Global History - Cold War

The Cold War was mostly a competition between
the United States and

• Great Britian
• Korea
• Soviet Union
• Germany

The United States sent troops to Vietnam
_________.

• to stop the spread of communism
• as a result of the Cuban Missile Crisis
• to set up a capitalist goverment
• because they bombed us

What did Winston Churchill mean when he said an "iron curtain" descended across Europe? 

• the separation of Communist and capitalist nations
• a railroad system
• a divider made of iron that separated Europe into sections
• the Berlin Wall

What did Americans fear most about the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• The Soviets invading Cuba
• The spread of communism
• A nuclear war
• WWIII

Who were the leaders of the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• John F Kennedy & Nikita Khrushchev
• Nixon & Stalin
• John F. Kennedy & Mussolini
• Truman & Nikita Khrushchev

What were the results of the Korean War?

• The two sections of Korea reunited
• North Korea & South Korea remained divided
• The Soviet Union took control of both sections of Korea
• China set up a communist government

#2 - Which of the following conflicts and regional wars were part of the Cold War?

• Cuban Revolution
• North/South Korea
• North/South Vietnam
• All options are correct

#3 - With the collapse of what superpower did the Cold War end?

• Soviet Union
• United States
• China
• Germany

#4 - The Cold War began

• after the Soviets closed all highway and railroad links to the city of Berlin.
• after the end of World War II.
• when the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor was attacked by Japan.
• shortly after the communist revolution in Russia

#5 - The Cold War was "cold" because the two superpowers never directly attacked each other in open warfare.

• TRUE
• FALSE