Cold War II

What do you call the five decades-long global confrontation between the Soviet Union and the United States?

• Mutually assured destruction

• The Cold War

• The Arms Race

• The Iron Curtain

What was the failed U.S. secret invasion of Cuba in 1961 called?

• The Cuban Missile Crisis

• The Los Alamos invasion

• The Bay of Pigs

• The Cuban Invasion

The U.S. attempt to prevent the further spread of Communism

• The Truman Doctrine

• The Marshall Plan

• containment

• The Berlin Airlift

What U.S. senator was known for accusing a large number of people in the government of being Communists?

• Harry Truman

• Alger Hiss

• Julius Rosenberg

• Joseph McCarthy

What did president Richard Nixon call his more flexible approach to dealing with Communist nations?

• realpolitik

• deterrence

• detente

• brinkmanship

What was the belief that one country falling to Communist influence would quickly lead to other countries in the same areas falling as well?

• containment

• deterrence

• brinkmanship

• the domino theory

What was one of the initial steps that Mikhail Gorbachev took to start making positive changes in the Soviet Union?

• he allowed open criticism of the Soviet Government

• he allowed nuclear missiles to be destroyed

• he allowed people to vote in elections

• he allowed citizens to travel to other countries

The U.S. policy to support nations threatened by Communism

• The Satellite Nation

• The Iron Curtain

• The Marshall Plan

• The Truman Doctrine

The term for nations in Eastern Europe that were aligned with or under the influence and pressure of the Soviet Union

• side nations

• satellite nations

• dependent nations

• related nations

Who was the leader of Communist China?

• Kim Jong-un

• Cho Shen

• Ching Kai-shek

• Mao Zedong