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The Cold War

Quiz by Paul Bachman

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20 questions
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  • Q1
    Why is the United States so against Communism?
    because communism doesn't give choice
    because communism is dishonest
    because the United States is a racist country.
    30s
  • Q2
    Who won the space race to put a satellite in space?
    Germany
    Soviet Union
    North Korea
    United States
    30s
  • Q3
    The Cold War can be described as a
    Battle with many casualties
    Battle for Influence
    a war of weapons
    30s
  • Q4
    The goal of Harry Truman during the Cold War was to
    contain communism
    appease communism
    destroy communism
    30s
  • Q5
    Which was NOT a proxy war?
    Vietnam
    WWII
    Korea
    30s
  • Q6
    What did the Soviet Union form to counteract the NATO alliance
    The Entente
    The Allied Alliance
    Warsaw Pact
    30s
  • Q7
    What was the only war that the United States has ever lost?
    WWII
    WWI
    Vietnam
    Korean War
    30s
  • Q8
    Who won the arms race?
    Soviet Union
    United States
    30s
  • Q9
    When did the Soviet Union fall?
    1962
    1993
    2008
    1980
    30s
  • Q10
    What was the Yalta Pact?
    a meeting between the Soviet Union, U.S., and Great Britain to decide how countries would be divided in the post WWII era.
    30s
  • Q11
    The Manhattan Project was
    a project to develop the first nuclear weapon
    30s
  • Q12
    at its height the Soviet Union had developed how many nuclear warheads
    40,000
    400
    4 million
    400,000
    30s
  • Q13
    What was "The Fear" during the Cold War?
    all of these
    nuclear war
    destruction of the world
    death
    30s
  • Q14
    What was M.A.D.
    My Aunt Danny
    Many Anti-Nuclear Detonations
    Mutually Assured Destruction
    Mining A Dam
    30s
  • Q15
    What was Mutually Assured Destruction?
    If one side launched nuclear weapons so would the other
    30s

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