Cold War Review Questions

What became a symbol of the Cold War In Europe?

• Berlin Wall

• Iron Curtain

• Sputnik

What Cold War conflict ended in a stalemate in 1953?

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Korean War

• Vietnam War

Which Cold War event occurred first?

• Fall of the Berlin Wall

• Vietnam War

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Korean War

• Berlin Airlift

North Korea: Communist as ________________: Democratic

• East Korea

• South Korea

• West Korea

Select the THREE outcomes of the Korean War.

• All of Korea was united under democracy

• Korea remained divided at the 38th Parallel

• North Korea remained communist and South Korea remained democratic

• US troops occupied the Korean Peninsula

• The Korean War ended in a stalemate with no side winning.

What country was occupied by troops from the Soviet Union, had the Berlin Wall, and was communist?

• West Germany

• Great Britain

• East Germany

• Japan

The policy of _____________________states that communism must be controlled and be prevented from spreading across the world.

• Isolationism

• Diplomacy

• Intervention

• Containment

What U.S. President ordered a naval blockade that forced the Soviets to remove their missiles from the island of Cuba?

• Richard Nixon

• John F. Kennedy

• Ronald Reagan

• Gerald Ford

With the collapse of communism in Europe, what country reunited in 1990?

• Germany

• Soviet Union

• Poland

• Spain

In what year did the Berlin Wall fall?

• 1989

• 2001

• 1991

• 1982