Beginning of Cold War

Multiple Choice

What were the main two countries that participated in the Cold War?

• US and Japan

• USSR and Britain

• France and USSR

• US and USSR

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Which of these ideologies does the United States NOT represent?

• Democracy

• Freedom

• Communism

• capitalism

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What country was divided at the end of WWII?

• France

• Germany

• Britain

• USSR

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Organization that was formed at the end of WWII to try to keep peace.

• UN

• NATO

• Warsaw Pact

• no answers are correct

Multiple Choice

What was the name of the conference that the Big Three met at to determine what would happen after Hitler was defeated?

• Yalta

• Potsdam

• North Atlantic Treaty Organization

• Warsaw Pact

Multiple Choice

What city inside East Germany was also split up between democratic countries and Communist countries?

• Munich

• Nuremburg

• Bamberg

• Berlin

Multiple Choice

Compromise and deal making was difficult between the US and the Soviet Union due to

• Competing theories on religion

• wrongful termination lawsuits

• underhanded business tactics

• ideological difference

Multiple Choice

The recovery efforts in East and West Germany were impacted by the competition between

• UN and NATO

• slavery and the abolition movement

• capitalism and communism

• Nazis and Communists

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What is the term for the imaginary line that Winston Churchill said divided Europe?

• Prime Meridian

• International Date Line

• Iron Curtain

• No answers are correct

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What was it called when the US and other allied countries dropped food and other supplies to help people suffering from hunger and cold?

• Tet Offensive

• Huey airlift

• Berlin airlift

• no answers are correct

Multiple Choice

President Truman adopted a new foreign policy during the Cold War know as the Truman Doctrine. What was the main goal of the Truman Doctrine?

• To expand trade with Europe
• To limit the build up of nuclear weapons
• To stop the spread of communism
• to send financial aid to Europe

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How did we respond to the blockade on Western Berlin? This was when we could not get any supplies to this area. 

• Berlin Airlift
• Iron Curtain
• Air attack
• Berlin Wall

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What did Churchill mean that an "Iron Curtain" had descended on Europe?

• Steel production would be a key in the Cold War
• World War II was a fight, whereas the Cold War would be more like a play
• The Cold War should be fought with iron weapons
• The world was becoming increasingly divided between democratic & communist nations

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What theory caused the U.S. to enter the Vietnam War in order to stop the expansion of communism across Southeast Asia?

• Marshall Plan

• Domino Theory

• Open Door Policy

• Dollar Diplomacy

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During the Cold War, what policy did the U.S. follow to stop the spread of communism?

• Open Door Policy

• Big Stick Policy

• Containment Policy

• Dollar Diplomacy

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Which two countries did Truman fear would fall to Communism if the U.S. didn’t give aid?

• Greece and Germany
• Greece and Poland
• Greece and Ukraine
• Greece and Turkey

Multiple Choice

The Truman Doctrine became known as:

• The Marshall Plan

• The policy of Containment

• The Riga Axioms

• The Domino Theory

Multiple Choice

What were the effects of the Marshall Plan?

• stop spread of communism

• Money for Western Europe to rebuild

• Supplies for Western Europe

• all of the above

Multiple Choice

The Truman Doctrine became known as:

• The Marshall Plan

• The policy of Containment

• The Riga Axioms

• The Domino Theory

Multiple Choice

What was Marshall Aid used for?

• Fuel

• Food

• Loans

• All of the above

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Which was NOT a reason for the creation of the Marshall Plan?

• Food shortages

• Shortage of weapns

• Fuel shortages

• Much of Europe was in ruins

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Why was NATO created?

• To challenge the British empire.

• To protect limited government countries from Hitler and Nazi Germany.

• To create a unified military defense with the US and western European countries to protect themselves from another world war and the nuclear threat.

• To increase trade and business with the US and western Europe.

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What does this map represent?

• The Iron Curtain

• The Marshall Plan

• Truman Doctrine

• NATO and Warsaw Pact Alliances

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What was NATO's goal?

• to protect its allies

• to stop the spread of communism

• to spread communism

• to help Western Europe rebuild

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What was the Warsaw Pact's goal?

• to spread communism in America

• to rebuild Europe

• to protect its territories

• to spread communism in Western Europe

Multiple Choice

Leader of the Chinese Communists whose revolutionary army seized power in China in 1949

• Mao Zedong

• Zhou Enlai

• Liao Bang

• Deng Xiaoping

Multiple Choice

NATO stands for: 

• New Alliance Trade Organization 
• North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• North American Trade Organization
• North American Treaty Organization

Multiple Choice

“U.S. President Truman believed that when a country becomes Communist, all of the nearby countries would also start turning to communism.” This is an example of what?

• Butterfly Effect

• Domino Theory

• Containment Policy

• Communist Propaganda

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Which of the following countries provided aid to North Korea during the Korean War?

• the United States

• China

• Japan

• Great Britain