Quiz 16a - Cold War

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1 One way in which the Korean War and the Vietnam War are similar is that both

	resulted in unification of two formerly independent nations
	reflected the success of the Western policy of containment
	attempted to remove French imperialists from power
	developed from Cold War tensions

2 One similarity between the Korean War and the Vietnam War is that both wars were

	resolved through the diplomatic efforts of the United Nations
	fought as a result of differing political ideologies during the Cold War
	fought without foreign influence or assistance
	caused by religious conflicts

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• Creation of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) and the Warsaw Pact
• Construction of the Berlin Wall
• Cuban missile crisis

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These events are most closely associated with

	World War I
	World War II
	the Cold War
	the Persian Gulf War

4 One similarity between the Korean War and the Persian Gulf War was that

	Communist expansion was encouraged
	the Soviet Union allied itself with the United States
	the major issue was a dispute over oil
	the use of military force was approved by the United Nations

5 “United States Airlifts Supplies to Berlin” “U-2 Spy Plane Shot Down Over the Soviet Union” “Soviet Missiles Placed in Cuba” These headlines discuss events during

	Stalin’s Reign of Terror
	World War II
	the Cold War
	the post–Cold War era

6 The 1956 invasion of Hungary and the 1968 invasion of Czechoslovakia by the Soviet Union were attempts to

	keep Communist governments in power in Eastern Europe
	decrease Cold War tensions between Eastern Europe and the United States
	prevent German militarism from spreading throughout Europe
	provide humanitarian aid to the ethnic minorities of these nations

7 In the late 1980s, Mikhail Gorbachev's decision to stop interfering in the internal affairs of Eastern European nations led directly to

	the collapse of the free-market economies in the region
	an increase in Cold War tensions
	a renewal of religious violence between Orthodox Christians and Russian Jews
	the collapse of the communist governments in the region

8 The term iron curtain refers to the

	scars left on the land by the trenches of World War I
	no-fly zone in northern Iraq after the Persian Gulf War
	border established between India and Pakistan after World War II
	western boundary of Soviet domination in Europe during the Cold War

9 The destruction of the Berlin Wall and the breakup of the Soviet Union signify the

	end of the Cold War
	collapse of the Taliban
	strength of the Warsaw Pact
	power of the European Union

10 Base your answer to the following question on the passage below and on your knowledge of social studies.

. . “We may anticipate a state of affairs in which two Great Powers will each be in a position to put an end to the civilization and life of the other, though not without risking its own. We may be likened to two scorpions in a bottle, each capable of killing the other, but only at the risk of his own life.”. — J. Robert Oppenheimer, July 1953

This statement expresses concern about the

	threats to the environment by developed and developing economies
	differences between command and market economies
	economic costs of World War II
	dangers of the Cold War

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• Blockade of Berlin
• Operation of the Berlin Airlift
• Organization of the Warsaw Pact
• Construction of the Berlin Wall

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These events of the Cold War are examples of

	efforts to prevent military conflict between the superpowers
	situations that increased tensions between communist and democratic nations in Europe
	attempts to weaken the Soviet Unions control of its Eastern European allies
	policies of peaceful coexistence and détente

12 "From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the continent." ––Winston Churchill (1946)

This statement refers to the

	beginning of the Cold War
	unification of Germany
	end of World War I
	Russian Revolution

13 The invasion of Hungary in 1961 by the Soviet Union and the building of the Berlin Wall in 1961 are examples of

	United Nations Security Council resolutions
	Truman Doctrine failures
	Marshall Plan effects
	Cold War Era conflicts

14 The destruction of the Berlin Wall and the reunification of Germany in 1990 are events that symbolize the

	end of the Cold War Era
	end of democracy in Germany
	fall of Nazi power in Germany
	increased influence of the Warsaw Pact

15 Which Cold War event occurred last?

	Cuban missile crisis
	Korean War
	fall of the Berlin Wall
	Soviet invasion of Afghanistan