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1. 
What was the result of US involvement in Korea and Vietnam?
A.
Britain allied with the US in wars in both countries.
B.
China invaded the Soviet Union.
C.
Each country was split between a communist and capitalist half.
D.
The US was able to stop the communists from taking over.
2. 
Which 2 countries were divided into a communist north and capitalist south during the Cold War?
A.
Britain and the US.
B.
Vietnam and Korea.
C.
Germany and Poland.
D.
Japan and China.
3. 
What was the most significant threat to humankind after WWII?
A.
Suicide bombers.
B.
Nuclear annihilation.
C.
Hijackers.
D.
Terrorism.
4. 
During the Cold War, which technology had the potential to destroy the entire human population?
A.
Nuclear weapons.
B.
Satellites.
C.
Manned space missions.
D.
Modern aircraft.
5. 
How did the Cuban Missile Crisis almost lead to war?
A.
The Soviet Union declared a policy of unrestricted submarine warfare.
B.
Cuba was developing a nuclear weapons factory.
C.
Cuba was planning a ground invasion of the US.
D.
The Soviet Union was shipping nuclear weapons to Cuba.
6. 
The Cuban Missile Crisis was significant because:
A.
It caused Cuba to ally with the US.
B.
It brought the US and Soviet Union to the brink of nuclear war.
C.
It forced the Soviet Union to reconsider its relationship with communist China.
D.
It nearly ruined the economy of the Soviet Union.
7. 
How did the US respond to the launch of the satellite Sputnik?
A.
The US instigated the Cuban Missile Crisis.
B.
The US threatened to hold free elections in Cuba.
C.
The US established NASA to land on the moon.
D.
The US established the CIA.
8. 
US creation of NASA and the moon landing were a response to:
A.
Soviet launch of the satellite Sputnik.
B.
Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia.
C.
Soviet aggression during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
D.
Soviet requests for a technological partnership.
9. 
Why did people try to escape over the Berlin Wall from East Germany?
A.
Living conditions were poor because of shortages of goods.
B.
A cholera epidemic was killing most of the residents of East Germany.
C.
Capitalist countries were threatening an invasion.
D.
By law, East Germans were required to be Catholic.
10. 
During the Cold War, poor living conditions and shortages of goods in Eastern Europe caused many people to:
A.
choose an agrarian lifestyle.
B.
flee to more populated cities inside the Soviet Union.
C.
stockpile savings in Russian banks.
D.
risk their lives to escape to Western Europe.