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The map shows Korea after World War II.

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part of China.
B
divided country.
C
part of Japan.
D
unified country.
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The two superpowers that opposed each other during the Cold War were the United States and

A
East Germany
B
Italy
C
Japan
D
the Soviet Union
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Read the passage from a speech on Vietnam given by President Nixon in 1969.“For the future of peace, precipitate withdrawal would thus be a disaster of immense magnitude. —A nation cannot remain great if it betrays its allied and lets down its friends. —Our defeat and humiliation in South Vietnam without question would promote recklessness in the councils of those great powers who have not yet abandoned their goals of world conquest. —This would spark violence wherever our commitments help maintain the peace—in the Middle East, in Berlin, eventually even in the Western Hemisphere . . . For these reasons, I rejected the recommendation that I should end the war by immediately withdrawing all of our forces.” —President Richard Nixon Address to the nation Nov. 3, 1969What foreign policy direction does the President say the United States should follow?

A
The US should withdraw its military forces from Vietnam as quickly as is possible.
B
The US should not withdraw from Vietnam, because that would cause problems elsewhere.
C
The US should turn its attention from Vietnam to the Middle East, Berlin, and the Western Hemisphere.
D
The goal of US foreign policy, if American troops leave Vietnam, should be one of world conquest.
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The arms race meant that once the United States built hydrogen bombs,

A
the Soviet Union built them too.
B
world peace had been assured.
C
no other country wanted to build them.
D
a new world war was about to start.
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What was the name of the theory that said that if one country in a region fell to Communism, others would surely follow?

A
domino theory
B
arms race
C
brinkmanship
D
containment theory
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Which of the following were results of the Korean War? Select three options.loss of millions of liveseasing of tensions in regiongreater US concern about the spread of Communismend of communism in Koreaunification of Korean peninsulatension between North Korea and the United States

A
loss of millions of lives
B
easing of tensions in region
C
greater US concern about the spread of Communism
D
end of communism in Korea
E
unification of Korean peninsula
F
tension between North Korea and the United States
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In what way did the political situation in Vietnam resemble that of Korea in the 1950s?

A
Both Vietnam and Korea were allied with the United States but then shifted allegiance to the Soviet Union.
B
Both Vietnam and Korea were unified, Communist countries who then voted to become democracies.
C
Both Vietnam and Korea were divided and suffered when the South invaded the North.
D
Both Vietnam and Korea were divided into a Communist North and a non-Communist South.
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Tensions rose as the two opposing superpowers competed for

A
resources.
B
weapons.
C
troops.
D
leaders.
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Which Cold War event happened last?

A
The Korean War ends.
B
Sputnik is launched.
C
The Vietnam War ends.
D
The Cuban Missile Crisis takes place.
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Which country launched the first satellite into outer space?

A
the Soviet Union
B
Great Britain
C
Germany
D
the United States

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