Cold War quiz Practice

What two nations were in competition with each other during the Cold War?

• Spain and Portugal
• England and France
• Germany and Italy
• United States and Soviet Union

Why did the United States become involved in the Korean War?

• to contain communism
• to colonize Korea
• to spread communism
• to Christianize Koreans

Why was the United States involved in the Berlin Airlift?

• to airlift food to the people of West Berlin
• to bomb East Berlin
• to demolish the Berlin Wall
• to transport people out of East Berlin

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

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

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

• United Stated
• France
• Soviet Union
• Germany

Khrushchev said, "We will bury you." To what countries was he directing this statement?

• U.S. and Great Britain

• Japan and China

• North and South Korea

• Germany and Poland

What type of race was the U.S. involved in with Russia in the 1950's?

• Naval
• Arms
• Foreign Aid
• Land expansion

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

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

This "figurative" wall divided communist countries from democratic counties--

• Great Wall of China
• Berlin Wall
• Iron Curtain
• Wall of Democracy