Cold War

Intro to the Cold War Exam

Multiple Choice

At the end of WWII, tension started increasing between which two countries?

• Britain and the Soviet Union

• China and the Soviet Union

• The US and the Soviet Union

• France and China

Multiple Choice

What was the main foreign policy of the U.S. government during the 1950s and 60s?

• fighting the threat of terrorism

• securing new trade relationships

• prosecuting human rights violations

• containing the spread of communism

Multiple Choice

The "Iron Curtain" refers to a divide between which two groups?

• colonies and colonial powers

• Allied- and Axis-controlled territory

• industrialized and nonindustrialized nations

• US and Soviet spheres of influence

Multiple Choice

What was the purpose of the Berlin Wall?

• keep East Germany from becoming a communist satellite

• protect Berlin from invasion by the Soviet Union

• prevent East Germans from escaping to West Germany

• stop communist spies from infiltrating West Berlin

Multiple Choice

What were the Marshall Plan and Truman Doctrine intended to do?

• prevent a nuclear arms race

• halt the spread of communism

• help Asian countries recover from war

• support former European colonies

Multiple Choice

What title best fits this timeline of events?

1. 1946- Communist government established in Albania
2. 1947- Truman Doctrine announced
3. 1948- Berlin Airlift begins
4. 1949- NATO formed
5. 1950- Korean War begins

• Effects of the Marshall Plan

• Developments of the early Cold War

• Impacts of the Manhattan Project

• Causes of the Cuban Missile Crisis

Multiple Choice

Which statement best describes how the Cuban Missile Crisis was resolved?

• President Kennedy ended the Cuban trade embargo

• Fidel Castro negotiated a peaceful settlement

• The Communist government in Cuba was overthrown

• The Soviets agreed to remove their missiles from Cuba

Multiple Choice

What was the purpose of the Bay of Pigs invasion?

• overthrow Cuba's communist governments

• Remove Soviet missiles that had been positioned in Cuba

• Enforce a trade embargo on imports of Cuban sugar

• Rescue Cubans who wanted to escape to the US

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Yalta Conference

• 1945 Meeting with US president FDR, British Prime Minister(PM) Winston Churchill, and and Soviet Leader Stalin during WWII to plan for post-war

• July 26, 1945 - Allied leaders Truman, Stalin and Churchill met in Germany to set up zones of control and to inform the Japanese that if they refused to surrender at once, they would face total destruction.

• 1947, President Truman's policy of providing economic and military aid to any country threatened by communism or totalitarian ideology, mainly helped Greece and Turkey

• A 1949 defense alliance initiated by the US, Canada, and 10 Western European nations

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Potsdam Conference

• July 26, 1945 - Allied leaders Truman, Stalin and Churchill met in Germany to set up zones of control and to inform the Japanese that if they refused to surrender at once, they would face total destruction.

• 1945 Meeting with US president FDR, British Prime Minister(PM) Winston Churchill, and and Soviet Leader Stalin during WWII to plan for post-war

• A 1949 defense alliance initiated by the US, Canada, and 10 Western European nations

• An alliance between the Soviet Union and other Eastern European nations. This was in response to the NATO

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Berlin Airlift

• airlift in 1948 that supplied food and fuel to citizens of west Berlin when the Russians closed off land access to Berlin

• Couple executed for giving military secrets to the Soviets in the 1950's

• Eisenhower first coined this phrase when he warned American against it in his last State of the Union Address. He feared that the combined lobbying efforts of the armed services and industries that contracted with the military would lead to excessive Congressional spending.

• A 1956 term used by Secretary of State John Dulles to describe a policy of risking war in order to protect national interests

Multiple Choice

NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)

• A 1949 defense alliance initiated by the US, Canada, and 10 Western European nations

• airlift in 1948 that supplied food and fuel to citizens of west Berlin when the Russians closed off land access to Berlin

• An alliance between the Soviet Union and other Eastern European nations. This was in response to the NATO

• A conflict that was between the US and the Soviet Union. The nations never directly confronted each other on the battlefield but deadly threats went on for years.

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Warsaw Pact

• An alliance between the Soviet Union and other Eastern European nations. This was in response to the NATO

• A 1956 term used by Secretary of State John Dulles to describe a policy of risking war in order to protect national interests

• A country that is dominated politically and economically by another nation.

• A 1949 defense alliance initiated by the US, Canada, and 10 Western European nations

Multiple Choice

The Cold War was a rivalry that sparked between the United States and what other country?

• Germany

• Japan

• Soviet Union

• United Kingdom

Multiple Choice

Why were the United States and the Soviet Union enemies in the "Cold War"?

• The United States had dropped the atomic bomb on the Soviet Union.

• The Soviet Union openly criticized the United States' president.

• The Soviet Union refused to loan the United States money after World War II.

• The United States and the Soviet Union had opposing economic and political systems.

Multiple Choice

What was the goal of the United States during the Cold War?

• to stop the spread of democracy

• to contain the spread of Communism

• to promote the United Nations

• to take power from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization

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Multiple Choice

What does the ‘Iron Curtain’ symbolize? 

• The division between East Germany and West Germany
• The division between East Berlin and West Berlin
• The division between communist Europe and noncommunist Europe 
• The division between North Korea and South Korea

Multiple Choice

This type of government is ran by the people.

• Socialism
• Communism
• Democracy
• Government

Multiple Choice

Was the Cold War an actual war?

• Yes
• No

Multiple Choice

A competition between nations to build powerful weapons is called ___________.

• Arms Race
• Blockade
• Space Race
• Atomic Bomb

Multiple Choice

A competition between the Soviet Union and The United States to send people to space was called the __________________.

• Arms Race
• Space Race
• Snail Race
• Atomic Race

Multiple Choice

Ordinary people & businesses control the production of goods and services is called _________________________.

• capitalism
• free trade
• marketing
• communism

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_______________________________ is a war of ideas between communists and non-communists.

• Vietnam War
• The Cold War
• Korean War
• World War II

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Multiple Choice

Which of the following organizations was created by the Allied Forces to prevent future wars, protect human rights, and keep the peace in the world after WWII ended?

• The League of Nations

• The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

• The United Nations

• The Warsaw Pact