The Cold War Final Assessment

The United States and its allies were in favor of this government type:

• theocracy

• communism

• socialist

• democratic

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CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

What did the "Iron Curtain" symbolize?

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• The divide between democracy and communism

• The border between North and South Korea

• The Ho Chi Minh Trail

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CCSS.RI.8.7

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CCSS.RL.9-10.7

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

• Space Race

• Bombageddon

• Arms Race

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Nuka-palooza

Which world leaders attended the Potsdam Conference in 1945? Choose all that apply.

• Joseph Stalin

• Harry Truman

• Woodrow Wilson

• Winston Churchill

• Nikita Khrushchev

Which of these BEST describes the Cold War?

• direct warfare between two superpowers

• competition for global influence between two superpowers

• indirect warfare between three superpowers

• nuclear war between the U.S. and Soviet Union

• mild disagreement between allies

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CCSS.RL.8.9

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

• Constitutional monarchy

• Direct democracy

• Republic

• Communist

Which leader came up with the term "Iron Curtain"?

• Mikhail Gorbachev

• Harry Truman

• John F. Kennedy

• Winston Churchill

• Nixon Bunch

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

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