Bombs & Borders: Cold War & War on Terror Review

What does the term "Cold War" refer to?

• The conflict between Palestine and Israel

• Terrorist activity by extremists

• Competition between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R after WW2

• A period of peace and prosperity after WW2

The Cold War was a conflict between which two super powers?

• Spain and England

• US and China

• Soviet Union and United States

• United States and Vietnam

What was the main purpose of containment, the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan?

• Establishing friendly relations between the United States and the Soviet Union

• Spreading communism to other countries

• Stop the spread of communism

How did the Korean War end?

• a clear-cut American victory

• a clear-cut Communist victory

• Korea remaining divided

Which two forms of government were competing during the Cold War?

• communism and socialism

• democracy and capitalism

• democracy and communism

• socialism and capitalism

Why did the U.S. and the Soviet Union not want to get into "hot war" during the Cold War Era?

• The potential for global nuclear annihilation.

• They both lost too many soldiers in WW2.

• The United Nations would not allow them to fight in a traditional war.

• Pressure from African nations to keep relations peaceful.

The Warsaw Pact was created for what purpose?

• To assist island nations like Cuba in establishing communism

• For China to help the North Koreans against the South Koreans

• For the Soviet Union and its allies to counter the threat posed by NATO

Eastern European countries that became communist after WWII were under the influence of the USSR. They also served as a buffer zone from democratic, capitalist nations. What were these countries called?

• Puppet States

• Satellite States

• Imperial States

• Controlled States

When the United States entered the fighting in Vietnam, leaders were following the Cold War policy of

• Communism

• Containment

• Pacifism

• Vietnamization

The idea that if South Vietnam fell to communism, other nations would soon follow...

• Communism

• Domino Theory

• Imperialism

• Vietnamization