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The cold war. 8th grade honors 2010 D:
- 1.What was the cold war?
- A.
A war fought when it was cold.
- B.
A period of struggle between the us and soviet union.
- C.
A war between the U.S. and soviet union.
- D.
A war between U.S. and britain.
- E.
Idk.
- 2.The cold war lasted from the end of WWII to....
- A.
1960
- B.
1991
- C.
1990
- D.
Idk
- 3.First the soviets set up ____________, or communist governments on their border.
- A.
Buildings
- B.
38th paralllells
- C.
Satellite nations
- D.
Vietcongs
- 4.Churchill referred to the division in Europe as an "iron _________" (be sure to spell it right or the website marks it wrong aha.)
- 5.The guiding principle of U.S. foreign policy during the cold war was to __________ communism.
- A.
Contain
- B.
Spread
- C.
Eat
- D.
Cook
- E.
Fart on
- 6.What was the truman doctrine?
- 7.What was the marshall plan?
- A.
When the USSR held west berlin hostage & the US and Britain staged the berlin airlift.
- B.
To build the berlin wall.
- C.
U.S. help rebuild europe economies after WWII.
- D.
The first peacetime allicance that the US joined
- 8.In 1948 the US, Britain, and France united their zones of germany into the country called....
- A.
North germany
- B.
East germany
- C.
West germany
- D.
South germany
- 9.When the USSR held west berlin hostage for 327 days, the US & Britain staged the _______ ______
- A.
Satellite nations
- B.
Iron curtain
- C.
Berlin wall
- D.
Berlin airlift
- 10.The USSR made its zone of germany into the country of.
- A.
North germany
- B.
East germany
- C.
West germany
- D.
South germany
- 11.The first peacetime alliance that the US joined was called...
- A.
NATO
- B.
The warsaw pact
- C.
The united nations
- D.
Watergate scandal
- 12.THe USSR formed its own alliance called
- A.
NATO
- B.
Warsaw pact
- C.
The united nations
- D.
Watergate scandal
- 13.The 1st asian nation to fall to communism was...
- A.
Vietnam
- B.
Asia
- C.
China
- D.
South korea
- E.
North korea
- 14.After WWII Korea was divided at what line?
- A.
Equator
- B.
38th parallel
- C.
Berlin wall
- D.
Idk
- 15.The war in korea was not an official US war. what was it called? (there is more then one answer so just pick one :D )
- A.
A fight
- B.
A conflict
- C.
The forgotten war
- D.
The bay of pigs invasion
- 16.Who fired general MacArthur?
- A.
President harry truman
- B.
President nixon
- C.
He wasnt fired, he quit
- D.
Joseph McCarthy
- 17.In the korean war, which side did the USA back up?
- A.
North
- B.
South
- C.
The US didnt help korea
- 18.The high cost & disappointing ending of the Korean war were reasons why americans elected republician _______________ in 1952.
- A.
Nixon
- B.
Eisenhower
- C.
Truman
- D.
George h. w. bush
- 19.Senator _____ claimed he had a list of communists in the US.
- A.
McCarthy
- B.
Castro
- C.
Oswald
- D.
IDKKKKK
- 20.The election of 1960 was the first presidental election people could ________
- A.
Watch on tv
- B.
Read about in newspapers
- C.
Hear about on the radio
- D.
Vote for the winner
- 21.Two communist leaders that caused JFK trouble were Fidel ______ (cuba) and Nikita _____________ (Soviet union). (order DOES matter)
- A.
Khruhchev & castro
- B.
Castro & khruhchev
- C.
Nixon & castro
- D.
Castro & mccarthy
- 22.The ____________________ was the failed invasion of cuba, which was an embarrassment for the US.
- A.
Berlin airlift
- B.
Bay of pigs invasion
- C.
Satellite nations
- D.
Berlin wall
- E.
Vietnamization
- 23.A naval blockade of cuba was a succcess during the ____________ in 1961.
- A.
Bay of pigs invasion
- B.
SALT agreement
- C.
Watergate scandal
- D.
Cuban missile crisis
- 24.
- A.
Nixon
- B.
McCarthy
- C.
Lee Harvey Oswald
- D.
Me.
- 25.To keep east germans from leaving, khrushchev had the ________________ built.
- A.
Iron curtain
- B.
Berlin wall
- C.
38th parallel
- D.
Vietcong
- 26.__ ___ ____ was the leader of communist north vietnam.
- A.
Ho chi minh
- B.
Lee harvey oswald
- C.
President harry truman
- D.
Emily ann blum
- 27.In the vietnam war, the US supported _____ vietnam.
- A.
North
- B.
East
- C.
South
- D.
West
- 28.The ________ were communist guerillas fighting in the south.
- A.
Army
- B.
Vietcong
- C.
Animals
- D.
RAWR
- 29.People expressed negative views of the war by ________ on college campuses
- A.
Wars
- B.
Fighting
- C.
Protests
- 30.The domino theory states that:
- 31.Vietnamization was...
- A.
Killing all the people in vietnam
- B.
Nixons plan to end the war
- C.
Destroying vietnam
- 32.4 students were killed in ohio during a protest at _________ university
- A.
Ohio state
- B.
Pent state
- C.
Kent state
- D.
Pooo state
- 33.The ___ amendmentchanged the voting age from 21 to 18
- A.
16
- B.
6
- C.
26
- D.
30
- E.
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- 34.President _____ resigned after evidence he was involved in the watergate scandal.
- A.
Nixon
- B.
Truman
- C.
Bush
- D.
Ford
- 35.The ____ agreement limited the number of nuclear warheads and missiles between the US and USSR
- A.
Crap
- B.
Salt
- C.
Pepper
- D.
Aunt
- E.
Silly
- 36.The sumbolic end to the cold war was the tearing down of the ______
- A.
Berlin airlift
- B.
Iron curtain
- C.
Berlin wall
- D.
Satellite nations
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