Cold War Quiz

 One reason for the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961 was to:

• promote reunification of East Germany and West Germany
• keep East Germans from fleeing to the Western sector of Berlin
• complete the post–World War II rebuilding of Berlin
• meet the requirements of the North Atlantic  Treaty Organization (NATO)

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was initially formed to:

• promote religious freedom
• solate member nations from the rest of the world
• defend Western Europe from Soviet aggression
• spread communism to each member nation

The Marshall Plan was designed to stop the spread of communism by providing:

•  funds for economic recovery in war-torn European nations
• government housing to refugees
• nuclear weapons to NATO members
• military assistance to Vietnam

During the Cold War, which event occurred last?

• Cuban Missile Crisis
• Berlin Airlift
• Destruction of the Berlin Wall
• Launch of Sputnik

What Cold War policy is depicted in this 1962 cartoon?

• Detente
• Brinkmanship
• Containment
• Glasnost

The Truman Doctrine's main goal was to:

• Contain communism
• Provide weapons to democratic countries
• Help north Korea
• Provide collective security

Winston Churchill's term for the division between communist and free countries in Europe was the _____.

• Berlin Wall
• Iron Curtain
• Front Line
• Mason-Dixon

What kind of government did Ho Chi Minh want?

• Communist
• Democratic
• Socialist
• Monarchy

What did the 38th parallel divide?

• Korea
• Vietnam
• China
• Japan

Which of the following defines Brinkmanship?

• Using the threat of nuclear war to stop the spread of Communism
• Providing money to stop the spread of Communism
• Containing Communism so that it cannot spread
• Finding ways other than nuclear weapons to stop the spread of Communism