits and statues that honored Stalin

What was the main flaw with the Berlin Wall?

• It was incredibly expensive and drove the Soviet Union into financial debt
• It was a monument to how many people wanted to leave the Soviet bloc and live in the West
• It had a number of significant gaps and didn't actually do much to stop people from crossing into West Berlin
• The Soviets didn't have enough soldiers to actually man the wall

Who was the Cuban Dictator Fulgencio Batista's main ally?

• The Mafia
• The CIA
• The Soviet Union
• China

Who was the leader of the rebel forces that overthrew Batista's government in Cuba?

• Fidel Castro
• Che Guevara
• Simon Bolivar
• Hugo Chavez

Which of the following was NOT part of the agreement that resolved the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• The Soviets would withdraw their missiles from Cuba
• The US would promise not to invade Cuba
• The US would withdraw their missiles from Italy and Turkey
• The Soviets would agree to take down the Berlin Wall

What event started the Space Race?

• The Soviets launching Sputnik into orbit
• The Americans launching Explorer 1 into space
• The Soviets managing to launch the first living creature, the dog Laika, into space
• The Americans launching Alan Shepard, the first man, into space

Why are the Americans generally considered to have won the Space Race?

• Because they beat the Soviets at every major milestone of the competition
• Because they beat the Soviet at more than half of the milestones of the competition
• Because the US was both the first to put a satellite in space and the first to put a man on the moon
• Because the US put a man on the moon and no other country has been able to do that