Key Events in Cold War

Multiple Choice

What is a communism?

• government runs everything including the economy

• government is run by the people and we elect leaders

• government is run by the Church

• government and an economic system where everyone shares the wealth they create

Multiple Choice

What is a democracy?

• government runs everything including the economy

• government is run by the people and we elect leaders

• government is run by the Church

• government and an economic system where everyone shares the wealth they create

Open Ended

What is the main conflict of the Cold War? Why is this conflict happening?

Multiple Choice

What government leader laid out the policy of containment?

• Woodrow Wilson

• George Kennan

• FDR

Multiple Choice

What is the Red Scare

• Americans having a fear of the spread of communism

• Americans fearing democracy

• Soviet Union soldiers wearing scary masks

Multiple Choice

What is the Iron Curtain?

• a huge red curtain that hangs in Russia

• a brick wall that separates Russia from Europe

• a figurative border that divides communist countries from those of Allies in Europe

Multiple Choice

What happened during the Berlin Airlift?

• Berlin soldiers took citizens for rides in the aircrafts

• US and UK dropped supplies to Western Berlin, such as fuel and food.

• USSR decided to drop supplies to their enemies

Multiple Choice

What are the two physical wars that took place during the Cold War?

• Korean War and Chinese War

• Vietnam War and WWII

• Korean War and Vietnam War

• WWI and WWII

Multiple Choice

Which country controlled East Germany and erected a wall to keep its citizens from fleeing?

• China

• Germany

• USA

• Soviet Union

Multiple Choice

How many days did the conflict of the Cuban Missile Crisis last?

• 10 days

• 30 days

• 1 year

• 13 days

Open Ended

What event do you find the most interesting in this timeline?