Cold War

What two nations were in competition with each other during the Cold War?

• Spain and Portugal
• England and France
• Germany and Italy
• United States and Soviet Union

What was the term 'iron curtain' used  to describe the division of?

• North and South Vietnam
• East and West Asia
• North and South Korea
• East and West Europr

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Why was the United States involved in the Berlin Airlift?

• to airlift food to the people of West Berlin
• to bomb East Berlin
• to demolish the Berlin Wall
• to transport people out of East Berlin

Why did the United States become involved in the Korean War?

• to contain communism
• to colonize Korea
• to spread communism
• to Christianize Koreans

Who were the two participants in the Space Race?

• The US and Cuba
• China and US
• The USSR and US
• US and North Vietnam

What was the name of the first satellite in space launched by the Soviet Union?

• Gagarin
• Apollo 11
• Sputnik
• Apollo 13

^{In an effort by the Soviet Union to block itself off from open contact with the West, they created a boundary that was called the_______________}

• 38th parallel
• Maginot Line
• Iron Curtain
• Steel Drapes

^{Built in August of 1961 to keep people in communist Eastern Berlin from relocating to democratic Western Berlin.}

• Iron Curtain
• Berlin Wall
• Eiffel Tower
• Wailing Wall

^{Which two countries were considered the super powers during the Cold War?}

• Great Britain/U.S.
• Great Britain/Soviet Union
• Great Britain/France
• Soviet Union/U.S.

^{The part of Germany controlled by the Soviet Union after WWII.}

• East Germany
• West Germany