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WorksheetsUnit 8 Cold War Review
Total questions: 38
Worksheet time: 22mins
This U.N. body includes all U.N. members and primarily recommends.
U.N. Security Council
U.N. General Assembly
U.N. Secretariat
This U.N. body is most responsible for implementation.
U.N. Security Council
U.N. General Assembly
U.N. Secretariat
Which of the following nations is not a permanent member of the U.N. Security Council?
Spain
United States
China
At which conference did Joseph Stalin make promises about democracy that he did not keep?
Tehran Conference
Yalta Conference
Casablanca Conference
The Iron Curtain referred to:
the Cold War economic strategy of the United States
the military strategy of the Soviet Union
the divide between Communism and Democracy in Europe
Which of the following was implemented in order to rebuild war torn countries in Europe so that Communism would not be an attractive option for those nations?
Berlin Airlift
Marshall Plan
Domino Effect
Which American president proposed the doctrine which stated that the United States would intervene on behalf of any nation fighting against Communist aggression?
Harry Truman
Franklin Roosevelt
Dwight Eisenhower
The U.S. and Britain decided to use bombers to drop supplies and food to this city.
Berlin
Munich
Prague
The Truman Doctrine, Berlin Airlift, and Marshall Plan are all examples of:
Mutually Assured Policy
Containment Policy
Modernization Theory
After World War II, the United States and other Western Democracies, formed _______ a military alliance that would protect democratic ideals around the world.
the Warsaw Pact
NATO
the Triple Alliance
Prior to World War II, Korea was colonized by:
(a)
After World War II, Korea was divided at the (a) parallel.
In response to North Korea's invasion of South Korea, the U.N. sent forces to the region. Who was the supreme commander of these forces?
George Patton
Douglas MacArthur
Dwight Eisenhower
Which event most contributed to the Korean War becoming a stalemate?
China's intervention in the war
Truman's rejection of limited war
the Inchon Landing
Which of the following was a consequence of the Korean War?
the expulsion of North Korea from NATO
the unification of North and South Korea
the creation of a demilitarized zone
Prior to World War II, Vietnam was colonized by:
(a)
During World War II, (a) invaded and occupied Vietnam.
The Viet-Minh, an Vietnamese independence organization, was founded by:
Pol Pot
Chiang Kai-Shek
Ho Chi Minh
Under Communist backed leadership, the Democratic Republic of Vietnam made its capital city:
Hanoi
Da Nang
Saigon
In the south of Vietnam, the French backed Emperor Bao Dai established the State of Vietnam with ______ as its capital.
Da Nang
Haiphong
Saigon
The ________ was a decisive victory for the Viet Minh which forced the French to abandon their occupation of the region.
Battle of Dien Bien Phu
Battle of Mao Khe
Battle of Na San
The Geneva Accords of 1954 decided that:
Elections should take place within 2 years to determine what type of government Vietnam should have
Vietnam should be divided at the 38th parallel
both are true
neither are true
The (a) Theory stated that if Vietnam fell to communism that other Asian countries would follow.
Lyndon Johnson's involvement in the Vietnam conflict primarily focused on:
winding down the war but also invading Cambodia
the use of military advisors and special ops forces
supporting the war through finances only
the escalation of the war based on the passage of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Dwight Eisenhower's involvement in the Vietnam conflict primarily focused on:
winding down the war but also invading Cambodia
the use of military advisors and special ops forces
supporting the war through finances only
the escalation of the war based on the passage of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Richard Nixon's involvement in the Vietnam conflict primarily focused on:
winding down the war (Vietnamization) but also invading Cambodia
the use of military advisors and special ops forces
supporting the war through finances only
the escalation of the war based on the passage of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
John F. Kennedy's involvement in the Vietnam conflict primarily focused on:
winding down the war but also invading Cambodia
the use of military advisors and special ops forces
supporting the war through finances only
the escalation of the war based on the passage of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
The Bay of Pigs invasion involved an attempt by the United States to remove _______ from power.
Fidel Castro
Ho Chi Minh
Nikita Khrushchev
What was President Kennedy's initial response to finding out about Soviet missile sites in Cuba?
calling on France and Britain to assist in a ground invasion of Cuba
ordering a naval blockade of the island
authorizing the bombing of the missile sites
The Cuban Missile crisis was resolved after the Soviet Union agreed to remove the missiles from Cuba and the United States agreed to:
help pay for the safe removal of the missiles from Cuba
stop producing nuclear weapons
remove missiles from Turkey
The "Prague Spring" was a rebellion against Soviet authority that was crushed but inspired future challenges to power. This event took place in:
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
What does the term detente refer to?
an agreement by the Soviet Union and United States to end the Cold War
the military buildup that occurred during the Cold War
the relaxing of tensions between the Soviet Union and the United States
Detente was on display when Richard Nixon conducted a presidential visit of this country in 1972.
Yugoslavia
China
Soviet Union
Which of the following treaties helped to limit the number of nuclear weapons that each Cold War nation possessed?
ICBM
SALT
HRC
Which American president believed in strength during the Cold War and therefore proposed the Strategic Defense Initiative?
Ronald Reagan
Gerald Ford
Jimmy Carter
Which Soviet leader proposed the policies of glasnost and perestroika?
Mikhail Gorbachev
Boris Yeltsin
Vladimir Putin
The term perestroika refers to:
increasing weapons technology
restructuring the Soviet economy
openness by the Soviet government
Which country did the Soviet Union invade in 1979? This is referred to by many historians as the "Soviet Vietnam."
Afghanistan
Saudi Arabia
Belgium
