Test - The Cold War - Part I

What two nations were in competition with each other during the Cold War?

• Spain and Portugal
• England and France
• Germany and Italy
• United States and Soviet Union

President Truman adopted a new foreign policy during the Cold War know as the Truman Doctrine. What was the main goal of the Truman Doctrine?

• To expand trade with Europe
• To limit the build up of nuclear weapons
• To stop the spread of communism
• to send financial aid to Europe

The United States got involved in conflicts like Korea and Vietnam because they were afraid of the domino theory. What is the domino theory?

• If one country fell to democracy, others would follow
• If one country fell to communism, others would follow

Why was the United States involved in the Berlin Airlift?

• to airlift food to the people of West Berlin
• to bomb East Berlin
• to demolish the Berlin Wall
• to transport people out of East Berlin

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 was the name of the first satellite in space launched by the Soviet Union?

• Gagarin
• Apollo 11
• Sputnik
• Apollo 13

This "figurative" wall divided communist countries from democratic counties--

• Great Wall of China
• Berlin Wall
• Iron Curtain
• Wall of Democracy

Which of the following foreign policies gave financial aid to European nations to rebuild after WWII?

• Truman Doctrine

• Marshall Plan

• Warsaw Pact

• Domino Theory

The physical barrier separating Communist East Berlin and Democratic West Berlin--

• Berlin Bloackade
• Berlin Base
• Berlin Wall
• Berlin Barrier

Truman's policy of preventing the expansion of communism was -

• containment

• deterrence

• militarism

• perestroika