Cold War

Cold War

8th - 10th Grade

35 Qs

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Assessment

Quiz

History

8th - 10th Grade

Hard

CCSS
RI.11-12.5, RI.7.7, RI.8.7

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

This is the name of the Organization that was created by Western European Countries, America and Canada to help contain the spread of Communism.

United Nations
Alliance
League of Nations
NATO

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

In 1946, Winston Churchill used the term “Iron Curtain "when describing conditions in Europe. What did he mean by this term?

•European nations needed to build more factories
•Peace had finally spread throughout the countries of Europe.
•The militaries of Western Europe were becoming too powerful.
•There was a division between the communist Eastern Europe and Western Europe. 

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

The Cold War was a time of tension between the United States and the former Soviet Union. In 1962, the United States was involved in
the Cuban Missile Crisis. Which was the importance of this event?

•The United States wanted the former Soviet Union to provide aid to Cuba.
•The United States attacked Cuba.
•The United States wanted the former Soviet Union to remove missiles from Cuba.
•The United Stated placed missiles in Cuba.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

In 1950, the United States and other countries from the United Nations became involved in the Korean War. What was the cause of this war?

•North Korea attacked South Korea to spread communism.
•South Korea wanted to drive out troops from Vietnam.
•North Korea attacked China to spread communism.
•South Korea attacked North Korea to spread democracy.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

This man was responsible for the Cuban Missile Crisis and was a leader of the Soviet Union. 

JFK
Joseph McCarthy
Nikita Khrushchev
Adolf Hitler

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

This was an ACTUAL wall that separated Berlin. It separated the communist side from the democracy side. Why did they put the wall up?

Iron Curtain
Berlin Wall
Berlin Airlift
Great Wall of China

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

How did we respond to the blockade on Western Berlin? This was when we could not get any supplies to this area. 

Berlin Airlift
Iron Curtain
Air attack
Berlin Wall

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