Cold War
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- Q1What is the time of extreme tension between the U.S. and the Soviet Union without any direct warfare known as?Vietnam WarKorean WarWWIICold War30sEditDelete
- Q2What technology did the Soviet Union acquire after WWII?machine gunscannonsarmed tanksNuclear Weapons30sEditDelete
- Q3After WWII, what part of Europe did the Soviet Union control?No PartWestern EuropeSouth AsiaEastern Europe30sEditDelete
- Q4What did Churchill call the symbolic division created by communist countries in Europe after WWII?Iron FenceBerlin WallIron CurtainRed Scare30sEditDelete
- Q5What type of government did the countries controlled by the U.S. and Great Britain have?CommunistNo specific typeDemocratic30sEditDelete
- Q6What type of government did the countries controlled by the Soviet Union have?communistno specific typedemocratic30sEditDelete
- Q7Who spread the fear of communism throughout America?Harry TrumanJohn F. KennedyJoseph McCarthyNikita Khrushchev30sEditDelete
- Q8Who won the Korean War?North KoreaSouth Koreaneither side30sEditDelete
- Q9During the Cold War, U.S, Canada, and Western European countries formed an alliance called ______.NATONAFTAWarsaw Pact30sEditDelete
- Q10What was it called when the Soviets blockaded Berlin and British and American pilots dropped food and supplies into the city?Berlin WarBerlin AirliftBerlin WallGermany Airlift30sEditDelete
- Q11What did the Soviets build to stop people in East Berlin from fleeing to West Berlin?Great Wall of GermanyBerlin FenceBerlin Wall30sEditDelete
- Q12Which Soviet leader was responsible for placing nuclear weapons in Cuba aimed at the U.S.?Joseph StalinMikhail GorbachevNikita Khrushchev30sEditDelete
- Q13Which country along with the U.S. was a Superpower during the Cold War?CubaSoviet UnionSouth KoreaChina30sEditDelete
- Q14When did the Cold War end?19911985199030sEditDelete