Cold War Quiz #2

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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Churchill called the imaginary line between Soviet satellite states and western Europe.....

• NATO

• The Iron Curtain

• The Berlin Wall

• The Great Wall

Which two nations emerged as superpowers after WWII?

• Soviet Union and Germany

• US and Great Britain

• France and Great Britain

• US and Soviet Union

What did the "Iron Curtain" symbolize?

• The best areas for mining iron in Europe

• The divide between democracy and communism

• The border between North and South Korea

• The Ho Chi Minh Trail

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What was the name given to the buildup of weapons during the Cold War?

• Space Race

• Bombageddon

• Arms Race

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Nuka-palooza

Type of government where the government owns everything and makes all the decisions.

• Constitutional monarchy

• Direct democracy

• Republic

• Communist

What was the largest country that made up the Soviet Union?

• Ukraine

• Russia

• Czechoslovakia

• Uganda

• Kazakhstan

Which of these events led to the breakup of the Soviet Union?

• The arms race & government overspending

• An attempt to overthrow the government by pro-democratic forces

• Democratic reforms brought on by Mikhail Gorbachev

• All of these

In 1946, the British Prime Minister said in a speech that an "Iron Curtain" had fallen across the European continent.  This "Iron Curtain" was

• another name for the English Channel which separated Great Britain from attack.
• a wall built between two countries controlled by Nazi Germany and France.
• another name for the Alps which protected Eastern Europe from the Soviet Union.
• an imaginary line that separates Eastern Europe's communist countries from Western Europe's democratic countries.

Which was a way that World War II was like the Cold War?

• Great Britain and the United States were on the same side.
• The U.S.S.R. and the United States were on the same side.
• Millions of people were killed by Hitler and the Nazis of Germany.
• Millions of people were killed by atomic bombs used against the cities.