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Cold War II
Test Description: Covers the Cuban Missile Crisis, the United Nations, space race, Vietnam, fall of USSR
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) The Cuban Missile Crisis occurred because:
A
The U.S. accidentally detonated a nuclear bomb in Cuba
B
The Soviets were storing nuclear weapons in Cuba
C
Cuban communists were threatening to bomb the U.S.
D
Cuba and the Soviet Union came to the brink of war
2) The Cuban Missile Crisis is important because:
A
It led to the destruction of Cuba
B
It could have started an all-out nuclear war
C
It marked Cuba's first victory over the U.S.
D
It killed Cuba's leader, Fidel Castro
3) The United Nations took the place of what organization?
A
The League of Nations
B
The Warsaw Pact
C
NATO
D
The Communist Party
4) The main purpose of the United Nations is to:
A
Make sure all nations agree with the U.S.
B
Keep peace and protect human rights
C
Take over countries that cause trouble
D
Put war criminals on trial
5) Sputnik was the first:
A
Man-made satellite to orbit earth
B
Nuclear bomb dropped on Hiroshima
C
Dog to walk on the moon
D
Space shuttle to carry a man to the moon
6) The Soviet Union set up satellite states mainly to:
A
Provide more labor for factories
B
Send its people into space
C
Expand the rights and freedoms of the people there
D
Protect it from invasion
7) The U.S. became involved in Vietnam because:
A
It would provide military bases closer to the Soviet Union
B
It was worried about Ho Chi Minh's treatment of his citizens
C
It wanted to stop the spread of communism
D
It wanted to gain land in southeast Asia
8) This term, experienced under President Nixon, refers to an easing of tensions during the Cold War:
A
evil empire
B
blacklisting
C
detente
D
duck-and-cover
9) This leader of the Soviet Union allowed satellite nations more freedom:
A
Mikhail Gorbachev
B
Nikita Kruschev
C
Joseph Stalin
D
Vladimir Putin
10) Nationalism in Yugoslavia after the fall of the Soviet Union led to:
A
all of these
B
ethnic cleansing in the region
C
the formation of four independent countries
D
violence between ethnic groups
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