5th Grade Cold War Review

What is an ARMS RACE?

• Two or more countries fighting for a better government
• Two or more countries fighting for more money
• Two or more countries fighting for more natural resources
• Two or more countries fighting for stronger weapons

Who helped North Korea in the Korean War?

• Soviet Union
• Soviet Union and China
• Soviet Union and Cuba
• United States and United Nations

Who helped South Korea in the Korean War?

• United States and Cuba
• United States and League of Nations
• United States and United Nations
• United States and Soviet Union

What caused the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• USSR putting misilles in United States
• USSR putting missiles in Korea
• USSR putting missiles in Vietnam
• USSR putting missiles in Cuba

Why was the United Nation formed?

• To promote world control
• To promote world peace 
• To promote world resources
• To promote world conflict 

Many people in the 1950s were fired because they were accused of

• Spying for the Cubans
• Spying for the Soviets
• Spying for the Americans
• Spying for the Koreans

What was the result of the Korean War?

• North Korea won
• South Korea won
• There was no winner
• Soviet Union won

What were Americans most scared of during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• Naval Blockade
• McCarthyism
• Soviet Spies
• Nuclear War

What was the purpose of NATO?

• To provide supplies to communist Berlin
• To prevent communism from spreading to other countries
• To prevent democracy from spreading to other countries
• To divide communist from non-communist countries

Winston Churchill coined the term "Iron Curtain" to describe...

• The division of communism and non-communism in Berlin
• The division of communism and non-communism in Europe
• The division of communism and non-communism in Korea
• The division of communism and non-communism in Vietnam