The Cold War

Question 1

In order to prevent the spread of communism in Europe, the US sought to provide $12 billion for the rebuilding of Western Europe, was known as what?

Answer 1

Marshall plan

Question 2

Following World War II, Germany was divided among the four Allied nations. What were these nations?

Answer 2

The US, France, the Soviet Union, and Great Britain

Question 3

When the three Western Allies merge their zones to form West Germany, how did Stalin respond?

Answer 3

He blockaded western access to Berlin

Question 4

What actions the US take after Stahelin blockaded Western access to Berlin?

Answer 4

US starts the Berlin airlift to provide supplies to West Berliners

Question 5

What affects did the building of the Berlin wall have on Germany?

Answer 5

It cut off access of East Berlin or Sue West Berlin, halted the flow of ideas people and goods

Question 6

Why did the US and 11 other nations form NATO?

Answer 6

Mutual defense against potential attacks from the Soviet union

Question 7

War in China was fought by…

Answer 7

Nationalist and communist

Question 8

The nationalists were led by

Answer 8

Jiang Jieshi (chiang Kai-shek)

Question 9

The Communists were led by

Answer 9

Mao Zedong (Mao Tse-tung)

Question 10

In the nationalists lost the civil war, they were forced to flee to…

Answer 10

Taiwan

Question 11

The US refused to except or acknowledge the new Chinese communist government until what US president traveled there in 1972?

Answer 11

Nixon

Question 12

Why did Mao initiate the cultural Revolution?

Answer 12

He felt like communism was being crafted by the new Communist leaders with democratic sympathies

Question 13

How do the events of the Tiananmen Square protests represent communist rule in China?

Answer 13

Protesters wanted a more democratic government, but China responds with force to stop the protests. Today, China refuses to acknowledge the protest or its response, representing Communism’s attempt to control the flow of information

Question 14

At the end WWII Korea was liberated from Japanese control and divided in half along the…

Answer 14

38th parallel

Question 15

North Korea was occupied by

Answer 15

Soviet union

Question 16

South Korea was occupied by

Answer 16

US

Question 17

Who ended up winning the Korean War?

Answer 17

No one, it was a stalemate that ended with a armistice

Question 18

What is North Korea like today?

Answer 18

North Koreans lack basic supplies like food, no Internet access or access to outside information; people don’t vote for their leaders, don’t have voice in government

Question 19

At the end of World War II, Vietnam was still part of the French colony of

Answer 19

Indochina

Question 20

Three countries that made up Indochina?

Answer 20

Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia

Question 21

The enemies nationalists we declare their independence from France were led by

Answer 21

Ho chi minh

Question 22

Eight years, French Vietnamese forces battled in the

Answer 22

First Indochina war

Question 23

Communist led rebels who rose up against the southern government are known as the

Answer 23

Vietcong

Question 24

US President Lyndon B. Johnson argued that the US had a duty to defend South Vietnam from communist aggression because of Vietnam fell to Communism then other Asian nations might also fall. This believe she known as the

Answer 24

Domino theory

Question 25

Sporadic surprise attacks

Answer 25

Guerrilla warfare

Question 26

What evidence is there that Vietnam War was a failure for the United States?

Answer 26

A couple years after the US pulled out their troops, the entire country becomes communist

Question 27

President Truman’s foreign policy focused on stopping the spread of communism, a philosophy known as…

Answer 27

Containment