Cold War

What was created by the Soviet Union in response to NATO

• Warsaw Pact

• Berlin Wall

• Central Powers

• The Kremlin

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

I was a senator in the 1950s.
I wanted to find Communists in the US.
My work was part of the Red Scare.
My ideas became unpopular.
Who am I?

• Henry Ford
• Charles Lindbergh
• Joseph McCarthy
• General Eisenhower

In the 1950s, the United States became involved in the Vietnam War. Why did the United States become involved in this war?

• to prevent the collapse of the government of North Vietnam
• to stop the spread of communism to South Vietnam
• to stop Vietnam from taking over Hong Kong
• to prevent attacks against United States shipping

How did the US respond to finding out that the Soviets had missiles in Cuba?

• They sent the Air Force to bomb Cuba.
• They placed a naval blockade around Cuba.
• They began placing missiles in the Soviet Union.
• They invaded Cuba and the Soviet Union.

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 was the name of the first satellite in space launched by the Soviet Union?

• Gagarin
• Sputnik
• Apollo 11
• Apollo 13

What is the purpose of N.A.T.O?

• Countries joining together to end democracy
• Countries joining together to stop trade between the East and West
• Countries joining together to fend off attacks by other communist countries
• Countries joining together to create one kind of currency (S)

The Truman Doctrine's main goal was to:

• Help North Korea
• Provide weapons to democratic countries
• Provide collective security
• Contain communism