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Cold War History Quiz Preparation

May 14, 2025

History Quiz Review: The Cold War

Quiz Format

  • Type: Multiple choice and open response
  • Number of Questions: 20-25

Key Terms to Know

Military Alliances

  • Warsaw Pact
  • NATO

Nuclear and Space Competition

  • Arms Race: Focus on the Hydrogen Bomb
  • Space Race: Key events like Sputnik launch and the Moon Landing

Political and Military Events

  • Berlin Wall
  • DĂ©tente
  • Bay of Pigs Invasion
  • Cuban Missile Crisis

US Policies

  • Containment
  • Truman Doctrine

Asian Conflicts

  • Chinese Civil War (post-WWII)
  • Great Leap Forward
  • 38th Parallel
  • Korean War
  • Guerrilla Warfare
  • Vietnam War
  • 17th Parallel
  • Tet Offensive

Southeast Asian Turmoil

  • Cambodian Genocide
  • Khmer Rouge

Soviet Policies

  • Glasnost
  • Perestroika

US Civil Rights Movement

  • Civil Rights Movement
  • Brown v. Board of Education
  • Civil Rights Act of 1964

Important Figures and Locations

Key Individuals

  • John F. Kennedy
  • Nikita Khrushchev
  • Fidel Castro
  • Richard Nixon
  • Mao Zedong
  • Ho Chi Minh
  • Pol Pot
  • Mikhail Gorbachev
  • Ronald Reagan
  • Martin Luther King Jr.

Locations

  • Understand the significance of key places during the Cold War era.

Review Questions

  1. Communism vs. Democracy: Understand dividing lines globally.
  2. Major Cold War Conflicts
    • Korean War: Key events and outcomes
    • Vietnam War: Key events and outcomes
    • Cuban Missile Crisis: Tensions and resolution
  3. New Nations Post-WWII: Formation and alliances
  4. Arms and Space Race: Contributions to the Cold War
  5. US Cold War Strategies: Policies towards communism
  6. Impact on Cambodia: US role in Vietnam and Cambodian Genocide
  7. Soviet Policies: Glasnost and Perestroika’s role in ending the Cold War
  8. Soviet Leaders’ Roles: Contributions of Stalin, Khrushchev, and Gorbachev during the Cold War

Study Tips

  • Focus on understanding the definitions and applications of the terms.
  • Identify key points about each person’s contributions and legacy.
  • Be prepared to answer how specific events impacted the Cold War dynamics.
  • Review how changing policies and leadership influenced the course of the Cold War.