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Unit 8 Cold War Review

Total questions: 38

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This U.N. body includes all U.N. members and primarily recommends.

a)

U.N. Security Council

b)

U.N. General Assembly

c)

U.N. Secretariat

2.

This U.N. body is most responsible for implementation.

a)

U.N. Security Council

b)

U.N. General Assembly

c)

U.N. Secretariat

3.

Which of the following nations is not a permanent member of the U.N. Security Council?

a)

Spain

b)

United States

c)

China

4.

At which conference did Joseph Stalin make promises about democracy that he did not keep?

a)

Tehran Conference

b)

Yalta Conference

c)

Casablanca Conference

5.

The Iron Curtain referred to:

a)

the Cold War economic strategy of the United States

b)

the military strategy of the Soviet Union

c)

the divide between Communism and Democracy in Europe

6.

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?

a)

Berlin Airlift

b)

Marshall Plan

c)

Domino Effect

7.

Which American president proposed the doctrine which stated that the United States would intervene on behalf of any nation fighting against Communist aggression?

a)

Harry Truman

b)

Franklin Roosevelt

c)

Dwight Eisenhower

8.

The U.S. and Britain decided to use bombers to drop supplies and food to this city.

a)

Berlin

b)

Munich

c)

Prague

9.

The Truman Doctrine, Berlin Airlift, and Marshall Plan are all examples of:

a)

Mutually Assured Policy

b)

Containment Policy

c)

Modernization Theory

10.

After World War II, the United States and other Western Democracies, formed _______ a military alliance that would protect democratic ideals around the world.

a)

the Warsaw Pact

b)

NATO

c)

the Triple Alliance

11.

Prior to World War II, Korea was colonized by:

(a)  

12.

After World War II, Korea was divided at the (a)   parallel.

13.

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?

a)

George Patton

b)

Douglas MacArthur

c)

Dwight Eisenhower

14.

Which event most contributed to the Korean War becoming a stalemate?

a)

China's intervention in the war

b)

Truman's rejection of limited war

c)

the Inchon Landing

15.

Which of the following was a consequence of the Korean War?

a)

the expulsion of North Korea from NATO

b)

the unification of North and South Korea

c)

the creation of a demilitarized zone

16.

Prior to World War II, Vietnam was colonized by:

(a)  

17.

During World War II, (a)   invaded and occupied Vietnam.

18.

The Viet-Minh, an Vietnamese independence organization, was founded by:

a)

Pol Pot

b)

Chiang Kai-Shek

c)

Ho Chi Minh

19.

Under Communist backed leadership, the Democratic Republic of Vietnam made its capital city:

a)

Hanoi

b)

Da Nang

c)

Saigon

20.
  1. In the south of Vietnam, the French backed Emperor Bao Dai established the State of Vietnam with ______ as its capital.

a)

Da Nang

b)

Haiphong

c)

Saigon

21.

The ________ was a decisive victory for the Viet Minh which forced the French to abandon their occupation of the region.

a)

Battle of Dien Bien Phu

b)

Battle of Mao Khe

c)

Battle of Na San

22.

The Geneva Accords of 1954 decided that:

a)

Elections should take place within 2 years to determine what type of government Vietnam should have

b)

Vietnam should be divided at the 38th parallel

c)

both are true

d)

neither are true

23.

The (a)   Theory stated that if Vietnam fell to communism that other Asian countries would follow.

24.

Lyndon Johnson's involvement in the Vietnam conflict primarily focused on:

a)

winding down the war but also invading Cambodia

b)

the use of military advisors and special ops forces

c)

supporting the war through finances only

d)

the escalation of the war based on the passage of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

25.

Dwight Eisenhower's involvement in the Vietnam conflict primarily focused on:

a)

winding down the war but also invading Cambodia

b)

the use of military advisors and special ops forces

c)

supporting the war through finances only

d)

the escalation of the war based on the passage of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

26.

Richard Nixon's involvement in the Vietnam conflict primarily focused on:

a)

winding down the war (Vietnamization) but also invading Cambodia

b)

the use of military advisors and special ops forces

c)

supporting the war through finances only

d)

the escalation of the war based on the passage of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

27.

John F. Kennedy's involvement in the Vietnam conflict primarily focused on:

a)

winding down the war but also invading Cambodia

b)

the use of military advisors and special ops forces

c)

supporting the war through finances only

d)

the escalation of the war based on the passage of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

28.

The Bay of Pigs invasion involved an attempt by the United States to remove _______ from power.

a)

Fidel Castro

b)

Ho Chi Minh

c)

Nikita Khrushchev

29.

What was President Kennedy's initial response to finding out about Soviet missile sites in Cuba?

a)

calling on France and Britain to assist in a ground invasion of Cuba

b)

ordering a naval blockade of the island

c)

authorizing the bombing of the missile sites

30.

The Cuban Missile crisis was resolved after the Soviet Union agreed to remove the missiles from Cuba and the United States agreed to:

a)

help pay for the safe removal of the missiles from Cuba

b)

stop producing nuclear weapons

c)

remove missiles from Turkey

31.

The "Prague Spring" was a rebellion against Soviet authority that was crushed but inspired future challenges to power. This event took place in:

a)

Poland

b)

Czechoslovakia

c)

Hungary

32.

What does the term detente refer to?

a)

an agreement by the Soviet Union and United States to end the Cold War

b)

the military buildup that occurred during the Cold War

c)

the relaxing of tensions between the Soviet Union and the United States

33.

Detente was on display when Richard Nixon conducted a presidential visit of this country in 1972.

a)

Yugoslavia

b)

China

c)

Soviet Union

34.

Which of the following treaties helped to limit the number of nuclear weapons that each Cold War nation possessed?

a)

ICBM

b)

SALT

c)

HRC

35.

Which American president believed in strength during the Cold War and therefore proposed the Strategic Defense Initiative?

a)

Ronald Reagan

b)

Gerald Ford

c)

Jimmy Carter

36.

Which Soviet leader proposed the policies of glasnost and perestroika?

a)

Mikhail Gorbachev

b)

Boris Yeltsin

c)

Vladimir Putin

37.

The term perestroika refers to:

a)

increasing weapons technology

b)

restructuring the Soviet economy

c)

openness by the Soviet government

38.

Which country did the Soviet Union invade in 1979? This is referred to by many historians as the "Soviet Vietnam."

a)

Afghanistan

b)

Saudi Arabia

c)

Belgium