1. The Cold War UNIT 10 REVIEW

2. What group took over in Russia after Tsar Nicholas?

3. The Bolsheviks

4. What military alliance was led by the Soviet Union?

5. The Warsaw Pact

6. Which US President resolved the Cuban Missile Crisis?

7. John F. Kennedy

8. The struggle for global power between the Soviet Union and the United States came to be known as:

9. The Cold War

10. What is significant about the 38 th parallel?

11. It divides Communist North Korea from Democratic South Korea

12. Who was the harsh leader of the Soviet Union at the beginning of the Cold War?

13. Joseph Stalin

14. What was the Marshall Plan?

15. The idea that U.S. could rebuild Europe with loans and other economic aid, giving $13 billion in aid

16. Which US leader decided to use nuclear weapons against Japan?

17. Harry S. Truman

18. What was biggest contribution toward the collapse of the Soviet Union? A. The loss of the Space Race made the Soviets give up the rest of the war B. The free education system was not good enough for the people of the Soviet Union C. The poor leadership of the Soviet Union caused people to build animosity and resentment D. The communist system caused the country to lose money until they could no longer compete

19. What was biggest contribution toward the collapse of the Soviet Union? A. The loss of the Space Race made the Soviets give up the rest of the war B. The free education system was not good enough for the people of the Soviet Union C. The poor leadership of the Soviet Union caused people to build animosity and resentment D. The communist system caused the country to lose money until they could no longer compete

20. What was the Domino Theory?

21. The idea that Communism would spread rapidly throughout Southeast Asia

22. What was the Berlin Wall?

23. A wall that divided Democratic West and Communist East Berlin built by the Soviet Union

24. Who was the leader of the People’s Republic of China?

25. Mao Zedong

26. Which of the following people would support the ideas of communism? a) A wealthy businessman who wants to make as much money as possible b) A religious leader who wants to have more people join his church c) A person who wants to start their own family run shoe shop d) A poor fast-food worker who wants more respect for their work

27. Which of the following people would support the ideas of communism? a) A wealthy businessman who wants to make as much money as possible b) A religious leader who wants to have more people join his church c) A person who wants to start their own family run shoe shop d) A poor fast-food worker who wants more respect for their work

28. Who were the superpowers and where did each keep their missiles during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

29. USA- Turkey USSR- Cuba

30. What is an “arms race”?

31. Period where the United States and the Soviet Union rushed to build more and more weapons

32. In what year did the Berlin Wall come down?

33. 1989

34. Which of the following scenarios sounds like it might occur in a capitalist country? a) A waitress is rude to her customers and drops many plates but makes the same pay b) A bus driver brings her students late to school several days in a row and is fired c) The government tells people where they are allowed to travel and where they are not d) Students are lining up to go to college because it is declared free for everyone

35. Which of the following scenarios sounds like it might occur in a capitalist country? a) A waitress is rude to her customers and drops many plates but makes the same pay b) A bus driver brings her students late to school several days in a row and is fired c) The government tells people where they are allowed to travel and where they are not d) Students are lining up to go to college because it is declared free for everyone

36. What was the “Great Leap Forward”?

37. A push to make the People’s Republic of China from an agricultural society to an industrial world power

38. Who was the leader of Vietnam during the Vietnam War?

39. Ho Chi Minh

40. Which strategy did the United States NOT utilize during the Cold War? A. Sending economic aid to Europe through the Marshall Plan B. Invading the Soviet Union C. Sending weapons to Chinese nationalist to fight against the Communist Party D. Sending American troops to Korea to fight against the North Koreans

41. Which strategy did the United States NOT utilize during the Cold War? A. Sending economic aid to Europe through the Marshall Plan B. Invading the Soviet Union C. Sending weapons to Chinese nationalist to fight against the Communist Party D. Sending American troops to Korea to fight against the North Koreans

42. What was a short term cause of the Cuban Missile Crisis?

43. The Cuban Revolution and the Bay of Pigs Invasion (Long term: Spanish- American War & The Cold War)

44. What is a blockade?

45. Preventing materials and resources from reaching a certain destination

46. What form of government allows citizens to demonstrate their power through voting?

47. Democracy

48. One reason the Soviet Union formed the Warsaw Pact was to: a) begin the transition to democracy b) help start capitalism in Eastern Europe c) limit the threat of invasion from Western Europe d) have a place to discuss their ideas about the UN

49. One reason the Soviet Union formed the Warsaw Pact was to: a) begin the transition to democracy b) help start capitalism in Eastern Europe c) limit the threat of invasion from Western Europe d) have a place to discuss their ideas about the UN

50. Which USSR leader took over after Joseph Stalin and opposed his policies?

51. Nikita Khrushchev

52. Who led the Soviet Union when it fell?

53. Mikhail Gorbachev

54. What was the Berlin Airlift?

56. What military alliance was led by the United States?

57. NATO

58. “A wind has been blowing from the West; now it will begin to blow from the East.” — Mao Zedong, 1949 Which idea was Mao Zedong expressing? a) The monsoons will soon shift and bring destruction to the mainland of Asia. b) Chinese culture will no longer influence the people of Asia. c) European power will decline as a new center of power emerges in Asia. d) The Asian people have much to learn from the Western Europeans.

59. “A wind has been blowing from the West; now it will begin to blow from the East.” — Mao Zedong, 1949 Which idea was Mao Zedong expressing? a) The monsoons will soon shift and bring destruction to the mainland of Asia. b) Chinese culture will no longer influence the people of Asia. c) European power will decline as a new center of power emerges in Asia. d) The Asian people have much to learn from the Western Europeans.