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Cold War Quiz

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does the acronym for the doctrine of MAD mean?

a)

Missiles and Defense

b)

Mutually assured distruction

c)

Massachusetts Air Defense

d)

Moscow Air Defense

2.

What does "Detente" mean?

a)

Easing hostililities

b)

Spreading of communist ideology

c)

French for defense against communism

d)

another word used to describe the growing hostilities between democracy and communism

3.

The Soviet Union moving missiles into Cuba was a violation of what long-standing U.S. policy?

a)

Vienna Accords

b)

Monroe Doctrine

c)

Gettysburg Address

d)

5 Year Plan

4.

Since a "blockade" would be looked at as an act of war, what did President Kennedy call his military blockade of Cuba?

a)

protective order

b)

military exercise

c)

humanitarian action

d)

quarantine

5.

The failed United States’ 1961 operation in Cuba was called

a)

The Bay of Pigs

b)

The Bay of Sheep

c)

The Bay of Cows

d)

The Bay of Havana

6.

Who was president during the invasion of Cuba attempt?

a)

Eisenhower

b)

Truman

c)

Kennedy

d)

Obama

7.

The 1972 agreement between the United States & the Soviet Union that limited nuclear weapons was called________.

a)

The P.E.P.P.E.R. Pact

b)

The N.A.T.O. Agreement

c)

The S.A.L.T. Agreement

d)

None of the above

8.

What is a proxy war?

a)

a war between two states

b)

a war where no lives are lost

c)

a war where the powers in conflict use third parties as substitutes instead of fighting each other directly

d)

a war where women are not allowed to fight

9.

Why did the United States get involved in the Korean War between North and South Korea?

a)

The United States has always disliked Kim Jong-Un.

b)

The United States did not want communism from North Korea to spread into South Korea.

c)

The United States wanted land and resources for itself and took the opportunity to invade North Korea.

d)

The United States was tricked into joining the war because it received a credible threat to Pearl Harbor.

10.

The idea that when one country falls to communism in a region others are likely to also fall to communism is known as ________________.

a)

The Slinky Effect

b)

The Monopoly Effect

c)

The Kennedy Doctrine

d)

The Domino Effect