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The Cold War Quiz

Questão 1 de 33

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The Cold War was referred to as "cold" because

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • it was fought in frigid climates

  • it was so bloody that it left the participants cold

  • it was not fought with battles so much as it was a disagreement different forms of government

  • it was fought before global warming started

Explicação

Questão 2 de 33

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The two main combatants in the Cold War were

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • the United States and the Soviet Union

  • the United States and Germany

  • China and Cuba

  • Russia and Great Britain

Explicação

Questão 3 de 33

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Two conflicts the U.S. fought mainly as a result of the Cold War were

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Grenada and Panama

  • Iraq and Afghanistan

  • Korea and Vietnam

  • World War II and the Gulf War

Explicação

Questão 4 de 33

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During the height of the Cold War, Senator Joseph McCarthy was famous for

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • being a Russian spy

  • campaigning for civil rights

  • alleging that communists had infiltrated the U.S. government

  • being the lone senator to vote against entry into World War II

Explicação

Questão 5 de 33

1

Two competing organizations during the Cold War wer

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • NATO and the Warsaw Pact

  • the UN and the League of Nations

  • NATO and the World Bank

  • OPEC and the Red Cross

Explicação

Questão 6 de 33

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Which of the following terms is associated with the "Space Race", a sort of Cold War competition between the U.S. and the Soviet Union?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Berlin Wall

  • containment

  • Sputnik

  • 38th parallel

Explicação

Questão 7 de 33

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The island country in which a "missile crisis" took place was

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Cuba

  • Japan

  • Australia

  • Iceland

Explicação

Questão 8 de 33

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Mao Zedong was the communist leader of what country during the Cold War?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • South Korea

  • Cambodia

  • India

  • China

Explicação

Questão 9 de 33

1

One leader of the Soviet Union during the Cold War was

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Lenin

  • Khrushchev

  • Putin

  • Pasternak

Explicação

Questão 10 de 33

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The Cold War ended in the early 1990's with which two events?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • The AIDS crisis and the end of Apartheid in South Africa

  • The deaths of Fidel Castro and John F. Kennedy

  • The fall of the Berlin Wall and the breakup of the Soviet Union

  • The Iran Contra Affair and the SALT talks

Explicação

Questão 11 de 33

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In 1948, the United States began shipping fuel, food and other supplies to West Berlin by air after Soviet forces shut down the ability to access it by road. This airlift lasted until 1949, and was an example of the United States' attempt to control the spheres of influence between the United States and the Soviet Union. This reflects the policy known as:

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • The Cold War

  • The Domino Theory

  • Communism

  • Containment

Explicação

Questão 12 de 33

1

When an armistice was signed ending the Korean War,

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • North and South Korea were still divided along the 38th parallel.

  • a communist government was established in South Korea

  • communist fears in the United States were lifted

  • China gained control of the entire penninsula

Explicação

Questão 13 de 33

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Technology developed rapidly in the 1950's, especially with regard to fears over perceived Soviet superiorities

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • the "Space Race"

  • the Korean War

  • the Cuban Missile Crisis

  • the Bay of Pigs invasion

Explicação

Questão 14 de 33

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Which statement about the Marshall Plan is most accurate?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • It was used to finance rearmament after World War II

  • It was denied to all former World War II enemies.

  • It was used to rebuild European Nations after World War II.

  • It was given to Asian and African allies during the Cold War.

Explicação

Questão 15 de 33

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Which country would have most likely been a part of N.A.T.O. during the cold war?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • China

  • Japan

  • Great Britain

  • The Soviet Union

Explicação

Questão 16 de 33

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Which of the following best explains why the United States sent military aid to South Vietnam in the 1950s?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • to negotiate a settlement to unify Vietnam

  • to convince South Vietnam to abandon Communism

  • to join the war against the Viet Cong

  • to help South Vietnam without committing US troops to a war

Explicação

Questão 17 de 33

1

If a man was drafted between 1965 and 1973, it meant that

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • he had to leave the military.

  • he was given a deferment.

  • he had to serve in the military.

  • he was required to go to college.

Explicação

Questão 18 de 33

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Which nations provided military aid to North Vietnam during the Vietnam War?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • China and France

  • the United States and France

  • the Soviet Union and the United States

  • China and the Soviet Union

Explicação

Questão 19 de 33

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Which of the following best describes the Americans who served as infantry soldiers in Vietnam?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Most were young, working-class draftees.

  • Most were young, working-class volunteers.

  • Most were volunteers in their late twenties.

  • Most were drafted while attending college.

Explicação

Questão 20 de 33

1

In the 1960s, Bob Dylan

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • composed influential counterculture music.

  • was a student protester at the University of California at Berkeley.

  • wrote the book Slaughterhouse-Five.

  • co-founded the Students for a Democratic Society.

Explicação

Questão 21 de 33

1

What event led to the 1964 Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • the sinking of a US cruise ship with heavy casualties in the Gulf of Tonkin

  • the capture of a US Navy ship and its personnel by the North Vietnamese

  • an alleged attack on two US Navy ships by North Vietnamese torpedo boats

  • an alleged attack on two French ships by North Vietnamese torpedo boats

Explicação

Questão 22 de 33

1

The American counterculture that emerged in the mid-1960s was marked by

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • respect for traditional authority.

  • a desire to own property.

  • support of the Vietnam War.

  • opposition to traditional values.

Explicação

Questão 23 de 33

1

Which of the following describes the importance of the University of Michigan to the 1960s antiwar movement?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution was passed there.

  • It was the location of a three-day counterculture music festival.

  • It was where the Students for a Democratic Society was established.

  • Students from that university wrote Catch-22.

Explicação

Questão 24 de 33

1

Which of the following is an example of an act of civil disobedience?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • performing a protest song

  • burning a draft card in public

  • declaring opposition to a war

  • declaring support for a war

Explicação

Questão 25 de 33

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Select the reasons why American sentiment turned against the war in Vietnam over the course of the 1960s.

Selecione uma ou mais das seguintes:

  • The United States faced a clear threat from a clear enemy.

  • More and more Americans were killed in Vietnam.

  • The enemy in Vietnam was unclear.

  • The draft disproportionately targeted low-income men.

  • All citizens were equally chosen to take part in the draft.

Explicação

Questão 26 de 33

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Which of the following statements about the American soldiers who served in Vietnam is correct?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Most Americans serving in Vietnam were drafted.

  • Most of the soldiers came from working-class backgrounds.

  • A high percentage of college students was drafted.

  • The average age of the soldiers was twenty-one.

Explicação

Questão 27 de 33

1

In 1965, President Johnson immediately used the authority of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution to

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • withdraw all US troops from North Vietnam.

  • commit half a million troops to fight in Vietnam.

  • begin sustained bombing of North Vietnam.

  • begin sustained bombing of South Vietnam.

Explicação

Questão 28 de 33

1

Which legislation limited the powers of the president to commit troops to war?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

  • the 26th Amendment

  • the end of the draft

  • the War Powers Resolution

Explicação

Questão 29 de 33

1

Which of the following were effects of the Vietnam War?
Check all the boxes that apply.

Selecione uma ou mais das seguintes:

  • More than 50,000 Americans were killed.

  • Economic problems developed in the 1970s.

  • US expenditures totaled $120 billion to $140 billion.

Explicação

Questão 30 de 33

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Which event marked the end of the Vietnam War?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Communist forces returned American POWs.

  • US troops withdrew from Vietnam.

  • South Vietnam surrendered after Saigon fell.

  • The United States reduced its involvement in Vietnam.

Explicação

Questão 31 de 33

1

To what were Kent State students reacting by staging their 1970 antiwar protest?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • the bombing of Cambodia

  • Vietnamization

  • withdrawal of US troops from Vietnam

  • the use of the National Guard in the war

Explicação

Questão 32 de 33

1

What is Vietnamization?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Nixon’s plan for exiting Vietnam

  • Nixon’s plan for stopping protestors

  • Nixon’s plan for escalating the war

Explicação

Questão 33 de 33

1

Why did many people find Nixon an appealing candidate?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • He was supported by blue-collar workers in the South.

  • Prowar citizens liked his stance on US involvement in Vietnam.

  • People bothered by the violence of 1968 liked his promise to restore order.

Explicação

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