Cold WAR Quiz 2 Politics

U.S President Reagan challenged Gorbachev to "...tear down this wall" What was the walls name?

• Berlin

• Frankfort

• Munich

• Bonn

The basic idea of the Truman Doctrine was the policy of---

• Isolationism

• Space Exploration

• Containment

• Nuclear Domination

American forces fought the Korean War to-

• Stop Communism

• End the Cold War

• Help Korea become communist

• Gain Territory

An economic system that encourages citizens to own businesses and property.

• capitalism

• communism

• embargo

• Cuban Missile Crisis

An imaginary line in Europe separating nations of the West, such as the United States and European countries, and the Soviet Union and its allies.

• proxy war

• Tet Offensive

• propaganda

• Iron Curtain

A standoff in 1962 between the United States and Soviet Union over missiles the Soviets were placing in Cuba.

• embargo

• diplomacy

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Tet Offensive

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

What was the term 'iron curtain' used  to describe the division of?

• North and South Vietnam
• East and West Asia
• North and South Korea
• East and West Europr

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

How did the Marshall plan try to stop the spread of communism in Western Europe after WWII?

• by providing government housing for refugees
• by providing military assistance to Vietnam
• by providing money to stop poverty

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