Cold War Review

The "Cold War" refers to tensions between which two countries?

• USA and Great Britain
• Soviet Union and China
• USA and Soviet Union
• Germany and France

Which of the following was a primary cause of Cold War tensions?

• Formation of NATO and Warsaw Pact
• Uneasy alliance between US and USSR during WWII
• Stalin's death and collapse of Communism
• Soviet Union's invasion of North Korea

Which term refers to a group of nations that are under political and economic control of the USSR?

• United Nations
• Satellite Nations
• Containment
• NATO

Which term refers to the alliance between the US and Western European countries?

• NATO
• Warsaw Pact
• United Nations
• Satellite Nations

Which is a key characteristic of the Soviet Union?

• No opposing political parties
• A market-based economy
• Free elections
• A weak central government

The Warsaw Pact was a military alliance that included which countries?

• USA and Cuba
• US and Western Europe
• North and South Korea
• USSR and its satellite nations

How long did the Cold War last?

• over 40 years
• 3 months
• 2years
• 10 years

How did the United States apply its containment policy to both the Korean and Vietnam wars?

• The United States attempted to stop the spread of communism in both wars.

• The United States attempted to stop the spread of capitalism in both wars.

• The United States attempted to keep democratic nations from trading with communist nations.

• The United States attempted to prevent the Soviet Union from joining the United Nations.

What structure was a symbol of the divide between communism and the West since the 1960s?

• the Red Square

• the Reichstag Building

• the Berlin Wall

• the Great Wall

Which event during the Cold War years brought the U.S. and the Soviet Union closest to nuclear war?

• the Cuban Missile Crisis

• the Persian Gulf War

• the Vietnam War

• the Korean War