Cold War Quiz

The primary purpose of the United Nations is to

• control world grain prices

• promote democratic governments

• resolve conflicts between nations peacefully

• unite all nations militarily through alliances

In the 1950s, what was the status of most countries in Eastern Europe?

• members of the Common Market

• participants in the Marshall Plan

• allies of the United States

• satellites of the Soviet Union

The Marshall Plan was designed to stop the spread of communism by providing

• government housing to refugees

• military assistance to Vietnam

• funds for economic recovery in war-torn European nations

• nuclear weapons to North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) members

Which group of countries became Soviet satellites after World War II?

• France, Spain, Great Britain

• Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary

• (Switzerland, Austria, Belgium

• Turkey, Greece, Italy

The term iron curtain refers to the

• scars left on the land by the trenches of World War I

• no-fly zone in northern Iraq after the Persian Gulf War.

• border established between India and Pakistan after World War II

• western boundary of Soviet domination in Europe during the Cold War

During the Cold War, nations that adopted a policy of nonalignment believed they should

• be exempt from United Nations decisions

• restrict trade with neighboring countries

• reject international environmental treaties

• follow a course independent of the superpowers

Which region is most closely associated with the event with which it is paired?

• Central Africa—calling for the Crusades by Pope Urban II

• East Asia—issuing of the Balfour Declaration

• South America—Munich Conference

• Eastern Europe—Berlin Airlift

The Great Wall of China and the Berlin Wall were both intended to

• halt the spread of communism

• isolate unpopular governments

• limit the movement of peoples

• keep people from smuggling illegal goods

The Truman Doctrine and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) were United States responses to the

• threat of the Nazis in the 1930s

• fear of economic depression after World War I

• concern about the partition of India in 1947

• communist threat after World War II

In what way were Korea and Germany similar after World War II?

• They refused to align with the superpowers.

• Their former emperors stood trial for war crimes.

• Both remained divided during the Cold War.

• Ethnic tensions threatened civil war in each country.