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Who was the leader of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964?

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Nikita Khrushchev

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Which U.S. president served during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962?

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John F. Kennedy

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True or False: Leonid Brezhnev led the Soviet Union from 1964 to 1982.

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True

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Fill in the blank: ______ was the U.S. president during the majority of the Vietnam War.

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Lyndon B. Johnson

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Who was the General Secretary of the Communist Party of China during the Cold War?

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Deng Xiaoping

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Which U.S. president was in office from 1981 to 1989?

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Ronald Reagan

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What year did Mikhail Gorbachev become the leader of the Soviet Union?

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1985

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True or False: Richard Nixon was the U.S. president who initiated détente with the Soviet Union.

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True

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Who succeeded Nikita Khrushchev as the leader of the Soviet Union?

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Leonid Brezhnev

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Fill in the blank: ______ was the U.S. president during the Berlin Wall’s construction in 1961.

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John F. Kennedy

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Which leader was known for the policy of Glasnost?

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Mikhail Gorbachev

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Which U.S. president was in office from 1969 to 1974?

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Richard Nixon

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True or False: The Cold War lasted from 1947 to 1991.

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True

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Who was the British Prime Minister during the majority of the 1980s?

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Margaret Thatcher

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What years did Harry S. Truman serve as U.S. president?

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1945 to 1953

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Fill in the blank: ______ was the last leader of the Soviet Union.

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Mikhail Gorbachev

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Who was the leader of North Vietnam during the Vietnam War?

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Ho Chi Minh

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Which U.S. president was involved in the Bay of Pigs invasion?

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John F. Kennedy

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True or False: The Brezhnev Doctrine justified Soviet intervention in Eastern Europe.

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True

20
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What was the name of the policy aimed at reducing tensions between the U.S. and the Soviet Union during the 1970s?

A

Détente

21
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Who was the leader of Cuba during the Cold War?

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Fidel Castro

22
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Which U.S. president served from 1989 to 1993?

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George H. W. Bush

23
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Fill in the blank: ______ was the Soviet leader during the Prague Spring in 1968.

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Leonid Brezhnev

24
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Who was the U.S. Secretary of State known for the policy of containment?

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George F. Kennan

25
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True or False: The Warsaw Pact was a military alliance of Western countries.

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False

26
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What was the primary goal of the Marshall Plan?

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To aid Western European economies after World War II

27
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Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during the Suez Crisis?

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Nikita Khrushchev

28
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What years did Dwight D. Eisenhower serve as U.S. president?

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1953 to 1961

29
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Fill in the blank: ______ was the Soviet leader during the detente period.

A

Leonid Brezhnev

30
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Who was the U.S. president known for his role in ending the Cold War?

A

Ronald Reagan

31
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True or False: The Cold War was primarily a military conflict.

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False

32
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What was the significance of the Berlin Wall?

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It symbolized the division between East and West during the Cold War.

33
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Who was the U.S. president during the Iran Hostage Crisis?

A

Jimmy Carter

34
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Fill in the blank: ______ was the Soviet leader during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

A

Nikita Khrushchev

35
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Which leader was in charge of U.S. foreign policy during the Cold War?

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The U.S. President

36
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What was the primary focus of U.S. foreign policy during the Cold War?

A

Containment of communism

37
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Who was the last General Secretary of the Soviet Union?

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Mikhail Gorbachev

38
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True or False: The Cold War ended with the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

A

True

39
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Which U.S. president was known for the ‘Evil Empire’ speech?

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Ronald Reagan

40
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What was the significance of the Helsinki Accords?

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It was an agreement to improve relations between the Communist bloc and the West.

41
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Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during the Afghan War?

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Leonid Brezhnev, followed by Yuri Andropov and Konstantin Chernenko

42
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Fill in the blank: ______ was the U.S. president at the start of the Cold War.

A

Harry S. Truman

43
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Which leader implemented the policy of ‘perestroika’?

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Mikhail Gorbachev

44
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What year did the Berlin Wall fall?

A

1989

45
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True or False: The U.S. and the Soviet Union were allies during World War II.

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True

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