Cold War Test Review

During the Cold War, the two Superpowers were: 

• Britain and Germany 
• China and Japan 
• Soviet Union and United States 
• Korea and Vietnam 

Which of the following World War II, was a United States instituted aid program that helped rebuild western Europe’s economy known as 

• GI Bill of Rights 
• Containment Policy 
• The Marshall Plan 
• The Domino Theory 

The alliance between the Soviet Union and its allies during the Cold War was called:

• Warsaw Pact
• NATO 
• League of Nations 
• United Nations 

Who was the United States president during the Cuban Missile Crisis? 

• Franklin D. Roosevelt  
• Harry S. Truman 
• John F. Kennedy
• Dwight Eisenhower

After the Korean War, North Korea and South Korea

• merged and became Korea 
• stayed separate and still are today
• declared war on Vietnam 
• became Communist

What represented the end of the Cold War? 

• The fall of the Berlin Wall 
• The Korean War
• The Vietnam War
• The Iron Curtain

The Truman Doctrine stated the United States would provide ____________ to nations that were threatened by Communist expansion.

• Money.
• Jeeps.
• Communication technology.
• Political support in the United Nations.

What were the effects of Mikhail Gorbachev’s policy, perestroika, on the Russian people?

• Conquest and expansion of Russian territory.
• Annexation of Eastern European countries.
• Reinvesting in the development of Sputnik 3.
• It provided limited ownership of property and free market opportunity.

What happened to Germany after World War II? 

• Germany was divided into occupied zones, which later became East and West Germany
• Germany had to give up its colonies and give some land, like AlsaceLorraine, to France
• Germany had to take full responsibility for the war and pay reparations (money)
• Germany was unable to recover and fell into an economic depression

What was the purpose of the Berlin Wall? 

• To divide all of Europe between countries that supported the Soviet Union and those that supported the US
• To keep communists from spreading into and taking over democratic West Germany
• To keep people living in communist East Berlin from leaving and going to democratic West Berlin.
• To surround all of communist East Germany so that no one from the West could get in.