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Challenge 3

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

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Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is NOT a way in which the US and USSR competed during the Cold War Era?

a)

On the battlefield: US vs. USSR

b)

Through supporting proxy wars and coups

c)

Through nuclear arms (weapons) build-ups

d)

Through scientific advancement such as the Space race and Kitchen Debates.

2.

Which of the following is NOT a reason that the US supported a coup in Guatemala in 1954?

a)

The US viewed President Armas' land reform measures as Communist acts.

b)

The US wanted to support the financial interests of The United Fruit Company

c)

The US feared a Communist state being so close location-wise to the US.

d)

The US wanted to make Guatemala into a US territory like Puerto Rico.

3.

M.A.D. stands for...

a)

Mutually Assured Desecration

b)

Mutual Apathy Disease

c)

Mutually Assured Destruction

d)

Mutual Armistice Deal

4.

From an ideological standpoint, it is difficult for pure Capitalism and Communism to exist in the same economy because...

a)

Capitalism is completely good and Communism is completely evil: Good and evil cannot co-exist.

b)

They can co-exist in their pure forms, but the US and USSR just didn't want them to.

c)

In Capitalism, individual people own the means of production, but in Communism, everything is state-owned or shared amongst the people.

5.

Who was the Communist leader of Cuba starting in 1959?

a)

Raul Castro

b)

Fidel Castro

c)

Fe Castro

d)

Fuego Castro

6.

Who truly won the "Space Race"?

a)

The US

b)

The USSR

c)

It's debatable

d)

Both the US & the USSR

7.

Senator ______ _______ claimed to have a list of Communists who were members of the US Government.

a)

Joseph Munster

b)

Joseph Mariano

c)

Joseph Stalin

d)

Joseph McCarthy

8.

House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) was a tool that the US Government used to accuse citizens of...

a)

Being affiliated with Communism or being a Communist spy

b)

Cheating on their income tax returns

c)

Being Nazi sympathizers

d)

Trying to dodge the Vietnam War draft

9.

A proxy war is...

a)

A war in which a ruler is overthrown and replaced

b)

A war fought between two world superpowers over differences in ideology

c)

A war fought between less powerful countries that each represent the interests of other more powerful countries

d)

A war in which a democracy is replaced by a dictatorship

10.

Which of the following was not a US President during the Cold War era?

a)

John F. Kennedy

b)

Lyndon B. Johnson

c)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

d)

Theodore Roosevelt

11.

Has true Marxist or Utopian Communism ever been carried out by any real governments?

a)

No, true Communism has never been implemented because most humans are too greedy to share everything equally.

b)

Yes, true Communism has been implemented in China, the USSR, and North Korea.

12.

What group of people were LEAST impacted by a fear of Communism during the Second Red Scare?

a)

People affiliated with the Communist party or who associated with people who were

b)

Hollywood writers, producers, directors, and actors

c)

Extremely "patriotic" citizens who were willing to do anything to prove their loyalty, even take an oath

d)

Government officials who were accused of being on McCarthy's list of Communists

13.

This political cartoon is saying that ______ (or mass panic and fear) during the Cold War Era caused many freedoms and liberties to be destroyed like a flame after water is poured on it.

a)

McCarthyism

b)

Liberty

c)

Hysteria

d)

Wisteria

14.

In order to punish Cuba, JFK enacted a(n) _______ to ban trade with Cuba that lasted long after his death.

a)

embargo

b)

travel ban

c)

treaty

d)

tariff

15.

The Kitchen Debates were meant to show...

a)

The way in which technological advancement under Capitalism or Communism had improved the daily lives of Americans or Soviets

b)

How idiotic many of the competitions that the US and USSR participated in were

c)

Whether VP Nixon or PM Khrushchev was a better lawyer