Cold War

What two nations were in competition with each other during the Cold War?

• Spain and Portugal
• England and France
• Germany and Italy
• United States and Soviet Union

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

Joseph McCarthy's rise to power in the early 1950's was caused, in part, by America's fear of __________________________.

• communism
• imperialism
• capitalism
• democracy

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

• the separation of Communist and Democratic 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
• Richard Nixon & Joseph Stalin

• John F. Kennedy & Benito Mussolini

• Harry 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

What were the opposing forms of government during the Cold War?

• communism & dictatorship

• democracy & capitalism

• communism & socialism

• democracy & communism

What event in the 1960's brought the world close to a nuclear war?

• The space race
• Berlin War
• The Cuban Missile Crisis
• The arms race

Why was the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) formed in 1949?

• To end the Cold War
• To fly supplies to West Berlin
• To stop the spread of communism
• To set up capitalist economic systems