1) Which set of words best describes communism? a) government, USSR, China, dictator b) freedom, elections, capitalism c) Europe, division, Churchill 2) Which set of words best describes the iron curtain? a) freedom, elections, capitalism b) Europe, division, Churchill c) government, USSR, China, dictator 3) Which set of words best describes a democracy? a) government, USSR, China, dictator b) freedom, elections, capitalism c) UN, Security Council, veto power 4) Which set of words best describes satellite nations? a) Western Europe, free market, America b) Eastern Europe, USSR, communism c) UN, Security Council, veto power 5) Which set of words best describes the Berlin Blockade a) USSR, Stalin, starvation, roads b) Stalin, US, planes, Churchill c) West Germany, unity, peace 6) Which set of words best describes the Berlin Airlift? a) USSR, Stalin, starvation, roads b) airports, planes, tons of supplies, blockade response c) East Germany, iron curtain, communism 7) Which set of words best describes containment? a) Invisible barrier to divide communist states from democracies b) USSR goal to spread communism c) US foreign policy, prevent spreading of communism 8) Which set of words best describes the Marshall Plan? a) money, Western Europe, prevent communism b) money, Eastern Europe, help poor c) money to rebuild all of Europe after WWII 9) Which set of words best describes the Truman Doctrine? a) Truman, aid, resisting communism b) Truman, aid to democracies, rebuild after WWII c) Truman, spies, alliance 10) Which set of words best describes NATO? a) defense alliance, Western Europe, Canada, US b) defense alliance, Eastern Europe, Canada, US c) defense alliance, USSR, Eastern Europe 11) Which set of words best describes the Warsaw Pact? a) defense alliance, Western Europe, Canada, US b) defense alliance, Eastern Europe, Canada, US c) defense alliance, USSR, Eastern Europe 12) Which of the following words best describes Mao Zedong? a) leader of Communists during Chinese Revolution b) leader of Nationalists during Chinese Revolution c) leader of North Korea during Korean War 13) Which set of words best describes the United Nations? a) peace, international law, prevent war b) failed organization, no military c) part of NATO defense alliance 14) Which set of words best describes the Security Council? a) General Assembly, member nations of UN b) defense alliance to prevent war c) Former WW2 Allied Powers, veto power 15) Which set of words best describes the Nationalists? a) communist, North Korea, 38th parallel b) Chiang Kai Shek, Taiwan, Republic of China c) Mao Zedong, People's Republic of China, communist 16) Which set of words best describes the Korean War? a) 38th parallel, North Korea wants united communist nation b) 17th parallel, South Korea wants united communist nation c) 38th parallel, South Korea wants to spread communism 17) Which set of words best describes Douglas MacArthur? a) US Army General who died during the Korean War b) WW2 General, against containment c) fired, supports nuclear force, Korean War General 18) Which set of words best describes massive retaliation? a) threatening nuclear force to prevent war from starting b) threatening nuclear force to end war 19) Which set of words best describes brinkmanship? a) ing nuclear force to prevent war from starting b) threatening nuclear force to end war 20) Which set of words best describes the National Defense Education Act? a) money, math, science, social studies b) money, math, science, foreign language c) money, math, science, spy school 21) Which set of words best describes Sputnik? a) arms race, satellite, National Defense Education Act b) space race, satellite, National Defense Education Act c) space race, moon landing, 1957 22) Which set of words best describes the U2 Spy Incident? a) weather plane, USSR cancelled summit b) Eisenhower cancelled the summit, USSR caught spying c) relieved tension between USSR and US

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