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What did Khrushchev build around his side of Berlin?
a) a shopping mall
b) a grassy park
c) a wall
d)
Who was the leader of the Chinese Communist?
a) General Tojo
b) Mao Zedong
c) Joseph Stalin
d)
President Kennedy was in a struggle with what Cuban leader?
a) Nikita Khrushchev
b) Fidel Castro
c) Vladimir Putin
d)
Who became president after Kennedy was assassinated?
a) Lyndon B. Johnson
b) Gerald Ford
c) Richard Nixon
d)
What was the name of the plan created by the US to stop the spread of communism?
a) seek and destroy
b) appeasement
c) containment
d)
In Communist China, what were the military units formed to enforce strict communism in China?
a) Gestapo
b) Red Guards
c) Nationalists
d)
What was the name of the struggle between the USA and the Soviet Union (USSR) that lasted from after WWII until the end of the 1980s?
a) demilitarized zone
b) Red War
c) Cold War
d)
What president pulled US troops out of Vietnam?
a) Carter
b) Ford
c) Nixon
d)
US Presidents supported the _____ in Nicaragua when they tried to overthrow the Sandinistas
a) Contras
b) Nationalists
c) Somoza family
d)
Who said that capitalism and communism could NOT co-exist?
a) Stalin
b) Churchill
c) Truman
d)
What European country was divided into 4 sections by the Allies after WWII?
a) Soviet Union
b) Italy
c) Germany
d)
Which US President increased military spending in the 1980s and proposed a missile defense program named Star Wars?
a) Ford
b) Reagan
c) Carter
d)
During the Iraq and Iran War, which side did the USA help and send aid to?
a) Iran
b) both
c) Iraq
d)
What did Winston Churchill say had fallen on Europe and divided it into 2 sides?
a) iron curtain
b) sadness
c) capitalism
d)
What was the theory called of communism spreading its expansion in Southeast Asia like dominoes?
a) vietcong
b) contraband
c) domino theory
d)
Created after WWII, what is the name of the International organization of delegates that still exists today?
a) United Nations
b) League of Nations
c) Interpol
d)
What did the Soviets do in 1948-1949 to prevent the city of Berlin from becoming democratic?
a) put a blockade around the city
b) invaded the city and took over
c) held free elections so the people could choose communism
d)
What was the 13 days of intense hostility between the USA and the Soviet Union called in 1962?
a) Iranian Hostage Crisis
b) Cuban Missile Crisis
c) Soviet/Afghan Crisis
d)
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