Cold War at Home

Cold War at Home

Assessment

Quiz

History

11th Grade

Practice Problem

Medium

CCSS
L.11-12.4C, L.6.4C, L.7.4C

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Standards-aligned

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Alejandro Anderson

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The Cold War was a conflict between what two countries?
(These countries fought with ideas, words, and money)

The United States and France
The United States and Germany
Japan and Italy
The United States and the Soviet Union

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The Soviet Union believed in what political and economic system? (This system allows the government to control businesses and land.)

Isolationalism
Communism
Capitalism
Militarism

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

An imaginary line that divided Europe into Communist and Non communist countries was known as _______________________

The Equator
The Communist Line
The Iron Curtain
The invisible space

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is NATO?

A military alliance with nations of Western Europe to promise to help each other if there was an attack against the Soviet Union
A military alliance with nations of Western Europe to promise to help each other if there was an attack against Germany
A military alliance with nations of Western Europe to promise to help each other if there was an attack against Japan
A military alliance with nations of Western Europe to promise to help each other if there was an attack against Italy

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The Competition to build the most powerful weapons is known as a __________________.

Space Race
Arms Race
Weapon Crisis
The Industrial Revolution

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why is the Cold War considered a “cold” war, compared to WWII, a “hot” war?

Most of the fighting took place in the cooler Northern Hemisphere
The Soviet Union is located in a fairly cold area
The Soviets and Americans never actually fought against one another with weapons
The United States believed a nuclear war would end the seasons and it would be cold on Earth

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

In the years just after World War II, the United States attempted to prevent the spread of communism in Europe mainly by…

taking over the governments of several Western European nations
increasing opportunities for political refugees to settle in the United States
holding a series of summit meetings with leaders of the Soviet Union
establishing policies of economic and military aid for European nations

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