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Cold War Vol. 2

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Was the main reason for US to start the Vietnam War

a)

Truman Doctrine

b)

A Vietnam attack on US

c)

For vital resources

d)

For territory

2.

The Napalm was created in order to destroy the most important advantage of the Vietnam army that was the...

a)

Military equipment

b)

Trenches and traps

c)

Rain forest

d)

Alliance with USSR and China

3.

Was the president that ended with the Vietnam war after 5 years of conflict

a)

John F. Kennedy

b)

Lyndon B. Johnson

c)

Richard Nixon

d)

Gerald R. Ford

4.

Was the first democratically elected communist leader

a)

Vladimir Lenin

b)

Mao Zedong

c)

Fidel Castro

d)

Salvador Allende

5.

This is NOT a characteristic of the classic state

a)

Strength Monopoly

b)

Sovereignty

c)

Provide education & health

d)

Border delimitation

6.

The sudden, violent overthrow of an existing government by a small group with a lot a power.

a)

Revolution

b)

Civil War

c)

Coup

d)

Independence

7.

Was the president that resign the US presidency due to a scandal

a)

John F. Kennedy

b)

Lyndon B. Johnson

c)

Richard Nixon

d)

Gerald R. Ford

8.

Was the main reason for US to push a Coup on Chile

a)

Monroe Doctrine

b)

For territory and resources

c)

Truman Doctrine

d)

For territory

9.

Was a mistake that Nixon did during his administration

a)

Support the Chile coup

b)

Watergate Scandal

c)

interfere with peace negotiations over Vietnam

d)

all of the above

10.

Was a success that Nixon did during his administration

a)

Creation of environmental protection laws

b)

Helping with desegregation in schools

c)

ending with Vietnam war

d)

all of the above

11.

Was the antithesis of Nixon, a very charismatic and not very prepared president also a former actor.

a)

Gerald R. Ford

b)

James Carter

c)

Ronald Reagan

d)

George H. W. Bush

12.

The biggest achievement of Reagan was an impossible weaponry development program that pushes, indirectly, the bankruptcy of the USSR

a)

True

b)

False

13.

In the last days of the USSR Gorbachev pushes a policy that opened the political system and brought the fist democratic elections to the USSR called...

a)

Ribbentrop Molotov

b)

Perestroika

c)

Glasnot

d)

Tratado de Belavezha

14.

The falling of the Berlin Wall is equal to the disintegration of the USSR and the end of the Cold War

a)

True

b)

False

15.

In the last days of the USSR Gorbachev pushes a policy that restructure the markets in order to let in imports and give the freedom to produce.

a)

Ribbentrop Molotov

b)

Perestroika

c)

Glasnot

d)

Tratado de Belavezha