Cold War

The political climate of the Cold War caused the world’s two superpowers to

• cooperate in halting the spread of communism
• colonize Africa and Asia
• compete economically and militarily
• protect human rights

In this economic system, the government owns all property and means of production.

• communism
• capitalism
• socialism
• democracy

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 Europe

How did the US respond to finding out that the Soviets had missiles in Cuba?

• They sent the Air Force to bomb Cuba
• They began placing missiles in the Soviet Union.
• They placed a naval blockade around Cuba.
• They invaded Cuba and the Soviet Union.

Why did the Soviet Union build the Berlin Wall?

• They built it to keep Soviet people from going to Western Europe.
• They built it to try to keep East Germans from going to West Germany.
• The Soviet Union and the United States divided Berlin in two parts after the war.
• The Soviet Union was trying to put people back to work by building the Berlin Wall.

What was the name for the 1955 alliance of Soviet-dominated countries of Eastern Europe that were the counterpart to the western alliance?

• NATO
• Warsaw Pact
• European Alliance
• Iron Curtain

Why is the Cold War called a "cold" war?

• The areas affected were in the polar regions of the world
• The war was fought during winter months only
• Leaders of the superpowers were sick with coughs and fevers
• There was never direct fighting between the two superpowers

How did the Soviet Union respond to the formation of NATO?

• started the Cold War
• created the Warsaw Pact
• ended the Cold War
• launched Sputnik

An "arms race" can be described as ...

• a race between countries to defeat another country in war
• a race between nations to acquire the most powerful weapons
• a race between states to build up their own militias
• a race between nations to see who can have the largest military

What was the cause of the Berlin Airlift?

• The Soviet Union decided to block all supplies from getting into West Berlin by railroad, train, or waterway.
• The Soviet Union decided to block all supplies from getting into West Germany by railroad, train, or waterway.
• China decided to block all supplies from getting into South Korea by railroad, train, or waterway.
• The Soviet Union decided to block all military advances of Allied troops in West Berlin.