Chapter 8 Sec 1 Quiz Cold War

Which Cold War policy gave financial assistance to Western European countries in order to help them rebuild their economies?

• The Marshall Plan
• The Truman Doctrine
• The Berlin Airlift 
• The Korean War 

What did the dropping of the atomic bomb on Japan help cause?

• The beginning of World War II
• The Chinese retaliation in North Korea
• The nuclear arms race between the US and Soviet Union
• The Soviet Union moving missiles in Cuba 

An organization created after WWII to create peace and cooperation between countries

• Yalta Conference
• Island-hopping
• United Nations
• Manhattan Project

A meeting between the WWII leaders to discussion the end of WWII

• Bataan Death March
• Lend-Lease Act
• United Nations
• Yalta Conference

What was the goal of the Truman Doctrine? 

• Keep Communism Contained
• Help the Spread of Communism 
• Decision to drop the Atomic Bomb
• Give the USSR money

Which of the following countries was divided into two parts following World War II?

• the United States

• Great Britain

• Germany

• Italy

How did the Cold War get its name?

• The Soviet Union was a cold country.

• The spread of communism was contained in Europe.

• Most of the armed conflicts were fought in the winter.

• There were no actual armed wars between the superpowers.

Which country did not accept aid offered as part of the Marshall Plan?

• Belgium

• France

• Russia

• Britain

The dividing line between the democracies in blue and the Communist in red was referred to as what?

• The line of demarkation
• The DeMilitarized Zone
• The Iron Curtain
• The 38th Parallel

The United States and its allies had a policy called "containment."  This means that they wanted to ...

• stop the spread of Fascism.
• stop the spread of slavery.
• stop other countries from building up their military power.
• stop the spread of Communism.