Cold War

During what event did U.S. airplanes drop food and supplies to the people in West Berlin?

• Berlin Airlift
• World War II
• British Air Raid
• Soviet Food Drive

In 1950, Korea fought a civil war over the spread of communism.  Communists from the north tried to take over the south.  What role did he US play in this war?

• The US and its allies went to Vietnam to fight Korean Communists.
• The US and its allies did not join the Korean War.
• The US and its allies join the fight to keep communism from spreading.
• The US and its allies fought to defend the North.

Who built the Berlin Wall?

• Soviet Union
• NATO
• The UN
• China

What does NATO stand for? 

• North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• North American Treaty Organization
• North American Truce Organization
• North Asian Trust Order

What does the ‘Iron Curtain’ symbolize? 

• The division between East Germany and West Germany
• The division between East Berlin and West Berlin
• The division between communist Europe and noncommunist Europe 
• The division between North Korea and South Korea

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Who were the two participants in the Space Race?

• The US and Cuba
• The USSR and US
• China and US
• US and North Vietnam

What type of economy did the Soviet Union have?

• socialist
• capitalist
• mercantile
• feudal

President Truman adopted a new foreign policy during the Cold War know as the Truman Doctrine. What was the main goal of the Truman Doctrine?

• To expand trade with Europe
• To limit the build up of nuclear weapons
• To stop the spread of communism
• to send financial aid to Europe

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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

Where was Korea divided?

• 18 parallel
• 34 parallel
• 38 parallel
• 15 parallel