13 quiz

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

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

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

• Gagarin
• Apollo 11
• Sputnik
• Apollo 13

What does NATO stand for? 

• North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• North American Treaty Organization
• North American Truce Organization
• North Asian Trust Order

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

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

What was the name for the 1955 alliance of Soviet-dominated countries of Eastern Europe  that were the counterpart to the western alliance?

• NATO
• Warsaw Pact
• European Alliance
• Iron Curtain

What policy implemented in the Cold War said the U.S. would give military aid to a country that needed to resist communism?

• Marshall Plan

• Truman Doctrine

• Domino Theory

• Open Door Policy

What were the opposing forms of government during the Cold War?

• communism & dictatorship
• democracy & capitalism
• communism & socialism

• capitalism & communism