How Much Do You Know About The Cold War?

Quiz Questions

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  What city hosted the conference for those Asian and African nations not aligned formally with one of the two superpowers?

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    Taipei, Taiwan
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    Bandung, Indonesia
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    New Delhi, India
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    Cairo, Egypt
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  What is the political theory that says that if one nation comes under communist control then neighboring nations will also come under communist control?

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    Monopoly Mayhem
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    Nixon Doctrine
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    Domino Theory
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    Kin Country Syndrome
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  What is the name of the policy that was intended to contain Soviet power without starting a global war that might end in nuclear confrontation?

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    detente
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    encirclement
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    containment
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    linkage
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  Which image symbolizes the ideological conflict and physical boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II in 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1990?

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    Check Point Charlie
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    Berlin Wall
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    Iron Curtain
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    All of the Above
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  On May 4, 1970, at a respected American university, 4 student protestors were shot and killed. What is the name of the university?

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    Columbia University
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    Stanford University
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    Kent State University
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    University of Virginia
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  What is the name of the anti-communist militancy that swept the US in the years after World War II?

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    Brinkmanship
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    Deterrence
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    Red Scare
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    Peacenik
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  Who wrote the "Long Telegram," arguing that any softening of the Russian line would be a diversionary tactic designed to lull the West into complacency?

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    President Eisenhower
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    JFK
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    President Truman
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    George Kennan (Mr. X)

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