Unit 9: Quiz 1

Question 1

A state of military and political tension between the United States and the Soviet Union from the end of World War II until the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.

Answer 1

Cold War

Question 2

A policy first adopted by President Harry Truman to limit Communism to the places already under Communist control.

Answer 2

containment

Question 3

A social, economic, and military barrier between the Soviet bloc countries and Western Europe after World War II.

Answer 3

iron curtain

Question 4

Nations that are politically and economically controlled by another country.

Answer 4

satellites

Question 5

During the Cold War, these were the United States and the Soviet Union.

Answer 5

superpowers

Question 6

What are the two historical events, including dates, that could be used to mark the end of the Cold War?

Answer 6

the breakup of the Soviet Union, 1991
the fall of Communism in Eastern Europe, 1989

Question 7

Who were the primary antagonists during the Cold War?

Answer 7

the United States
the Soviet Union

Question 8

An alliance formed in 1949 by the nations of the United States, Canada, Iceland, Norway, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Denmark, Belgium, Luxembourg, Portugal, France, and Italy. The alliance was originally formed for mutual defense against a Soviet attack.

Answer 8

NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Question 9

A military alliance between the former Soviet Union and its satellite countries in Eastern Europe.

Answer 9

Warsaw Pact

Question 10

The United States feared that the Soviet Union would ally itself with

Answer 10

Communist China

Question 11

The United States gave substantial aid to Europe after World War II under the

Answer 11

Marshall Plan

Question 12

The two parties that fought in China’s civil war were the

Answer 12

Nationalists and Communists

Question 13

A wall built in 1961 by the Soviet Union that separated West Berlin from Soviet-controlled East Berlin and East Germany. It was dismantled in 1989

Answer 13

Berlin Wall

Question 14

A designated area where military forces, activity, and installations have been removed.

Answer 14

demilitarized zone

Question 15

Missiles, usually designed for the delivery of nuclear weapons, that have the capability of traveling from one continent to another.

Answer 15

intercontinental ballistic missiles

Question 16

The return of prisoners of war to their own countries

Answer 16

repatriation

Question 17

Pertaining to nuclear weapons based on fusion rather than those based on fission.

Answer 17

thermonuclear

Question 18

In 1949, the _________ successfully tested their first atomic bomb

Answer 18

Soviets

Question 19

In response to the Berlin blockade, the Western Allies began the ______, code-named “Operation Vittles,” which, at its height, landed one plane in Berlin every ____minutes

Answer 19

Berlin airlift
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Question 20

On _________________ , North Korea invaded South Korea.

Answer 20

Jun 25, 1950

Question 21

The U.S. Congress ______ declare war on North Korea.

Answer 21

did not

Question 22

the first artificial satellite

Answer 22

Sputnik I

Question 23

seized the Suez Canal

Answer 23

Nasser

Question 24

a more cautious Soviet leader

Answer 24

Khrushchev

Question 25

ordered the blockade of Cuba

Answer 25

Castro

Question 26

The easing of tensions or strained relations, especially between nations.

Answer 26

détente

Question 27

Involuntary selection of people to join the armed services.

Answer 27

draft

Question 28

Pertaining specifically to a place or people.

Answer 28

endemic

Question 29

South Vietnamese Communists

Answer 29

Viet Cong

Question 30

Vietnamese nationalist

Answer 30

Ho Chi Minh

Question 31

defeated the French at Dien Bien Phu

Answer 31

Vietminh

Question 32

began a policy of Vietnamization

Answer 32

Nixon

Question 33

asked Congress to support wider American involvement

Answer 33

Johnson

Question 34

corrupt South Vietnamese leader

Answer 34

Ngo Dinh Diem

Question 35

The ______________ Resolution was passed by the U.S. Congress in 1964 and allowed the president to expand American involvement in Vietnam.

Answer 35

Gulf of Tonkin

Question 36

The ____________ was a large, well-coordinated attack by the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese that coincided with the beginning of the Vietnamese New Year

Answer 36

Tet Offensive

Question 37

The first free trade union in a Communist Poland was

Answer 37

Solidarity

Question 38

In 1979 the Soviets invaded

Answer 38

Afghanistan

Question 39

The quality of being self-governing.

Answer 39

autonomy

Question 40

To rid a political party or group of people of undesirable members.

Answer 40

purge

Question 41

Alexander Dubcek and Vaclav Havel led the transitional government in

Answer 41

Czechoslovakia

Question 42

This country split into five nations after the fall of Communism

Answer 42

Yugoslavia

Question 43

The event that marked the symbolic end of Communism in Eastern Europe was the

Answer 43

destruction of the Berlin Wall

Question 44

Who was the elected president of the Russian Republic who led the resistance to the coup attempt in 1991?

Answer 44

Yeltsin

Question 45

In 1991, eleven of the original fifteen republics of the Soviet Union formed the

Answer 45

Commonwealth of Independent States