Cold War Test

Which of the following peace keeping organization was founded at the end of WW 2 (1945)?

• NORAD

• NATO

• E. U.

• U. N.

What was the U. S. sponsored $13 Billion program to rebuild European countries after WW II called?

• Marshall Plan

• Warsaw Pact

• NATO

• Maastricht Agreement

During the Cuban Missile Crisis, who was the leader of Russia?

• Yeltsin

• Khrushchev

• Breshnev

• Stalin

During the Cuban Missile Crisis, who was the leader of the United States?

• Truman

• Kennedy

• Nixon

• Eisenhower

During the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, the showdown was between __________ and __________.

• Russia / United States

• Cuba / United States

• Russia / Cuba

• Germany / Great Britian

What was the U. S. policy used to prevent the spread of communism was called?

• isolationism

• expansionism

• containment

• island hopping

A way Nixon reduced the tension of the Cold War between the US and Russia use of _____________.

• isolationism

• expansionism

• détente

• containment

What region is described by being behind the "Iron Curtain"?

• Soviet Union and its satellite nations

• United States

• West Germany and East Berlin

• Western Europe

What idea was used to justify US foreign policy during the Cold War?

• Isolationism

• Detente

• expansionism

• Domino Theory

What was the name of the satellite launched into space by Russia?

• Warsaw

• Sputnik

• Apollo

• NASA