Cold War Quiz

International peacekeeping organization established after WWII and located in NYC.

• League of Nations

• Warsaw Pact

• United Nations

• NATO

Winston Churchill stated that this symbolic division separated democratic western Europe from communist eastern Europe.

• iron curtain

• Berlin Wall

• Prime Meridian

• 38th Parallel

US Cold War policy to keep communism in its current borders, prevent the spread at all costs.

• proliferation

• neutrality

• containment

• isolationism

During the Cold War, which nation dominated the satellite nations of Eastern Europe?

• China

• Soviet Union

• North Korea

• Cuba

Who are the 2 primary nations involved in the Cold War?

• USA and China

• Soviet Union and Great Britain

• China and Soviet Union

• USA and Soviet Union

What is the name of the U-2/USA pilot shot down by the Soviets and then returned through a spy exchange?

• Alger Hiss

• Joseph McCarthy

• Francis Gary Powers

• Jonas Salk

The Eisenhower Doctrine supported nations of this region threatened by communism.

• Middle East

• South America

• Southeast Asia

• Caribbean

Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• Joseph Stalin

• Nikita Krushchev

• Mikhail Gorbachev

• Vladimir Putin

In the United States, which agency gathers information about foreign governments?

• CIA

• FBI

• Taunton PD

• Coast Guard

What is the name of the military alliance of communist nations during the Cold War?

• Iron Curtain

• KGB

• Warsaw Pact

• NATO