Cold War

What are Proxy Wars?

• Indirect conflicts between the 2 superpowers

• Wars between Communist China and Russia

• Wars between the US and Canada

• Wars that US citizens greatly supported the involvement of US troops

Which country supported Fidel Castro, the communist leader of Cuba?

• USA

• USSR

• Great Britain

• Wakanda

What is NATO?

• A military alliance between Western European Countries, the U.S. and Canada.

• A military alliance between Western European Countries, the Soviet Union and China.

• A military alliance between Eastern European Countries, Including the Soviet Union and its satellite nations.

• A military alliance between Eastern European Countries.

America's relationship with the Soviet Union was called a "Cold War" because the...

• Soviets fought the United States by freezing prices
• the United States fought the Soviet Union during their harsh, cold winter
• Soviet Union and the United States were enemies, but no official war took place
• Soviet Union and United States were developing nuclear weapons using cold fusion

What two nations were in competition with each other during the Cold War?

• Spain and Portugal
• England and France
• Germany and Italy
• United States and Soviet Union

By applying the strategy of containment, the United States hoped to prevent the

• emergence of an economic crisis in Europe
• return of Nazi ideas to postwar Germany
• expansion of the Soviet Union's influence around the world
• spread of nationalism from China to the rest of Asia 

What is an Arms Race?

• When two countries compete to create the best and most weapons 
• When two countries compete to create new colonies
• When two countries compete over resources

Which event symbolized the end of the Cold War?

• Allies unifying 4 sections of Germany to create West Germany

• United States landing on the moon

• Collapse of the Soviet Union

• Signing of the Cold War peace treaty

What does the ‘Iron Curtain’ symbolize? 

• The division between East Germany and West Germany
• The division between East Berlin and West Berlin
• The division between communist Europe and noncommunist Europe 
• The division between North Korea and South Korea

What two superpowers immerged after World War II?

• United States and Germany

• Soviet Union and Germany

• Soviet Union and Russia

• United States and Soviet Union