Cold War

Question 1

The ______________ marked the start of the Cold War between the ____________ and the _____________

Answer 1

Berlin blockade, United States, Soviet Union

Question 2

the purpose of the Marshall Plan was

Answer 2

to provide aid to needy European countries for reconstruction

Question 3

_______ aimed to defend its member nations against aggression, while the ____________ aimed to protect Soviet influence in Eastern Europe

Answer 3

NATO, Warsaw Pact

Question 4

the _______________ symbolized the division between Western and Eastern Europe

Answer 4

Berlin Wall

Question 5

Mao Zedong emerged as the

Answer 5

leader of the Chinese Communists after World War II

Question 6

was the main cause of the renewed civil war between the ___________ and the ____________ after Japan surrendered

Answer 6

Political rivalries, Nationalists, Communists

Question 7

_____________ was the main consequence of Mao’s Great Leap Forward

Answer 7

Famine and millions of deaths

Question 8

The Cultural Revolution impact Chinese society was that it led to

Answer 8

social chaos and political repression

Question 9

divided Korea into Communist and non-Communist nations

Answer 9

38th parallel

Question 10

was the leader of North Vietnam during the Vietnam War

Answer 10

Ho Chi Minh

Question 11

the main goal of the United States in getting involved in the Korean War was

Answer 11

to defend South Korea from Communist aggression

Question 12

China supported the North Koreans with _________________ during the Korean War

Answer 12

tanks, airplanes, and money

Question 13

_________________ developing were the three “worlds” that countries were grouped into after World War II

Answer 13

Industrialized capitalist nations, Communist nations

Question 14

____________ led the Cuban Revolution and overthrew the unpopular dictator, __________-

Answer 14

Fidel Castro, Batista

Question 15

the Soviet Union invaded ____________ in 1979, leading to a __________________

Answer 15

Afghanistan, long and costly war

Question 16

the main reason for the United States’ support of the mujahideen rebels in Afghanistan was ___________

Answer 16

To protect Middle Eastern oil supplies

Question 17

____________ was the Soviet leader that denounces Stalin and initiates destalinization

Answer 17

Nikita Khrushchev

Question 18

was the policy of reducing Cold War tensions called

Answer 18

Detente

Question 19

Brezhnev Doctrine was the name of the policy to prevent ________________________

Answer 19

the spread of communism followed by the Soviet Union

Question 20

was the first American president to visit to Communist China

Answer 20

Richard Nixon