The Cold War: Key Events and Concepts

The video explores the Cold War, a 20th-century conflict between the US and USSR, highlighting key events like the Berlin Blockade, formation of NATO, proxy wars in Asia, the Space Race, and the Cuban Missile Crisis. It discusses the Vietnam War, US interventions in Latin America, and the eventual dissolution of the USSR following Gorbachev's reforms.

What event marked the beginning of the Cold War?

• The division of Berlin

• The Cuban Missile Crisis

• The end of World War II

• The Korean War

What was the main ideological conflict of the Cold War?

• Isolationism vs. Imperialism

• Nationalism vs. Globalism

• Democracy vs. Monarchy

• Capitalism vs. Communism

Which two countries were the main competitors in the Space Race?

• China and Japan

• France and Germany

• UK and Italy

• USA and USSR

What was the outcome of the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• Cuba became a US territory

• A nuclear war started

• The USSR removed its missiles from Cuba

• The US invaded Cuba

Which war is considered the bloodiest conflict of the Cold War?

• The Cuban Missile Crisis

• The Afghan War

• The Vietnam War

• The Korean War

Which country did the US attempt to prevent from becoming communist by invading in 1965?

• Korea

• Cuba

• Dominican Republic

• Vietnam

What was the main goal of the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT)?

• To expand NATO

• To end the Vietnam War

• To dissolve the Warsaw Pact

• To reduce nuclear arsenals

What was the result of the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan in 1979?

• Collapse of the Soviet Union

• Formation of the European Union

• Quick Soviet victory

• Intensification of the Cold War

Who was the Soviet leader that introduced Glasnost and Perestroika?

• Nikita Khrushchev

• Mikhail Gorbachev

• Leonid Brezhnev

• Joseph Stalin

Which event directly led to the end of the Cold War?

• The Cuban Missile Crisis resolution

• The formation of NATO

• The fall of the Berlin Wall

• The signing of SALT II