World History / SCHS
Mr. Magiera
Cold War – Quiz Review
Format: This quiz will consist of between 20-25 questions, will be multiple choice and open response.
Terms: When preparing for the quiz, be sure to know both the definition and application of the following terms.
* Warsaw Pact
* NATO
* Arms Race
* Hydrogen Bomb
* Space Race
* Sputnik
* Moon Landing
* Berlin Wall
* Détente
* Bay of Pigs Invasion
* Cuban Missile Crisis
* Containment
* Truman Doctrine
* Chinese Civil War (post-WWII)
* Great Leap Forward
* 38th Parallel
* Korean War
* Guerrilla Warfare
* Vietnam War
* 17th Parallel
* Tet Offensive
* Cambodian Genocide
* Khmer Rouge
* Glasnost
* Perestroika
* Civil Rights Movement
* Brown v. Board of Education
* Civil Rights Act of 1964
Names and Places: When preparing for the quiz, try to identify three points for each person listed such as who they were, what they did during the war, and their legacy. For the places, try to identify what was going on in that area during the war.
* John F. Kennedy
* Nikita Khrushchev
* Fidel Castro
* Richard Nixon
* Mao Zedong
* Ho Chi Minh
* Pol Pot
* Mikhail Gorbachev
* Ronald Reagan
* Marin Luther King Jr.
Review Questions: When preparing for the test, be sure that you can answer the following questions in their entirety. All questions on the test will in some way relate to these essay questions.
1. Describe the various dividing lines between Communism and Democracy around the world.
2. Describe the Korean War, Vietnam War, and tensions with Cuba leading to the Cuban Missile Crisis.
1. Korean War
2. Vietnam War
3. Cuban Missile Crisis
3. Identify new nations formed after WWII, and how they created political alliances.
4. How did the Arms Race and Space Race contribute to the Cold War?
5. Discuss the strategies and policies of the U.S. towards communism and the Cold War.
6. How did the U.S.’s role in Vietnam impact Cambodia? How did the Cambodian Genocide end?
7. Discuss the Soviet policies of Glasnost and Perestroika, and how they helped to end the Cold War.
8. Briefly explain the role of each of the Soviet leaders during the Cold War. (Stalin, Khrushchev, Gorbachev)