Cold War — Resistance movements: 100-Question Quiz Pack

1. What was the name of the anti-communist trade union in Poland that played a major role in the collapse of communism? A) Solidarity B) Red Orchestra C) The Velvet Underground 2. Which group of Afghan fighters received U.S. support during the Soviet-Afghan War? A) Mujahideen B) Taliban C) KGB 3. Who were the rebels in Nicaragua that received support from the U.S. to fight the socialist government? A) Mujahideen B) Contras C) Viet Cong 4. What was the name of the Soviet-backed insurgent group that fought against the U.S.-backed government in El Salvador? A) FMLN B) Contras C) Sandanistas 5. Which resistance movement sought to unite the two Koreas under communism? A) The Korean People's Army B) The South Korean Rebels C) The Japan Liberation Front 6. What was the group of Afghan fighters trained by the CIA to fight Soviets? A) Mujahideen B) Taliban C) Al-Qaeda 7. Which group was a resistance movement in Rhodesia against white minority rule? A) ZANU B) UNITA C) FRELIMO 8. What was the name of the movement that fought against the communists in Cambodia? A) The Khmer Serei B) The Viet Cong C) The Pathet Lao 9. Which group used urban terrorism to fight for communism in Italy? A) The Red Brigades B) The Viet Minh C) The Mau Mau 10. Which group resisted the Soviets in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania? A) The Forest Brothers B) The Partisans C) The Resistance Front 11. What was the name of the communist guerrilla movement in Peru? A) The Shining Path B) The Red Brigades C) The Khmer Rouge 12. Which group represented Palestinian resistance against Israel during the Cold War? A) PLO B) FMLN C) UNITA 13. What group fought against the military junta in Argentina during the Dirty War? A) Montoneros B) The Shining Path C) The Contras 14. Which resistance group fought for the independence of Algeria from France? A) FLN B) PLO C) IRA 15. What was the name of the resistance movement in Kenya against British colonial rule? A) The Mau Mau B) The FLN C) The Mau 16. Which group fought against the communist government in Laos during the 1960s? A) Hmong rebels B) The Viet Cong C) The Khmer Rouge 17. What movement opposed the Soviet-backed government in Cuba before the 1959 revolution? A) The 26th of July Movement B) The MNR C) The Pathet Lao 18. Which resistance movement fought against the Portuguese in Mozambique? A) FRELIMO B) SWAPO C) KMT 19. What was the name of the militant group fighting for an independent Basque country? A) ETA B) IRA C) FLN 20. Which resistance movement in Hungary fought against Soviet forces in 1956? A) Hungarian Revolutionaries B) The Ustasha C) The Blue Division 21. Which group used guerrilla tactics to fight the military government in El Salvador? A) FMLN B) PLO C) ETA 22. What was the name of the student movement that tried to reform communism in Czechoslovakia in 1968? A) The Prague Spring B) The Velvet Revolution C) The Cultural Revolution 23. Which group was a communist resistance movement in South Vietnam? A) The Viet Cong B) The Red Brigades C) The Baader-Meinhof Group 24. Which group fought against the government in Angola during its civil war? A) UNITA B) The Shining Path C) The IRA 25. What was the name of the movement that challenged communist rule in Poland in the 1980s? A) Solidarity B) The Prague Spring C) Glasnost 26. Who led the movement to end apartheid in South Africa? A) Nelson Mandela B) Fidel Castro C) Pol Pot 27. Which resistance movement led the struggle for independence in Vietnam against France and later the US? A) The Viet Minh B) The Taliban C) The ANC 28. What was the name of the anti-communist resistance movement in Nicaragua? A) The Contras B) The Khmer Rouge C) The Zapatistas 29. Which group fought against Soviet rule in Afghanistan during the 1980s? A) The Mujahideen B) The Viet Cong C) The Sandinistas 30. Who was the leader of the Soviet Union that introduced reforms in the 1980s? A) Joseph Stalin B) Mikhail Gorbachev C) Leonid Brezhnev 31. What did the 'Berlin Wall' symbolize during the Cold War? A) Cultural unity B) Division of Europe C) Economic trade 32. Which country had a resistance movement called the 'Shining Path'? A) Peru B) Chile C) Bolivia 33. The Velvet Revolution of 1989 took place in which country? A) Romania B) Czechoslovakia C) Bulgaria 34. Which group fought against the government in El Salvador during the 1980s? A) FMLN B) Contras C) Sandinistas 35. The 'Dirty War' in Argentina involved the government targeting whom? A) Foreign tourists B) Left-wing political dissidents C) Tax evaders 36. What was the name of the secret police in East Germany? A) Stasi B) KGB C) Gestapo 37. Which leader famously led the independence movement in India against Britain? A) Jawaharlal Nehru B) Mahatma Gandhi C) Sardar Patel 38. What was the main goal of the 'Charter 77' group in Czechoslovakia? A) Economic growth B) Human rights protection C) Military alliance 39. Which group launched the 1979 revolution in Iran? A) Monarchist rebels B) Islamic revolutionaries C) Communist partisans 40. Which organization was founded by Ho Chi Minh to gain Vietnamese independence? A) Viet Minh B) ASEAN C) SEATO 41. What was the primary goal of the Mau Mau Uprising in Kenya? A) Anti-British independence B) Support for communism C) Establishment of monarchy 42. Which movement challenged the communist government in East Germany in 1953? A) Workers Uprising B) Green Revolution C) Velvet Revolution 43. What was the 'Forest Brothers' resistance movement? A) French anti-Nazi group B) Baltic anti-Soviet partisans C) Vietnam jungle soldiers 44. Which group in Colombia launched a communist insurgency in 1964? A) FARC B) M-19 C) ELN 45. Who was the main leader of the resistance against the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia? A) Pol Pot B) Norodom Sihanouk C) Hun Sen 46. What was the name of the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa? A) African National Congress B) National Party C) Zulu Warriors 47. Which country saw a major failed uprising against Soviet control in 1956? A) Poland B) East Germany C) Hungary 48. Which organization fought against the colonial rule of Portugal in Angola? A) FNLA B) MPLA C) UNITA 49. Which movement led by students in 1968 tried to reform communism in Czechoslovakia? A) Prague Spring B) Hungarian Uprising C) Berlin Blockade 50. What were the anti-government rebels in Nicaragua supported by the U.S. in the 1980s called? A) The Sandinistas B) The Contras C) The Zapatistas 51. Who led the Cuban Revolution that overthrew the government in 1959? A) Fidel Castro B) Che Guevara C) Salvador Allende 52. Which group fought against United States forces during the Vietnam War? A) The Contras B) The Khmer Rouge C) The Viet Cong 53. What was the name of the movement that challenged communist rule in Poland in the 1980s? A) The Velvet Revolution B) Solidarity C) The Prague Spring 54. Which group fought against the Soviet-backed government in Afghanistan in the 1980s? A) The Mujahideen B) The Viet Cong C) The Sandinistas 55. What did the Berlin Wall represent to those resisting communist rule? A) A symbol of oppression B) A way to travel C) A path to wealth 56. Who was the famous leader of the resistance against apartheid? A) Nelson Mandela B) Jawaharlal Nehru C) Ho Chi Minh 57. What was the goal of the 'Prague Spring' in 1968? A) To liberalize communism B) To rejoin the Nazis C) To start a war 58. Which movement demanded independence for Tibet from China? A) Tibetan Uprising B) The Great Leap Forward C) The Cultural Revolution 59. What was the main goal of the anti-communist rebels in Angola? A) To remove the government B) To join the Soviet Union C) To build a new capital 60. Which organization was created in 1956 to protect Hungary from Soviet tanks? A) Hungarian Revolutionary Council B) The Red Army C) The Warsaw Pact 61. The Sandinistas overthrew which dictator in 1979? A) Anastasio Somoza B) Fidel Castro C) Salvador Allende 62. What was the main purpose of the 'Stay-Behind' networks like Gladio? A) To resist potential Soviet invasion B) To collect taxes C) To promote new technology 63. What did the protestors in East Germany want in 1989? A) Freedom and democracy B) More Soviet control C) Lower food prices 64. The Khmer Rouge took power in which country in 1975? A) Cambodia B) Thailand C) Vietnam 65. Who was the main target of the anti-apartheid movement? A) The white minority government B) The United Nations C) Foreign businesses 66. Which organization was founded to resist apartheid in South Africa? A) The African National Congress B) The United Nations C) The Red Cross 67. The Mau Mau uprising took place in which British colony? A) Kenya B) Nigeria C) Egypt 68. What was the name of the resistance movement led by Mao Zedong? A) The Chinese Communist Party B) The Kuomintang C) The Red Shirts 69. Which group fought against the government in El Salvador during the 1980s? A) The FMLN B) The Khmer Rouge C) The Mau Mau 70. What was the primary tactic used by the Mujahideen in Afghanistan? A) Guerrilla warfare B) Open field battles C) Naval blockades 71. Which country experienced a violent overthrow of its leader, Nicolae Ceausescu, in 1989? A) Romania B) Bulgaria C) East Germany 72. The Shining Path was a militant group in which country? A) Peru B) Brazil C) Chile 73. Which group was known for its 'velvet' revolution against communism? A) Czechoslovakian protesters B) Albanian rebels C) Romanian military 74. What was the main goal of the Hungarian Revolution in 1956? A) To end Soviet influence B) To support the United Nations C) To increase taxes 75. Which group did the U.S. support in Nicaragua during the 1980s? A) The Contras B) The FMLN C) The Shining Path 76. What was the name of the communist guerrillas in South Vietnam? A) The Viet Cong B) The Contras C) The Sandinistas 77. Which resistance movement fought against the Batista government in Cuba? A) The 26th of July Movement B) The Khmer Rouge C) The Viet Cong 78. Who led the Solidarity movement in Poland? A) Lech Walesa B) Vaclav Havel C) Nikita Khrushchev 79. Which group fought against Soviet rule in Afghanistan in the 1980s? A) The Mujahideen B) The Bolsheviks C) The Red Guard 80. What did the Helsinki Accords encourage? A) Respect for human rights B) Building more atomic bombs C) Merging all countries 81. The 'White Rose' is a famous symbol of what? A) Anti-nazi resistance B) Soviet space programs C) Peaceful trade unions 82. Which country saw a civil war involving the Khmer Rouge? A) Cambodia B) Thailand C) Laos 83. What was the main method of protest for many resistance groups? A) Underground newspapers B) Space exploration C) Building large factories 84. Which group led the resistance against the Soviet union in Ukraine? A) Ukrainian Insurgent Army B) Kiev Defense Force C) Red Army Volunteers 85. In which year did the Cuban Revolution succeed? A) 1959 B) 1949 C) 1969 86. What was the 'Secret Army' in the USSR? A) Anti-Soviet partisans B) A group of spies C) The KGB elite 87. Who was a famous resistance leader in South Africa against apartheid? A) Nelson Mandela B) Idi Amin C) Jomo Kenyatta 88. The Contras were rebels fighting against which government? A) Nicaragua B) Mexico C) Canada 89. Which country had the 'Velvet Revolution' in 1989? A) Czechoslovakia B) Bulgaria C) Albania 90. What type of warfare did the Viet Cong use? A) Guerrilla warfare B) Nuclear strikes C) Naval blockades 91. Which leader was killed during the 1967 Bolivian campaign? A) Che Guevara B) Fidel Castro C) Salvador Allende 92. What did the Stasi in East Germany try to stop? A) Government dissent B) Heavy metal music C) Farmer cooperatives 93. Which secret operation provided weapons to Afghan rebels? A) Operation Cyclone B) Project Blue Sky C) Operation Red Star 94. The Sandinistas led a revolution in which country during 1979? A) Cuba B) Nicaragua C) Panama 95. Which movement in Czechoslovakia protested for human rights in 1977? A) Charter 77 B) Velvet Union C) Czech Resistance Group 96. What group fought against the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in the 1980s? A) The Mujahideen B) The Khmer Rouge C) The Sandinistas 97. Who was the leader of the Viet Cong guerrillas in South Vietnam? A) Ho Chi Minh B) Nguyen Vo Giap C) Le Duan 98. Which Polish labor union led protests against the communist government in the 1980s? A) Solidarity B) Iron Fist C) The Workers Bloc 99. What was the main goal of the Hungarian Revolution in 1956? A) Support the Soviet Union B) End Soviet control C) Join the Asian Union 100. Which group fought against Soviet rule in Lithuania after 1945? A) Forest Brothers B) Red Brigades C) Solidarity