Chapter 15 The Cold War

To stop Communism, what did President Reagan do?

• made a deal with Australia to attack the USSR

• made military stronger - made more weapons

• build a wall around all of the USSR

• nothing - Communism was going to die out

The Arms Race was...

• Making more and stronger weapons than your enemy

• controlling your aim and hitting the target

• extremely accurate missiles

• putting underarm deodorant on

President Carter of the USA did these things to protest the invasion of Afghanistan by the USSR...

• protested outside the Kremlin with signs

• went to war - invaded the Ukraine

• stopped selling grain and technology goods to USSR

• nothing - we just watched them invade Afghanistan

These items were left on the Moon by our astronauts...

• nothing the Moon landing was a hoax and the Earth is flat

• pictures of the astronauts' families

• a habitat (small house) for the next astronauts to visit

• USA flag and plaque

At the end of the Vietnam War...

• the production of kimchi dropped

• China invaded the country of Korea

• Vietnam unified (became one communist country)

• we were the victors

Neil Armstrong of the United States was...

• first to climb Mt. Everest

• first to walk on the Moon

• first to fly across the Atlantic non-stop

• first to cross Asia on foot

Vietnam anti-war feelings were rising because...

• children were fighting in the American military

• there were no bad feelings about the war

• television had too many commercials - we wanted to see the war 24/7

• television allowed citizens to see the brutality of the war

Which sequence of events is correct?

• A Berlin wall falls, space race begins, Cold War ends, man steps on the moon

• B space race begins, man steps on the Moon, Berlin wall falls, Cold War ends

• C Cold War ends, Berlin wall falls, space race begins, man steps on the Moon

We agreed to only test nuclear weapons in this area on the planet in 1968.

• in space

• underground

• in lakes

• close to cities

Which country was North Korea's best ALLY?

• England

• Canada

• USA

• China