Cold War

Question 1

What reason did Americans give for protesting the war in Vietnam?

Answer 1

It was a Civil War and the United States should not have interfered.

Question 2

Which resolution allowed President Johnson to take all necessary measures “to repel any armed attack or to prevent further aggression?”

Answer 2

Gulf of Tonkin

Question 3

Which country launched an artificial satellite called Sputnik in 1957?

Answer 3

Soviet Union

Question 4

Which country formed the group NASA?

Answer 4

United States

Question 5

What was the goal of the United Nations?

Answer 5

promote conditions that support world peace

Question 6

What was the reason for the United States to use the military in Korea and Vietnam?

Answer 6

To stop the spread of communism

Question 7

Why did the Vietcong support communism?

Answer 7

they felt the government was corrupt and favored the wealthy.

Question 8

What was the Berlin wall trying to prevent?

Answer 8

people in East Berlin from fleeing to West Berlin

Question 9

Domino Theory

Answer 9

based on the belief that if South Vietnam fell to communism other countries in the region would follow.

Question 10

Detente

Answer 10

policy to reduce tensions between two countries.

Question 11

Satellite Nation

Answer 11

One that is dominated politically and economically by a more powerful nation.

Question 12

38th Parallel

Answer 12

Line dividing North and South Korea

Question 13

Truman Doctrine

Answer 13

Program to encourage nations to resist communism expansion.

Question 14

Cold War

Answer 14

intense rivalry that lasted 50 years between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. Competition for economic and political power.

Question 15

What was the goal of NATO?

Answer 15

to defend Western Europe against any Soviet threat.

Question 16

Define NATO.

Answer 16

North Atlantic Treaty Organization, made up of the U.S. and other friendly nations.

Question 17

What was the name of the Alliance system formed by the Soviet Union?

Answer 17

Warsaw Pact

Question 18

Who provided Cuba with weapons?

Answer 18

Soviet Union

Question 19

Define SALT Agreement.

Answer 19

Strategic Arms Limitation Talks, treaty between the U.S. and the Soviet Union to limit the number of nuclear war heads and missiles.

Question 20

Which country did the Soviet Union invade that lasted 10 years?

Answer 20

Afghanistan

Question 21

Why did the United States pull out of Vietnam?

Answer 21

unpopular in the U.S., the war was a Civil War and had no impact on the U.S., too many Americans were getting killed or injured.

Question 22

Which Cold War event was the closest the world came to a Nuclear War?

Answer 22

Cuban Missile Crisis

Question 23

What event strengthened Castro in Cuba and embarrassed the United States?

Answer 23

Bay of Pigs invasion

Question 24

Define Marshall Plan

Answer 24

American plan to help European nations rebuild their economies after WWII.

Question 25

The name of the wall that cut off contact between families in Germany

Answer 25

Berlin Wall