Cold War Unit Exam

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Fill in the blank: (10 points total 2 points each)

Directions: Fill in the blank with the term, from the word bank, that best completes the
sentence. (There will be 3 terms in the Word Bank that are not used)
S.A.L.T.

United Nations

Bay of Pigs

Nuclear Armament

Cold War

Satellite Nations

Cultural Revolution

NATO

26. The Eastern European countries that adopted Communism and fell under control of
the Soviet Union soon after World War II were known as _____________________.
27. The ___________________ was a failed invasion of Cuban exiles and United States
CIA operatives, in 1961, attempting to overthrow Castro.
28. The 1969 agreement between President Nixon and Soviet Premier Breshnev to
decrease the arms development of nuclear weapons or _________________________
helped to lower Cold War tensions.
29. The United States, Great Britain, and other democratic nations in Western Europe
formed _________________________ a military alliance to defend one another
against a possible Soviet invasion or later the spread of Communism and Soviet
influence.
30. After WWII, the United States and the Soviet Union both began a ______________
______________ to develop new weapons and equip themselves for a horrible new
kind of war.

I.D. Terms: (10 points total 5 points per term)

Directions: From the list of 5 terms, choose ONLY 2 terms and answer them. Identify and
Explain the Identification terms from the Cold War, on the extra page provided:

Be sure to state who is involved, when the event or policy took place, where in the world
the event took place or was affected by, and what the historical significance it had to the
Cold War.

Containment Policy

Cuban Missile Crisis

Truman Doctrine

Chinese Civil War

Short Essay: (10 points)

Marshall Plan

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Directions: Chose only One of the Short Essay questions and answer it on the extra page
provided. Write the number of the short essay question you are answering and then write
your short essay. Make sure to answer all aspects of the question in as much detail as you
can.

1. The Cold War is often said to be a war between two superpowers fought through proxies.
Explain how the Cold War was fought through proxies.
In your answer be sure to include who the Cold War is between.
What a proxy is.
Two examples where they fought through proxies.
Who each superpower supported and how they supported
What each side was hoping to accomplish.

2. The Cuban Missile Crisis was the peak of highest tensions during the Cold War. Explain
why Cuban Missile Crisis was the scariest point of the Cold War and how it got to that
point.

In your answer you need to identify who was involved and what the Cuban
Missile Crisis was.
Give two examples of events that contributed to the escalation of tensions leading
up to the Cuban Missile crisis.
Explain how those events contributed.
Explain why this event potentially impacted the fate of the entire world.

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Map: (10 points 2 points each)

Directions: Use the map to answer the following 5 questions. The number on the Map
corresponds with a letter from the list below. Bubble in the letter of your answer to question
number it matches on the map.

Terms: These terms match a question number on the map. Bubble in the correct answer that
identifies the appropriate number on the map.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

The Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) 17th Parallel

Ho Chi Minh Trail
Hanoi
Mekong Delta
Saigon

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Matching: (20 points total 2 points each)

Directions: Match the terms to the description.

a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

Dtente
Cuban Missile Crisis
Dien Bien Phu
The Iron Curtain
Ngo Dinh Diem

ab. 38th Parallel

ac. Nikita Khruschez
ad. Glasnost
ae. Perestroika
bc. Jiang Jieshi

1. The imaginary line that Winston Churchill said had descended across Europe,
separating the Soviet East from the democratic West.
2. The battle in Vietnam that ultimately led to the North Vietnamese defeat of the
French.
3. The man put in power of South Vietnam after the French were defeated.
4. The imaginary line that still separates North and South Korea today.
5. Gorbachevs policy to revolutionize the Soviet command economic and political
systems.
6. The climatic peak of the Cold War, a standoff between the United States and the
Soviet Union that brought the entire world to the Brink of nuclear war.
7. An agreement between Nixon and Breshnev that called for a decrease in Cold War
tensions and a cease to the arms race.
8. The leader of the Nationalist during the Chinese Civil War.
9. The Soviet Premier who would come to power after Stalins death.
10. A Soviet policy, of openness, that would lessen restrictions on free speech,
censorship, and criticism of the government.

Multiple Choice: (20 points total 2 points each)

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Directions: Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

11. The belief that if Vietnam fell to communism, then Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, and
the rest of Southern Asia would all become communist one by one.
a. Dtente
b. Truman Doctrine
c. Domino Theory
d. Marshall Plan

12. A massive military invasion of 100 South Vietnamese cities and bases by the Viet
Cong and Northern forces, during a holiday cease fire in 1968.
a. Dien Bien Phu
b. Tet Offensive
c. La Drang Valley
d. Battle of Hue

13. The United States General that was fired by President Truman over disputes of
invading China during the early stages of the Korean War.
a. Dwight D. Eisenhower
b. General Patten
c. Vo Ngyuen Giap
d. Douglas MacArthur

14. Mao Zedongs five year plan to increase agriculture and most importantly industrial
production, by placing people into communes.
a. Cultural Revolution
b. Great Leap Forward
c. Land Reform
d. Chinese Civil War

15. A willingness to go to the edge of nuclear war at any time.

a. Brinkmanship
b. Dtente
c. Truman Doctrine
d. Nuclear armament
16. Often referred to as the Forgotten War, this event established the United States
commitment to the Truman Doctrine when communist forces crossed the 38th
Parallel.

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a.
b.
c.
d.

Cold War
Korean War
Vietnam War
Chinese Civil War

17. The first communist leader of Cuba, who led the Revolution and came to power in
1959.
a. John F. Kennedy
b. Fidel Castro
c. Nikita Khruschez
d. Leonid Breshnev

18. What event took place on November 9, 1989 that symbolized the fall of the Iron
Curtain and led to a reunification of East and West Germany.
a. Polish Revolution
b. Yugoslavian Civil War
c. Collapse of the Soviet Union
d. Fall of the Berlin Wall

19. He was the first human being to go into space.

a. Laika
b. Yuri Gargarin
c. John Glenn
d. Neil Armstrong
20. This event is often referred to the Soviet Unions Vietnam and caused severe
economic hardships that contributed to the Soviet Unions collapse.
a. Glasnost
b. Korean War
c. Vietnam War
d. Afghanistan War