Cold War Review

What was the main purpose of the Truman Doctrine?

• To create political parties that promoted Capitalism

• To raise money for new countries in Europe

• To support countries that were against Communism

• To create a true Communist party in the United States

What is the idea that if one country fell to communism others would follow?

• The Domino Theory

• The Iron Curtain

• The Berlin Wall

• Sputnik

What is the name of the alliance that was established after NATO?

• The Berlin Pact

• The Russian Pact

• The Truman Pact

• The Warsaw Pact

What countries were behind the "Iron Curtain"?

• The United States and its allies

• The Soviet Union and its satellite states

• The Soviet Union

• China and its satellite states

Who was fighting a Civil War in China?

• The Communists and the Capitalists

• The Communists and the Fascists

• The Communists and the Dictators

• The Communists and the Nationalists

Who were the people in China during the Cultural Revolution that were viewed as heros?

• Peasants

• Artists

• Aristocrats

• Intellectuals

Why did China send troops into Korea?

• Korea and China were allies and they felt it was the right thing to do.

• The war was getting too close to the Chinese border.

• The Chinese never entered the war.

• The Koreans threatened China if they didn't enter the war.

During the Korean War, Douglas MacArthur disagreed with the president because

• He didn't want to be in the war.

• He felt that the United States should be working with Korea.

• He wanted to use nuclear weapons.

• The United States never entered the war.

This was a period of the easing of Cold War tensions between the U.S. and the Soviet Union from 1967 to 1979.

• Detente

• Brinkmanship

• Appeasement

• Contra

Who were the majority of the Vietcong?

• anti-Communist North Vietnamese

• anti-Communist South Vietnamese

• pro-Communist North Vietnamese

• pro-Communist South Vietnamese