Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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Fighting by small bands using tactics such as sudden ambushes is called
a. | Green Berets. | c. | guerrilla warfare. | b. | blockade. | d. | flexible
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A rule ordered by the Chief Executive is called
a. | an executive order. | c. | a presidential rule. | b. | a presidential blockade. | d. | a hot line
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What cut communications between West Berlin and East Berlin?
a. | broken satellites | c. | downed telephone lines | b. | terrorist
bombs | d. | the Berlin
Wall |
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The first American to make a spaceflight was
a. | Neil Armstrong. | c. | Yuri Gagarin. | b. | Alan Shepard, Jr. | d. | John Glenn. |
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Who said, "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for
mankind" after he took the first human step on the moon?
a. | Alan Shepard, Jr. | c. | John Glenn | b. | Yuri Gagarin | d. | Neil Armstrong |
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Completion
Complete each
statement.
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The ____________________ provided troops ready to fight guerrilla warfare
anywhere around the world.
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The development plan called _________________________ was one way of preventing
the spread of communism.
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In October 1962 a spy plane over Cuba discovered that the Soviets were building
__________.
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The ____________________ was a plan to overthrow Cuban dictator Fidel
Castro.
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____________________ was the first person to orbit Earth.
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Matching
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Match each item with the correct statement below. a. | Fidel Castro | d. | Nikita Khrushchev | b. | hot line | e. | Alliance for Progress | c. | Bay of
Pigs |
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Soviet leader
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promoted growth in Latin America
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Cuba's leader
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led by Cuban exiles
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connects Moscow to Washington
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Short Answer
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What was the name of the Kennedy plan to provide help to nations fighting
Communist movements?
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Volunteers from what organization worked in other countries as teachers, health
workers, and advisors?
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18.
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What structure came to symbolize Communist repression?
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19.
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What was the most dangerous Cold War dispute between the Americans and the
Soviets?
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Who was the first American astronaut to orbit the Earth?
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