Cold War Quiz

Cold War Quiz

10th - 11th Grade

15 Qs

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Cold War Quiz

Cold War Quiz

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why were the United States and the Soviet Union reluctant to become involved in direct military conflict during the Cold War?

Peacekeeping efforts by the United Nations

Potential for global nuclear destruction

Increased tensions in the Middle East

Pressure from nonaligned countries

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which communist military organization formed from Eastern European countries during the Cold War?

Soviet Union

Axis Powers

Warsaw Pact

NATO

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The basic tenet of the Truman Doctrine was the policy of —

Space Exploration

Isolationism

Containment

Nuclear Domination

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which term refers to the American policy of holding communism in one place and not allowing it to spread?

Containment

Intervention

Isolation

Cease-Fire

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who caused a wave of panic and paranoia about communist infiltration of American government in the 1950s?

Alger Hiss

Joseph McCarthy

Dwight Eisenhower

J Edgar Hoover

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which country built missile sites in Cuba in 1962 that caused a crisis with the United States?

Germany

Cuba

China

Soviet Union

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was one consequence of the Cuban Missile Crisis?

The United States conducted an airstrike on missile bases in Cuba.

The United States removed missiles from Turkey.

The Soviet Union ceased trade negotiations with the Cuban government.

The Soviet Union constructed the Berlin Wall.

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