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What happened to Germany to ensure they didn't regain power?
a) They had to repay war debt
b) It was divided into four allied controlled sections
c)
d)

Why was it called a Cold War?
a) It was during the winter
b) Neither side ever fired a shot
c)
d)

What was the arms race?
a) Both countries trying to influence other countries to have the same type of government
b) Both sides stock piling weapons
c)
d)

What did Allied countries, like the U.S, do for countries that promised not to be Communist?
a) gave money to rebuild
b) protected them from the Soviet Union
c)
d)

Winston Churchill warned the world about the ____ dividing Communist and Democratic countries in Europe.
a) Berlin Wall
b) Iron Curtain
c)
d)

What type of government was the Soviet Union trying to spread throughout Europe?
a) Democracy
b) Communist
c)
d)

What did the Soviet Union fail to do after the Yalta Conference?
a) Divide Germany
b) Free elections in Europe
c)
d)

What two superpowers emerged from World War 2?
a) Soviet Union and Germany
b) Soviet Union and United States
c)
d)

Why did the Soviets blockade Berlin?
a) To drive other countries out of the city
b) To block communist threats
c)
d)

West Berlin was _____
a) Democratic
b) Communist
c)
d)

Where did Soviets send missiles to?
a) Turkey
b) Cuba
c) United States
d) Florida

What did JFK do in response to the Cuban Missile Crisis?
a) Sent troops to Florida
b) Blockaded Cuba
c) Warned that any act against the U.S would be considered an act of war
d) All of the above

Who was Joseph McCarthy?
a) A senator who claimed several Americans were Communists
b) A Soviet leader who wanted to spread Communism
c) U.S President
d) A writer

Who was Nikita Khrushchev?
a) A senator who claimed several Americans were Communists
b) A Soviet leader who wanted to spread Communism
c) U.S President
d) A writer

How did the Cuban Missile Crisis end?
a) Soviets removed their missiles and the U.S promised not to invade Cuba
b) U.S removed their missiles and the Soviets promised not to invade Cuba
c)
d)

Which part of Vietnam was communist?
a) North
b) South
c) East
d) West

Many people believed that if Vietnam became communist, all of Southeast Asia would soon come under Communist control, this was known as....
a) Communist Spread
b) Red Scare
c) Domino Theory
d) Communist Theory

What happened after the Vietnam War?
a) South Vietnam took control of North Vietnam
b) Without US support, North Vietnam took control of South Vietnam in 1975
c) North Vietnam remained Communist and South Vietnam remained not Communist
d)

All American people were in support of the Vietnam War
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

What is a proxy war?
a) a war with no winner
b) a non physical war
c) a highly protested war
d) is a war instigated by opposing powers who do not fight against each other directly

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