key terms/vocabulary
The term "Red Scare" refers to fear of what?
1. communism
2. democracy
3. Nazism
4. Stalinism
1. communism
At the start of the Cold War the leader of the Soviet Union was ...
1. Stalin
2. Gorbachev
3. Khrushchev
4. Putin
1. Stalin
Who was the President of the United States at the start of the Cold War?
1. FDR
2. Truman
3. Eisenhower
4. Kennedy
2. Truman
The dividing line between North and South Korea
1. 35th parallel
2. 38th parallel
3. 32nd parallel
4. 30th parallel
2. 38th parallel
Which country was the first to put a satellite up in space
1. US
2. USSR
2. USSR
The "Cold War" can best be defined as ...
1. A war in which two super powers engaged in proxy wars, competitions, and avoided direct conflicts
2. A war in which there is direct military conflict between the two nations.
3. A combination of direct conflict, and proxy wars
4. A threat of nuclear War.
1. A war in which two super powers engaged in proxy wars, competitions, and avoided direct conflicts
The Soviet Union controlled which half of the city of Berlin?
1. Eastern
2. Western
3. Northern
4. Southern
1. Eastern
Truman's policy to stop the spread of communism was known as
1. annihilation
2. divide and conquer
3. containment
4. freeze it
3. containment
T/F
The 38th parallel was established after WWII and then again in 1953 at the conclusion of the Korean War
True
McCarthyism is often compared to a
1. Witch Hunt
2. Necessary Evil
3. Spy Game
4. Scare Tactic
1. Witch Hunt
MAD stands for..
1. Many Atomic Detonations
2. Mutually Assured Damage
3. Movement and Distance
4. Mutually Assured Destruction
4. Mutually Assured Destruction
T/F
* The Soviet Union resented the fact the France, US, and the UK consolidated their zones in Germany.
True
The US occupied which side of the German city of Berlin?
1. Northern
2. Southern
3. Eastern
4. Western
4. Western
T/F
China was Communist during the Korean War and ended up supporting North Korea
1. True
Julius and Ethel Rosenburg were confirmed spies from which country
1. Russia
2. Soviet Union
3. US
4. Germany
2. Soviet Union
Monroe Doctrine's purpose was to
1. Give the US more power
2. prevent the spread of communism by providing monetary aid to struggling countries in Europe
3. Make Truman look good around the world
4. Show Europe that the US had emerged as a Super Power.
2. prevent the spread of communism by providing monetary aid to struggling countries in Europe
The purpose of the Berlin Blockade by the USSR was to ultimately ...
1. Gain control of all of Berlin
2. Make the people in West Berlin suffer
3. Prove to the world that the Soviet Union was powerful
4. Test the strength of the US, France, and the UK.
1. Gain control of all of Berlin
True or False
*The US was the first country to send a dog to space
False
Soviet Union
Truman did not use Congress to declare War instead he used this group as a platform to join the Korean War.
1. NATO
2. UN
3. UK
4. USSR
2. UN
Which war lasted longer?
1. Korean War
2. Vietnam War
2. Vietnam War
the "Iron Curtain" also known as the invisible line that separated Eastern and Western Europe was a term coined by ...
1. Stalin
2. Churchill
3. Truman
4. MacArthur
2. Churchill
The Soviet Union had their first successful nuclear test in _______
1. 1949
2. 1946
3. 1951
4. 1950
1. 1949
What was the "Domino Theory"
1. That WWIII was coming
2. Look out for nuclear weapons
3. When one country falls to communism the surrounding countries will also fall victim to communism
4. When one country becomes democratic, then others will too.
3. When one country falls to communism the surrounding countries will also fall victim to communism
Truman selected General Douglas MacArthur to lead the UN forces because ...
1. Military experience in both WWI and WWII
2. MacArthur was the most passionate about the cause
3. MacArthur was a good friend of Truman
4. MacArthur had not yet had a chance to prove himself
1. Military experience in both WWI and WWII
What was the first major event to trigger the Cold War between the US and the Soviet Union?
(ask a group member to write it on a card)
* When the US dropped the Atomic Bombs on Japan in WWII