Cold War TG

1. After World War II, the Soviet Union blockaded West Berlin from the rest of the free territory in western Europe. The United States flew supplies to west Berlin to help keep them free during the ______________.

• a. Berlin Rescue Mission

• b. Anti-communist Regime

• c. NATO

• d. Berlin Airlift

2. The Korean War ended in 1953. Which of the following is an EFFECT of the Korean War?

• a. The two parts of Korea reunited

• b. Korea remained a divided country

• c. China took control of North Korea

• d. The Soviet Union took over South Korea

3. What line of latitude became the dividing line between North and South Korea even after the Korean War ended?

• a. Prime Meridian

• b. 00 E Latitude

• c. 38th Parallel

• d. Equator

4. The Cold War was mostly a competition between what two countries?

• a. Great Britain

• b. Soviet Union

• c. United States

• d. Germany

• e. Cuba

5. What type of government did Russia participate in.

• a. Capitalist

• b. Communist

• c. Monarchy

6. What type of government does the United States participate in.

• a. Capitalist / Democracy

• b. Communist

• c. Monarchy

7. Choose all that describe Joseph McCarthy.

• a. He was a US senator from the state of Wisconsin.

• b. He became convinced that Communists were trying to gain control of the US government.

• c. He took over as First Secretary of the USSR’s Communist Party after Joseph Stalin died in 1953.

• d. He accused many Americans of being communists.

• e. He was a tough politician who distrusted the U.S.

8. Choose all that describe Nikita Khrushchev.

• a. He was a US senator from the state of Wisconsin.

• b. He accused many Americans of being communists.

• c. He was a tough politician who distrusted the U.S.

• d. He became convinced that Communists were trying to gain control of the US government.

• e. When he became "leader" he continued to spread Communism as well as increase Soviet power in the world

9. What was meant by the term “iron curtain”?

• a. It was a boundary that separated Eastern and Western Europe politically.

• b. It was a boundary that separated North Vietnam from South Vietnam.

• c. It was a boundary that separated North Korea from South Korea.

• d. It was a boundary that separated West Germany from East Germany politically.

10. In order to gain a mutual defense against the Soviets and stop the spread of communism, the United States and several other countries formed –

• a. the Warsaw Pact

• b. the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

• c. the Truman Doctrine.

• d. the Marshall Plan.