Who wants to be a history millionaire

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THE COLD WAR
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1. Why was there a cold war between the
superpowers?
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A) Different Beliefs
B) Hitler invaded Poland
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D) Cuban Missile Crisis
C) Berlin Wall
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2.What were the main beliefs of the Superpowers?
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A) Christianity and Islam
B) Protestantism and Catholicism
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D) Great Spirit and Manifest Destiny
C) Capitalism and Communism
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3. During the Cold War the Superpowers formed
gangs.The USAs gang was called
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A) UN
B) Coalition of the Willing
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D) N.A.T.O
C) Warsaw Pact
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4. The ability to hit your enemy with nuclear
missiles before they can fire back is known as.
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• First Strike
• Capability

B) Last Strike Capability
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D) Nuclear Weapons
C) Star Wars
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5. Why did the superpowers not want to fight
directly?
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A) They were allies
B) They both had First Strike Capability
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D) They would have been M.A.D to do so
C) They got their allies to fight
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6. The Superpowers feared that if one country
changed their ideology then surrounding countries
might. What was this idea called?
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A) Containment
B) Domino Theory
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D) Ideology
C) Coexistence
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7. The closest the Superpowers came to direct
conflict was during which event?
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A) Peaceful Coexistence
B) U2 Incident
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D) Berlin Wall
C) Cuban Missile Crisis
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8.When was the Cuban Missile Crisis?
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A) 1945
B) 1956
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D) 1989
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C) 1962
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9. The leaders of the Superpowers during the
Cuban Missile Crisis were
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B) Kennedy and Khrushchev
A) Eisenhower and Stalin
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D) Regan and Gorbachev
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C) Nixon and Brezhnev
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10. The Cuban Missile Crisis was known as what
type of conflict?
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A) Arm to Arm
B) Nose to Nose
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D) Eyeball to Eyeball
C) Knee to Knee
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50/50
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Wrong answerand you go home with nothing
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Wrong answerbut you still go home with1,000
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But you still go home with50,000
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But you still go home with500,000
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CONGRATULATIONS!!!!You have won a million pounds
Oh no!
Looks like my cunning plan paid off. Now I can
have something decent to eat.