Chapter 17: Cold War
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- Q1
Who Proclaims China as the Peoples Republic in 1949?
Ho Chi MInh
Mao Zedong
Jiang Jishei
Kim Jong Il
30s - Q2
Which of the following was not one of the ways the US and USSR influenced the Third world nations?
engaging in covert activities
giving aid to developing nations
Creating military alliances
backing wars of Revolution
30s - Q3
What did Stalin agree to do at the Yalta meeting?
Not allow the Nazi's to escape and create a democratic government in Russia
Fight Japan and Hold free elections in Eastern Europe
Not to use its nuclear weapons in Japan
30s - Q4
What type of government did the USSR set up in North Korea after WWII?
Fascist
Communist
Democratic
Socialist
30s - Q5
Who invaded South Korea in June of 1950?
China
United Nations
United States
North Korea
30s - Q6
Which international body was created in 1945 to keep its members protected from aggression?
NATO
League of Nations
Warsaw Pact
United Nations
30s - Q7
Nations that did not align with the US or USSR were said to be ______________
Non-aligned
Enemies
Losers
Patriots
30s - Q8
Where did Jiang and the other nationalists flee in 1949?
United States
Taiwan
Hong Kong
USSR
30s - Q9
What was the name of the government that the US helped Jiang create in 1949?
The Islamic Caliphate of China
The United States of China (USC)
The Island of Misfit Toys
The Republic of China
30s - Q10
Which Cuban revolutionary overthrew Fulgencio Batista in January 1959?
Fidel Castro
Antonio Somoza
Daniel Ortega
Che Guevara
30s - Q11
Why did Stalin want to control the countries of Eastern Europe?
To keep the resources of Eastern Europe all to himself
Aa a buffer from invasion from the west
To create a medieval fiefdom of Poland
Keep Eastern Europeans from escaping to the west
30s - Q12
Who launches an attack at Inchon in 1950 that forces the North Koreans to retreat?
George Patton
Ho Chi Minh
Mao Zedong
Douglas MacArthur
30s - Q13
Which nation sent its troops into Korea in October of 1950? Why?
China, because it felt threatened by the US military near its border
Tibet, to protest the Chinese invasion of its country
Soviet Union, to shore up North Korea's military
North Vietnam, in order to repel the French UN peacekeepers
30s - Q14
What metaphor was used to describe the division of Europe between Communism and Democracy?
The Berlin Wall
The Iron Curtain
The Domino Theory
The Steel Door
30s - Q15
What was the Bay of Pigs invasion?
US planned Invasion of Cambodia to destroy the source of the Ho Chi Minh Trail
US planned invasion by Cuban exiles to overthrow Castro
US Planned invasion of Afghanistan to capture Osama bin Ladin
US planned invasion of Nicaragua to dislodge the Sandinistas
30s