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Cold war and after

Quiz by Mrs. Dickens

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  • Q1
    Warsaw Pact
    The communist mutual defense pact to counter Western Europe?
    30s
  • Q2
    SEATO
    Name the mutual defense pact for Asia to fight communist aggression.
    30s
  • Q3
    decolonization
    The term for the reversal of 19th Century imperialism by the 1950-60's
    30s
  • Q4
    Helsinki Accords
    In 1975 President Ford held detente with the Soviets and came up with what agreement on Soviet influence and human rights?
    30s
  • Q5
    the "iron curtain"
    What was the 1940-50's imaginary line that divided Europe into free vs communist?
    30s
  • Q6
    invasion of Afghanistan
    What was the 1979 event that lead the slow decline of communist popularity and control in the USSR?
    30s
  • Q7
    Nixon
    What US President arranged the Paris Peace Treaty with Vietnam?
    30s
  • Q8
    French defeat at Dien Bien Phu in Vietnam
    What event caused the Geneva Accords?
    30s
  • Q9
    Cuban Missile Crisis
    What 1962 event brought the US and USSR close to nuclear war?
    30s
  • Q10
    airlifted supplies into WBerlin
    How did the US and GB prevent the communists from taking West Berlin?
    30s
  • Q11
    India, Palestine, and African colonies
    What colonies did the British give up after WWII?
    30s
  • Q12
    Poland
    What country had a Solidarity movement in the 1980s?
    30s
  • Q13
    Korean War
    What United Nations police action occurred from 1950-53?
    30s
  • Q14
    Leonid Brezhnev
    Who replaced Krushchev and his policy was to interfere in eastern nations to support communist regimes?
    30s
  • Q15
    Hungary
    What Eastern European nation attempted an uprising in 1956 which was put down by the Soviets?
    30s

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