Cold war study guide

Question 1

U.S. President who beginning in 1964, increased the number of U.S. Troops in Vietnam

Answer 1

Lyndon Johnson

Question 2

Why did the U.S. get involved in the Korean War and Vietnam war

Answer 2

Stop the spread of communism

Question 3

Communism leader of Cuba during the Cuban missile crisis

Answer 3

Fidel Castro

Question 4

Soviet leader who prompted the growth of heavy industry over consumer goods after WWII

Answer 4

Joseph Stalin

Question 5

U.S. President involved in the Cuban missile crisis

Answer 5

John F. Kennedy

Question 6

Separated north and South Korea

Answer 6

38th parallel

Question 7

What was signed to bring an end to the Korean War

Answer 7

Armistice of 1953

Question 8

What was created to stop communism anywhere around the world

Answer 8

Truman Doctrine

Question 9

Kim II-Sung was the leader of

Answer 9

North Korea

Question 10

Syngman Rhee was the leader of

Answer 10

South Korea

Question 11

What was the Cuban missile crisis

Answer 11

Hen Cuba had nuclear weapons 90 miles from the U.S.

Question 12

U.S. Fears about the spread of communism were increased when _______ became a communist nation in 1940

Answer 12

China

Question 13

What ideologies contributed to the Vietnam and Korean wars

Answer 13

Communism and capitalism

Question 14

What was the reason for the Vietnam and Korean War

Answer 14

North Korea as under communism rule and South Korea under capitalism rule

Question 15

What were some differences between the east and West Berlin

Answer 15

east was communism and west was capitalism

Question 16

The ‘Bay of Pigs’ refers to…

Answer 16

Invasion in 1961 by the United States in Cuba it was unsuccessful

Question 17

Why was the Berlin Wall built

Answer 17

To keep east and West Berlin separated

Question 18

Describe the iron curtain

Answer 18

Imaginary line that separate communism and capitalism

Question 19

Describe he Berlin air lift

Answer 19

The U.S. Needed to get supplies but the Soviet Union wouldn’t let them cross so they had to fly over

Question 20

Explain how the city of Berlin was divided after WWII. If the Americans tried to get to their section in Berlin how would they get to it

Answer 20

4 sectors they would have to fly over

Question 21

What is an ideology

Answer 21

Set of ideas

Question 22

What are the two sets of ideologies that cause the Cold War

Answer 22

1. Communism

2. Capitalism

Question 23

What’s the name given hen the U.S. flew planes into Berlin to help the citizens

Answer 23

Berlin air lift

Question 24

A figurative name given to separate east and west Germany between communism and capitalism

Answer 24

Iron curtain

Question 25

This was built to keep the East Berliners from moving into the west

Answer 25

Berlin wall

Question 26

The unites states attempt to overthrow the Cuban government

Answer 26

Bay of pigs

Question 27

Reason for the U.S. to get involved int he Vietnam war

Answer 27

Stop the spread of communism

Question 28

Country that supported north Vietnam

Answer 28

Soviet Union

Question 29

Country that supported south Vietnam

Answer 29

United States

Question 30

The Berlin Wall fell in what year

Answer 30

1989

Question 31

The Berlin Wall was built in what year

Answer 31

1961

Question 32

The 13 day crisis that brought the U.S. closer to nuclear war

Answer 32

Cuban missile crisis

Question 33

What was placed in Cuba that made the U.S. nervous

Answer 33

Nuclear weapons

Question 34

Soviet leader who build the Berlin Wall

Answer 34

Nikita Khrushchev