Week 13 Required Readings Quiz

Which key term is associated with the end of the Korean War?

• Ho Chi Minh

• Korean Armistice

• Eisenhower Doctrine

• Domino Theory

Who was the leader of North Vietnam during the 1950s?

• Fidel Castro

• Ho Chi Minh

• Fulgencio Batista

• Nikita Khrushchev

What was the significance of the 1954 Geneva Accords?

• It ended the Korean War

• It divided Vietnam at the 17th parallel

• It initiated the Cuban Missile Crisis

• It led to the construction of the Berlin Wall

Which term refers to the theory that if one country falls to communism, others will follow?

• Massive Retaliation

• Peaceful Coexistence

• Domino Theory

• Mutually Assured Destruction

What was the Eisenhower Doctrine primarily concerned with?

• Nuclear disarmament

• Space exploration

• Middle Eastern defense against communism

• European reconstruction

Which event is associated with the U-2 Summit?

• A failed invasion of Cuba

• A spy plane incident

• The launch of Sputnik

• The signing of the Test Ban Treaty

What was the primary purpose of the Berlin Wall?

• To prevent East Germans from fleeing to the West

• To mark the boundary of the Suez Canal

• To serve as a symbol of the Cold War

• To protect against a Soviet invasion

Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• Joseph Stalin

• Mikhail Gorbachev

• Leonid Brezhnev

• Nikita Khrushchev

What was the main goal of the New Look Strategy?

• To establish a space program

• To reduce military spending while relying on nuclear deterrence

• To promote peaceful coexistence with the Soviet Union

• To increase conventional military forces

Which event involved a failed invasion of Cuba by Cuban exiles?

• Operation Ajax

• Bay of Pigs

• Repression in Hungary

• Cuban Missile Crisis