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Trotter's CW

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the policy of limiting communism to the areas already under Soviet control called?

a)

SALT

b)

détente

c)

brinkmanship

d)

containment

2.

President Johnson believed if one country falls to communist others will follow. This is called...

a)

containment

b)

detente

c)

domino theory

d)

brinkmanship

3.

Which of following was during post WWII in America?

a)

the Ford Model T was invented

b)

Women worked in factories

c)

the assembly lines

d)

increase in the demand for housing

4.

Americans first experienced the Vietnam War in the 1960's

a)

True

b)

False

5.

Touch tone telephone, satellite television, the computer mouse, & smoke alarm were all created in the...

a)

1950s

b)

1960s

c)

1970s

d)

1980s

6.

In Tinker vs. Des Moines, the Supreme Court ruled that students have the right to dress how they want.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

The purpose of the War Powers Act passed by Congress in 1973 was

a)

To prevent the president from declaring war w/o the Congress consent

b)

To limit the powers of the president

c)

To limit the powers of the judicial branch

d)

To limit the powers of the Congress

8.

Mikhail Gorbachev's policy of unsuccessful economic reform in the Soviet Union

a)

Glasnost

b)

détente

c)

Perestroika

d)

brinkmanship

9.

What was the treaty that limited the number of ICBM missiles signed by the U.S. & U.S.S.R?

a)

SALT

b)

Perestroika

c)

S-Ban Treaty

d)

Glasnost

10.

What is the military alliance among the U.S., Canada, & nine Western European countries called?

a)

NATO

b)

Warsaw Pact

c)

SALT

d)

Perestroika

11.

What were the Soviet controlled border nations between U.S.S.R. and the West in Europe called?

a)

NATO

b)

the wall

c)

satellite nations

d)

SALT Nations

12.

What is the practice of going to the verge of war in order to win an advantage over a enemy?

a)

détente

b)

brinkmanship

c)

Domino Theory

d)

end game

13.

What were Gorbachev's social reform that ended religious bans & censorship in the Soviet Union?

a)

glasnost

b)

perestroika

c)

Warsaw Pact

d)

detente

14.

What is the policy of lessening Cold War tensions between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. called?

a)

Perestroika

b)

brinkmanship

c)

Glasnost

d)

détente

15.

What is the alliance among the Soviet Union and its seven satellite nations in Eastern Europe?

a)

Warsaw Pact

b)

Perestroika

c)

Glasnost

d)

NATO

16.

The U.S., U.S.S.R.(Russia), Britain, France, &______are permanent members of he United Nations.

a)

Germany

b)

Japan

c)

China

d)

Canada

17.

The state of tension between nations w/o armed conflict between the main rivals was known as

a)

the iron curtain

b)

the Cold War

c)

the Marshall Plan

d)

the world war

18.

Which of the following was NOT one of the agreements made during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

a)

The U.S. would not invade Cuba

b)

The Soviets would withdraw their nuclear weapons from Cuba.

c)

The U.S. would remove missiles from Turkey.

d)

The U.S. and U.S.S.R. would stop building nuclear weapons.

19.

What was one of Stalin’s goals in Eastern Europe?

a)

to plant democracy in the area

b)

to stop the spread of communism

c)

to allow free elections

d)

to spread communism into the area

20.

What did the U.S. offer to strengthen democratic governments in Europe?

a)

the Marshall Plan

b)

the arms race

c)

the Berlin airlift

d)

the United Nations

21.

While democratic elections were allowed in West Germany, East Germany

a)

won its independence

b)

began war with the Soviets

c)

fell to communism

d)

joined the United Nations

22.

What is the dividing line between North an d South Korea is known as?

a)

38th Parallel

b)

The Korean Divide

c)

24th Parallel

d)

The Great Divided