The Cold War

The Cold War

8th Grade

32 Qs

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The Cold War

The Cold War

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8th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What did the United States do after WWII to rebuild Europe?

Marshall Plan 
NATO 
Containment
Arms Race

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Why is the Cold War considered a “cold” war, compared to WWII, a “hot” war?

Most of the fighting took place in the cooler Northern Hemisphere
The Soviet Union is located in a fairly cold area
The Soviets and Americans never actually fought against one another with weapons
The United States believed a nuclear war would end the seasons and it would be cold on Earth

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

In the years just after World War II, the United States attempted to prevent the spread of communism in Europe mainly by…

taking over the governments of several Western European nations
increasing opportunities for political refugees to settle in the United States
holding a series of summit meetings with leaders of the Soviet Union
establishing policies of economic and military aid for European nations

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

What is being depicted in the above picture in Cold War terms?

Deterrent 
Space Race 
Domino Theory 
Superpowers

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

The graph above shows the amount of nuclear weapons the U.S. and Soviet Union possessed during the Cold War. Which vocabulary word is this graph best illustrating?

Nonallignment 
Democratization
Arms Race 
Communism 

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which U.S. President during the 1980s aided in the collapse of the Soviet Union?

John F. Kennedy
Franklin Roosevelt 
Ronald Reagan 
George Bush

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

Why did the U.S. get involved in Vietnam, a country so small and so far away?

Resources – they are rich and oil which our economy needs
Containment – we wanted to stop the spread of Communism
To Colonize – we wanted to build an American empire in Asia
Democratize – we desired their government to become a democracy

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