Question 1

What was the purpose of the Truman Doctrine?

Accepted Answer

to prevent the spread of communism by sending money and weapons to defeat communist rebels in Greece and Turkey

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to occupy Germany and divide it into 4 zones

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to end World War II

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to give $13 billion to countries in Western Europe to rebuild after WWII so that these countries would not be tempted by communism

Question 2

What was the purpose of the Marshall Plan?

Accepted Answer

to give $13 billion to countries in Western Europe to rebuild after WWII so that these countries would not be tempted by communism

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to prevent the spread of communism by sending money and weapons to defeat communist rebels in Greece and Turkey

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to occupy Germany and divide it into 4 zones

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to end World War II

Question 3

What type of government does the United States have?

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democracy

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capitalism

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communist

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totalitarian

Question 4

Who was the leader of Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

Accepted Answer

Fidel Castro

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Mikhail Gorbachev

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Ho Chi Minh

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Nikita Kruschev

Question 5

Why was the Berlin Wall built?

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to keep East German people from fleeing to West Berlin

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to keep West German people from fleeing to West Berlin

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to keep East German people from fleeing to East Berlin

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to keep West German people from fleeing to East Berlin

Question 6

What type of government did the Soviet Union have?

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totalitarian

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capitalism

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democracy

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communist

Question 7

What type of government did West Germany have?

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democracy

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communist

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totalitarian

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capitalism

Question 8

Who was the leader of the United States during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

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John F. Kennedy

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Fidel Castro

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Franklin Roosevelt

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Nikita Kruschev

Question 9

a policy that allowed people to disagree with the government and participate more in the government

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glasnost

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perestroika

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domino theory

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demilitarized zone

Question 10

an extremely powerful country that is capable of influencing others is called a ___

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superpower

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satellite nation

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communist country

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representative democracy

Question 11

How did the Vietnam War end?

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North Vietnam won and all of Vietnam became communist

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South Vietnam won and none of Vietnam is communist

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it was a tie and they remain divided

Question 12

a policy to stop the spread of communism

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containment

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capitalism

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satellite nation

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superpower

Question 13

What did the iron curtain separate?

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democratic western Europe from communist eastern Europe

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East Germany from West Germany

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the United States from the Soviet Union

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democratic West Berlin from communist East Germany

Question 14

the military alliance between the Soviet Union and its satellite nations in eastern Europe was called ___

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Warsaw Pact

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NATO

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Berlin Airlift

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Yalta Conference

Question 15

leader of the Soviet Union who was responsible for glasnost and perestroika

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Mikhail Gorbachev

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Fidel Castro

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Josef Stalin

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Nikita Kruschev

Question 16

How did the Korean War end?

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it was a tie and North and South Korea remain divided

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South Korea won and none of Korea is communist

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North Korea won and all of Korea became communist

Question 17

What type of economic system does the United States have?

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capitalism

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democracy

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communism

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totalitarian

Question 18

What type of economic system did the Soviet Union have?

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communism

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capitalism

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democracy

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totalitarian

Question 19

What was the goal of the Soviet Union during the Cold War?

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spread communism

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make their own country communist

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contain communism

Question 20

Who won the Cold War?

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the United States

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Soviet Union

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Korea

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Vietnam

Question 21

the military alliance between the US, Canada, and 10 western European nations was called ___

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NATO

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Yalta Conference

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Warsaw Pact

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Berlin Airlift

Question 22

In 1962, which country allowed the USSR to place missiles there that were aimed at the US?

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Cuba

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Korea

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Soviet Union

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Vietnam

Question 23

Where was Berlin located?

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East Germany

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West Germany

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Yalta

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Soviet Union

Question 24

an economic program that loosened the way the government controlled businesses.  Some private property and profit were allowed

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perestroika

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glasnost

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domino theory

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communism

Question 25

a nation whose policies revolved around the Soviet Union's influence and control was called a___

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satellite nation

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superpower

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NATO

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representative democracy

Question 26

leader of communist China

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Mao Zedong

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Ho Chi Minh

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Mikhail Gorbachev

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Chiang Kai-shek

Question 27

a war of words, competition, and threats but that stops short of a military conflict is called a___

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cold war

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hot war

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nuclear war

Question 28

Why was the Berlin Airlift necessary?

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the USSR blockaded Berlin so the US had to airlift supplies to Western Berlin

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the US blockaded Berlin so the USSR had to airlift supplies to Western Berlin

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the US blockaded Berlin so the USSR had to airlift supplies to Eastern Berlin

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the USSR blockaded Berlin so the US had to airlift supplies to Eastern Berlin

Question 29

Which event was the closest the world has ever been to nuclear war?

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Cuban Missile Crisis

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World War II

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Vietnam War

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Korean War

Question 30

When did the Cold War begin?

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1945

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1990

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1962

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1944

Question 31

leader of communist North Vietnam

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Ho Chi Minh

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Mao Zedong

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Chiang Kai-shek

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Fidel Castro

Question 32

the idea that if Vietnam became communist, other countries in the area would also become communist

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domino theory

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perestroika

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demilitarized zone

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glasnost

Question 33

leader of USSR during the Cuban Missile Crisis and who built the Berlin Wall

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Nikita Kruschev

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Fidel Castro

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Josef Stalin

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Mikhail Gorbachev

Question 34

What was decided at the Yalta Conference?

Accepted Answer

to occupy Germany and divide it into 4 zones

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to give $13 billion to countries in Western Europe to rebuild after WWII so that these countries would not be tempted by communism

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to end World War II

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to prevent the spread of communism by sending money and weapons to defeat communist rebels in Greece and Turkey

Question 35

Why did the USSR break apart into 15 independent countries?

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economic problems prevented the USSR from keeping these countries together

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communism was so successful that the USSR was able to spread it to these 15 countries

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the people of the Soviet Union voted to break apart

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the US forced the USSR to break apart and use democracy

Question 36

leader of the Chinese Nationalists

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Chiang Kai-shek

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Ho Chi Minh

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Mao Zedong

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Fidel Castro

Question 37

an area where the military is not allowed

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demilitarized zone

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perestroika

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domino theory

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satellite nation

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