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World History : Middle School: Grades 6, 7 and 8 Quiz - The Cold War 4 (Questions)

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During the Cold War the USSR and the USA never actually entered into all-out war against each other. Things could have been very different today otherwise!

Find out what you know with our fourth History quiz all about the Cold War.

What was North Vietnam's regular army called?

[ ]	AVNC
[ ]	CANV
[ ]	NVAR
[ ]	PAVN

The Vietcong were what sort of fighting force?

[ ]	Dad's army
[ ]	Gorilla army
[ ]	Guerrilla army
[ ]	Territorial army

The USA used which huge bomber planes in Vietnam?

[ ]	A-47s
[ ]	B-52s
[ ]	C-63s
[ ]	D-33s

In Vietnam the USA used which substance that burns skin?

[ ]	C.S.Gas
[ ]	Napalm
[ ]	Pepper spray
[ ]	Semtex

Which other chemical weapon did they use?

[ ]	Agent Lemon
[ ]	Agent Lime
[ ]	Agent Orange
[ ]	Agent Strawberry

Over 100 innocent people were massacred in which Vietnamese village?

[ ]	Hai Tai
[ ]	Jai Nai
[ ]	Kai Pai
[ ]	Mai Lai

In the 1980's, Russia was almost bankrupted by an invasion of which country?

[ ]	Afghanistan
[ ]	Iran
[ ]	Iraq
[ ]	Kazakhstan

In 1989 free elections in Poland were won by which labor union?

[ ]	Glasnost
[ ]	Liberation
[ ]	Polarity
[ ]	Solidarity

The Communist leader Ceaucescu was overthrown where in 1989?

[ ]	Bulgaria
[ ]	Czechoslovakia
[ ]	Hungary
[ ]	Romania

10.

The Cold War ended when which President allowed free elections in Russia?

[ ]	Andropov
[ ]	Chernenko
[ ]	Gorbachev
[ ]	Gromyko

World History : Middle School: Grades 6, 7 and 8 Quiz - The Cold War 4 (Answers)

What was North Vietnam's regular army called?

[ ]	AVNC
[ ]	CANV
[ ]	NVAR
[x]	PAVN

It stood for People's Army of North Vietnam. You would think that the acronym would be PANV but it is actually PAVN

The Vietcong were what sort of fighting force?

[ ]	Dad's army
[ ]	Gorilla army
[x]	Guerrilla army
[ ]	Territorial army

They did not wear uniforms

The USA used which huge bomber planes in Vietnam?

[ ]	A-47s
[x]	B-52s
[ ]	C-63s
[ ]	D-33s

In Vietnam the USA used which substance that burns skin?

[ ]	C.S.Gas
[x]	Napalm
[ ]	Pepper spray
[ ]	Semtex

Which other chemical weapon did they use?

[ ]	Agent Lemon
[ ]	Agent Lime
[x]	Agent Orange
[ ]	Agent Strawberry

It caused damage to the body and destroyed trees

Over 100 innocent people were massacred in which Vietnamese village?

[ ]	Hai Tai
[ ]	Jai Nai
[ ]	Kai Pai
[x]	Mai Lai

An American officer was found guilty of war crimes

In the 1980's, Russia was almost bankrupted by an invasion of which country?

[x]	Afghanistan
[ ]	Iran
[ ]	Iraq
[ ]	Kazakhstan

It lead to USSR's military withdrawal from E. Europe

In 1989 free elections in Poland were won by which labor union?

[ ]	Glasnost
[ ]	Liberation
[ ]	Polarity
[x]	Solidarity

The union was lead by Lech Walesa

The Communist leader Ceaucescu was overthrown where in 1989?

[ ]	Bulgaria
[ ]	Czechoslovakia
[ ]	Hungary
[x]	Romania

He and his wife were executed on Christmas Day

10.

The Cold War ended when which President allowed free elections in Russia?

[ ]	Andropov
[ ]	Chernenko
[x]	Gorbachev
[ ]	Gromyko

The Communists were driven from power in Eastern Europe