Unit 8 Cold War Exam Practice

What was one major goal of the Soviet Union during the early years of the Cold War?

• to expand individual liberties in the Baltic republics

• to attract foreign economic investments

• to create a defensive buffer zone in Eastern Europe

• to establish a competitive market economy

Which of these was a cause of the Korean War?

• NATO air and naval forces blocked ships sailing to North Korea.

• United Nations inattention allowed guerrillas to infiltrate South Korea.

• North Korean forces, with Soviet approval, invaded South Korea.

• Widespread anti-colonial riots forced the Korean government to begin the war.

During the Cold War, in which country would the city of West Berlin be inside of?

• East Germany

• West Germany

• Soviet Union

• France

Which country, in 1948, controlled the ZONE that the entire city of Berlin was located in.

• Soviet Union

• Great Britain

• France

• United States

The United States Foreign Policy after World War II was the policy of Containment, which was?

• The U.S. would try to restrict the spread of Fascism in Europe.

• The U.S. would help to rebuild the nations of Japan and Germany.

• Due to the importance, the U.S. would increase spending into the Space Race.

• The U.S. would try to prevent the spread of Communism anywhere in the world.

U.S. intervention in Vietnam came as a result of the Cold War policy of

• détente

• appeasement

• containment

• brinkmanship

Which of these events was the closest the United States and the Soviet Union actually came to fighting each other during the Cold War?

• Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962

• Gulf of Tonkin, 1964

• Bay of Pigs, 1961

• Suez Crisis, 1956

Who were the two participants in the Space Race?

• The US and Cuba
• China and US
• The USSR and US
• US and North Vietnam

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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Was the Cold War an actual war?

• Yes
• No