End of the Cold War Quiz

What is required for a country to be considered a superpower? 

• Having a space program
• Being a member of the Warsaw Pact 
• Having a democratic government
• Influencing world events

The period after WWII of rivalry and tension between the US and the Soviet Union was ___.

• NATO
• WWII
• Cold War
• Russian Revolution

After WWII which superpowers engaged in  the Cold War?

• United States and Soviet Union
• Germany and Italy
• United States and Germany
• Soviet Union and Germany

Which of the following did the LEAST to unify Europe?

• Establishing the Iron Curtain
• German Reunification
• Ending Communism
• Tearing down the Berlin Wall

The Berlin Wall was constructed to stop movement of people between East & West Germany.  What was the main difference between the two countries?

• East Germany was communist and West Germany was democratic and capitalist
• East Germany was a free state and West Germany was occupied by Europe
• East Germany was domcractice and West Germany was a dictatorship
• East Germany was Christian and West Germany was Muslim

Despite all the tension during the Cold War why didn't the US and the Soviet Union get involved in military conflicts with each other?

• pressure from nonaligned nations kept the peace
• the United Nation wouldn't let them fight
• the potential for global nuclear war
• increased tensions in the Middle East

The process in which East and West Germany were joined together and Berlin was a single city was called ____.

• German Combination
• Reunification of Europe
• Reunification of Berlin
• Reunification of Germany

This map shows _____.

• territory invaded by HItler
• Europe during the Cold War
• the European Green Belt
• German Reunification

What did the destruction of the Berlin Wall symbolize?

• the fall of communism
• the fall of capitalism
• the end of the Vietnam War
• the end of the Cuban Missile Crisis

What marked the end of the Cold War?

• the rule of Gorbechev
• the creation of Russia
• the breakup of the Soviet Union
• the destruction of the Berlin Wall