Early Cold War Events

What was the NATO response to the Soviet blockade of Berlin in 1948?

• Threaten the U.S.S.R. with war unless it ended.
• They airlifted supplies into the city until the blockade was lifted.
• They gave control of Berlin to the U.S.S.R.
• They dropped bombs on Moscow until they surrendered.

What country started the Korean War?

• North Korea
• South Korea
• Soviet Union
• Japan

Besides North Korea, whose military did NATO forces fight against during the Korean War?

• China's
• Japan's
• Soviet Union's
• Germany's

What was shot down over the Soviet Union in 1960?

• An American U-2 spy plane.
• An American Airlines passenger airplane.
• An U.S. Air Force shipment of food supplies to South Korea.
• A U.S. government airplane carrying the U.S. ambassador to the U.S.S.R.

Who was the leader of the U.S.S.R when the Cold War began?

• Vladimir Lennin
• Joseph Stalin
• Nikita Krushchev
• Boris Yeltsin

What area of countries was provided with the bulk of economic aid by the United States after WWII, to help against Communist expansion?

• Western Europe & Baltic states
• Northern Africa & the Middle East
• South East Asia & India
• Central & South America

In what country did the Soviet Union crush a rebellion against Communist leadership in 1956?

• Hungary
• Czechoslovakia
• Poland
• Greece

What weapon were the United States & Soviet Union racing to build more powerful versions of after WWII?

• Heat seeking missiles
• Hydrogen bombs
• Napalm bombs
• Remote controlled drones

What was the name of the Soviet Plan to provide economic aid to Warsaw Pact countries at the beginning of the Cold War called?

• Marshall Plan
• Dawes Plan
• Molotov Plan
• Overlord Plan

What country's intelligence agency was behind the overthrow of leaders of Iran in 1953 & Guatemala in 1954?

• United States
• France
• Soviet Union
• China