Cold War Terms 1
The practice of spying to get political secrets or military information
Subversion, Censorship, Propaganda, Espionage
Espionage
Which individual is most famously associated with leading the hunt for communists within the U.S. government?
Buzz Lightyear, Moana, Senator McCarthy
Senator McCarthy
What was the type of bomb used in Japan that ended the war?
Big Bomb, Atomic Bomb, Hydrogen Bomb
Atomic Bomb
Where did Russia keep their weapons that were pointed at the U.S.?
Cuba, Turkey, India, Australia
Cuba
Where is the setting of the book?
Camp Green Lake
Undermining or overthrowing government from within.
Subversion, Censorship, Propaganda, Espionage
Subversion
The color red represents which type of government?
Capitalism or Communism
Communism
Who was president of the US during the Cold War?
Trump, Obama, JFK, Washington
JFK
When the US found Russian bombs pointed at them, what vehicle did they use to surround the island country?
Planes, Cars, Boats, Bikes
Boats
What is the full name of the main character in Holes?
Stanley Yelnats
Biased information used to promote a political cause or opinion.
Subversion, Censorship, Propaganda, Espionage
Propaganda
Which group of people did Americans try catching during the Red Scare?
Communists, Colonists, Colonialists, Crayons
Communists
What new type of bomb was being produced after world war 2 that was 1000 times stronger than the atom bomb.
Superbombs, Hydrogen Bombs, Nuclearcentric Bombs
Hydrogen Bombs
What does the acronym M.A.D. (mutually assured destruction) mean?
Correct!
What does Zero want to learn from Stanely?
How to read
Suppressing speech and communication
Subversion, Censorship, Propaganda, Espionage
Censorship
Americans were scared of communism, what type of government was practiced in America?
Speciation, Capitalism, Authoritarianism
Capitalism
Dozens, Hundreds, Thousands, Billions
Thousands (approximately 200,000 or more)
What was duck and cover?
Correct!
Who did Stanley's great, great grandfather forget to take up the mountain and sing to?
Madaam Zaroni
BONUS POINTS
BONUS POINTS
During the Red Scare, the US governement investigated citizens and at times, violated what?
Tax Laws, Individual Rights, Library Cards
Individual Rights
Name one of the two cities in Japan that saw nuclear bombs in WW2.
Hiroshima, Nagasaki
When Russia and America agreed to remove their missiles pointed at one another, where did the US remove their missiles from?
Turkey, Djbouti, South Africa, Iran
Turkey
Why did Stanley's great, great grandfather move to the U.S.?
He was not wanted by the love of his life, so he chose to leave.