Cold War Test Practice

Which program helped countries avoid becoming communist if they did not want it?

• The Marshall Plan

• The Warsaw Pact

• The Truman Doctrine

• NATO

How did the Allies get supplies to West Berlin after the Berlin Blockade?

• They didn't send supplies

• They smuggled in supplies through the wall

• They shipped them supplies secretly

• By flying planes over the city (Airlifting supplies)

Where did the Soviets put missiles targeting the U.S.?

• Panama

• Cuba

• Florida

• Mexico

The Cuban Missile Crisis led to the brink (almost) of ___________ between the superpowers.

• a military alliance

• peace

• destroying Cuba

• nuclear war

After the fall of the Berlin Wall this country was unified again (reunification)

• Czechoslovakia

• Germany

• Spain

• Italy

The Korean War ended with

• a cease fire and continued division of Korea

• A victory for South Korea

• unification of Korea

• A victory for North Korea

An IMAGINARY line that divided Europe between non-Communist and Communist countries

• Berline Wall

• NATO

• Warsaw Pact

• Iron Curtain

Explain how ICBMs (Missiles) = MAD

• If the USSR launches a missile, then the US might launch one back

• If the USSR launches a missile, then the US will launch one back

• If the US launches a missile, then the USSR will do nothing

• If the Us launches a missile, then the USSR will declare war

Which BEST describes the two main divisions in Europe during the Cold War?

• Allied Powers vs. Axis Powers

• SALT Treaty vs. ABM Treaty

• Revolutionaries vs. Reconstruction

• Warsaw Pact vs. NATO nations

Who was the leader of the United States during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• JFK (John F. Kennedy)

• FDR

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

• Harry Truman