Cold War

What major country was behind the "Iron Curtain"?

• Germany
• Japan
• United States
• Soviet Union

What is the purpose of N.A.T.O?

• Countries joining together to end democracy
• Countries joining together to stop trade between the East and West
• Countries joining together to fend off attacks by other communist countries
• Countries joining together to create one kind of currency (S)

In what country is the city of Berlin located?

• France
• Germany
• England
• Soviet Union

Why did Joseph Stalin block the city of Berlin from getting supplies after WWII?

• He wanted to make the people dependent on communist Germany for their needs
• He hated Berlin
• The railroads were broken and still needed to be fixed after the war
• The people of Berlin were very wealthy and did not need his help

Who was the Senator who started rumors of the Red Scare?

• John F. Kennedy
• Joseph Stalin
• Neil Armstrong
• Joseph McCarthy

Which 2 superpowers were involved in the Cold War?

• Britain and the Soviet Union
• France and Germany
• Japan and the Soviet Union
• The U.S. and the Soviet Union

Why did the U.S. enter the Korean War?

• It did not want another country to fall to communists
• It did not want another country to be split
• It wanted to attack North Korea
• It wanted to sell more weapons to its allies

Why did the U.S. want the Soviet Union to remove its nuclear weapons from Cuba?

• It wanted to protect Cuba from communism
• Cuba is close to the U.S. border
• It was protecting nearby countries in Central America
• The U.S. did not have any missiles of its own

What best describes the Soviet satellite Sputnik?

• The first satellite launched into space
• The first satellite to reach the moon
• The first satellite to carry a person into space
• The first satellite to carry a laboratory rat into space

Which of the following caused the Vietnam War?

• Japan attacked South Vietnam
• North Vietnam wanted all of Vietnam to be communist
• South Vietnam wanted to remain communist
• The Soviet Union attacked South Vietnam