The Cold War

Exam-Review NotesChapter #15

1. Domino theory2. Ngo Dinh Diem3. Ho Chi Minh4. Cuban Missile Crisis5. Superpowers6. Fidel Castro7. Anti-ballistic missilles8. Détente9. Nikita Khrushchev10. Welfare state

Matching

1. What aspect of the Cold War arms race made it so terrifying?

2. What was a change that took place during the Cuban Revolution?

3. A “red scare” was the fear of…4. A major goal of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was to…5. After WWII, the U.S. offered assistance to war-torn

European nations through which of the following?6. The Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution were

social reform programs led by which leader?7. What happened to the defeated Chinese nationalists?8. What was a result of Gorbachev’s perestroika?9. The East German government responded to Gorbachev’s

call for change by…

Multiple Choice

10. During the Korean War, which nation poured hundreds of thousands of soldiers to help North Korea?

11. Which alliance was dedicated to the security of communist nations in Europe during the Cold War?

12. The purpose of the SALT talks and the START treaty was…13. The American strategy under détente was to…14. The movement of Americans from cities to communities

outside an urban core is known as…15. What agency helped spur economic growth across Western

Europe by eliminating tariffs?16. What kind of government did Japan adopt after WWII?17. Why did the U.S. establish diplomatic relations with China in

the 1970s?18. Mao Zedong created agricultural communes to…19. When the North Koreans overran South Korea in the summer

of 1950, United Nations forces stopped their advance at…20. What was the main goal of the Viet Cong?

21. During the Vietnam War, the Tet Offensive…22. The Khmer Rouge was responsible for…23. What conflict was called the Soviet Union’s

“Vietnam”?24. In 1992, the Slovaks and Czechs split Czechoslovakia

into separate nations…25. After the Soviet Union split up and communism was

defeated in Eastern Europe, China accelerated its embrace of…

1. During the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union confronted each other indirectly by supporting opposite sides in local conflicts. (a) Why did the superpowers confront each other indirectly? (b) Explain how the Cuban situation in the late 1950s and early 1960s was an example of this type of indirect conflict?

2. Explain how public opinion in the United States influenced the decisions of presidents Lyndon B. Johnson and Richard Nixon concerning the Vietnam War?

Short Essay