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5TH GRADE GEORGIA STANDARDS OF EXCELLENCE SOCIAL STUDIES SS5H5. TEACHERS: click here for quick copy question ID numbers.

NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FORMED TO STOP THE SPREAD OF COMMUNISM
a) NATO
b) WARSAW PACT
c) HUAC
d) RED SCARE

PRESIDENT OF THE U.S. DURING THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS
a) LYNDON JOHNSON
b) HARRY TRUMAN
c) JOHN F. KENNEDY
d) NIKITA KHRUSCHEV

CONFLICT IN THE 1960S AND 1970S - U.S. SENT SOLDIERS TO SOUTH VIETNAM TO TRY TO PREVENT COMMUNISM FROM SPREADING
a) CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS
b) VIETNAM WAR
c) KOREAN WAR
d) TRUMAN DOCTRINE

BELIEF THAT IF SOUTH VIETNAM FELL TO COMMUNISM, OTHER COUNTRIES WOULD AS WELL
a) VIETNAM WAR
b) ARMS RACE
c) DOMINO THEORY
d) TRUMAN DOCTRINE

SOVIET BUILT BARRIER THAT DIVIDED COMMUNIST EAST BERLIN AND NON-COMMUNIST WEST BERLIN
a) BERLIN WALL
b) BERLIN AIRLIFT
c) WARSAW PACT
d) VIETNAM WAR

US AIDED W.BERLIN BY FLYING IN FOOD AND FUEL WHEN SOVIET TROOPS CUT OFF THE SUPPLY
a) BERLIN WALL
b) WARSAW PACT
c) BERLIN AIRLIFT
d) NATO

SYSTEM IN WHICH THE GOVERNMENT RUNS ALL THE BUSINESSES AND LAND - PEOPLE DO NOT VOTE
a) COMMUNISM
b) DEMOCRACY
c) FREE ENTERPRISE
d) CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS

RACE TO BUILD MORE AND BETTER WEAPONS THAN THE ENEMY
a) SPACE RACE
b) WARSAW PACT
c) NATO
d) NUCLEAR ARMS RACE

PERIOD OF PANIC AND FEAR THAT COMMUNISTS WERE IN THE U.S.
a) RED SCARE
b) DOMINO THEORY
c) NATO
d) DEMOCRACY

THE MOST POWERFUL NATIONS IN THE WORLD
a) SUPERPOWERS
b) WARSAW PACT
c) NATO
d) VIETNAM

RACE BETWEEN US AND SOVIETS TO EXPLORE OUTER SPACE
a) ARMS RACE
b) NATO
c) SPACE RACE
d) CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS

IMAGINARY LINE THAT DIVIDED EUROPE BETWEEN COMMUNISTS AND NON-COMMUNISTS COUNTRIES
a) BERLIN WALL
b) IRON CURTAIN
c) 38TH PARALLEL
d) DEMILITARIZED ZONE

TENSION BETWEEN THE US AND SOVIETS IN 1962 OVER NUCLEAR MISSILES IN CUBA
a) CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS
b) VIETNAM WAR
c) KOREAN WAR
d) BERLIN WALL

US POLICY PROMISING TO HELP COUNTRIES THAT THE SOVIETS TRIED TO TURN COMMUNISTS
a) WARSAW PACE
b) DOMINO THEORY
c) TRUMAN DOCTRINE
d) `VIETNAM WAR

GOVERNMENT RUN BY THE PEOPLE WHO VOTE
a) COMMUNISM
b) DEMOCRACY
c) DOMINO THEORY
d) BERLIN AIRLIFT

STRUGGLE BETWEEN US AND SOVIET UNION FROM 1940-1980S
a) COLD WAR
b) WORLD WAR 2
c) WORLD WAR 1
d) WARSAW PACT

MILITARY ALLIANCE BETWEEN SOVIET UNION AND EASTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES FORMED TO SPREAD COMMUNISM
a) NATO
b) HUAC
c) IRON CURTAIN
d) WARSAW PACT

U.S. SENATOR THAT HEADED A MOVEMENT TO FIND COMMUNISTS WITHIN THE US GOVERNMENT AND SOCIETY
a) JOSEPH MCCARTHY
b) LYNDON JOHNSON
c) HARRY TRUMAN
d) NIKITA KHRUSCHEV

PRESIDENT AFTER KENNEDY DURING VIETNAM WAR
a) HARRY TRUMAN
b) LYNDON JOHNSON
c) FDR
d) NIKITA KHRUSCHEV

LEADER OF THE SOVIET UNION AFTER STALIN DURING MUCH OF THE COLD WAR
a) NIKITA KHRUSCHEV
b) JOSEPH MCCARTHY
c) HARRY TRUMAN
d) JOHN F. KENNEDY

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