Cold War Era

Who made the statement "An Iron Curtain has descended across the continent"?

• President Roosevelt
• Joseph Stalin
• Winston Churchill
• President Harry Truman

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 defend themselves from attacks by communist countries

• Countries joining together to create one kind of money system

In what country is the city of Berlin located?

• France
• Germany
• England
• Soviet Union

Which country was Nikita Khrushchev the leader of in the 1950's?

• United Stated
• France
• Soviet Union
• Germany

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

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

Who was the first man to set foot on the moon?

• Louis Armstrong
• Neil Armstrong
• Yuri Gagarin
• Charles Lindbergh

Which U.S. President challenged America to be the first to put a man on the moon?

• Franklin D. Roosevelt
• Joseph Stalin
• John F. Kennedy
• Harry S. Truman