The Cold War

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 fend off attacks by other communist countries
• Countries joining together to create one kind of currency (S)

Who was the Senator who started rumors of the Red Scare?

• John F. Kennedy

• Joseph Stalin

• Neil Armstrong

• Joseph McCarthy

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

Which side ended up winning the Vietnam war and taking control of the entire country?

• Soviet Union
• North Vietnam
• United States
• South Vietnam

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

• Louis Armstrong

• Neil Armstrong

• Yuri Gagarin

• Charles Lindbergh

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

Why was the Berlin Wall built?

• to keep Americans from entering Russia

• to keep people from communist East Berlin from entering democratic West Berlin

• to stop Germany from invading Great Britain

• to keep the U.AS.S.R. from invading Germany

Which statement best explains the reason the US became involved in the Vietnam War?

• The US wanted to prevent other countries from becoming Communist.

• The US wanted to prevent other countries from becoming Captilst

• The US hoped to convince North Vietnam and its allies to join NATO

• The American people wanted to protest actions that harmed South Vietnamese people.

What was the main purpose of NATO?

• to stop the Red Scare in the US

• to respond to the Warsaw Pact

• to defend member countries from the threat of communism

• to end the construction of nuclear missiles