Cold War Review

n a speech regarding the divide in Europe over communism, Winston Churchill stated that a(n) ___________ descended over the continent.

• Steel Wall

• Steel Curtain

• Iron Wall

• Iron Curtain

Which area of Germany fell under Soviet control after WWII?

• North Germany

• East Germany

• South Germany

• West Germany

The organization that was formed to combat communism and protect member nations from a communist attack was the

• United Nations

• NATO

• Warsaw Pact

• League of Nations

The organization that the Soviet Union created in response to the defense alliance created by the United States consisting of communist allies to the USSR was

• Warsaw Pact

• United Nations

• NATO

• Satellite States

Why was this tension between the US and USSR called a "Cold War"?

• tensions were high between the US and Soviet Union but did not lead to direct war with one another

• much of the Soviet Union and US are cold for part or most of the year

• many of the actions that the US and the Soviet Union took throughout the world are considered cold-hearted

• the fear of nuclear war and fallout leading to nuclear winter

What was the US plan for fighting communism called?

• McCarthyism

• Domino Theory

• Nuclear War

• Containment

Cuba becomes a nuclear threat to the United States and in responses with a naval blockade under Kennedy's leadership. 

• Berlin Airlift

• Russian Missile Crisis

• Bay of Pigs Invasion

• Cuban Missile Crisis

All of the following are examples of the Containment policy except? 

• Creation of NASA and race to the moon

• Korean War

• Sending troops to Vietnam

• Truman Doctrine

In 1950, Korea fought a civil war over the spread of communism.  Communists from the north tried to take over the south.  What role did he US play in this war?

• The US and its allies went to Vietnam to fight Korean Communists.

• The US and its allies did not join the Korean War.

• The US and its allies join the fight to keep communism from spreading

• The US and its allies fought to defend the North.

What happened as an effect of the end of the Korean War in 1953?

• North Korea and South Korea remained divided

• The U.S. gained South Korea as a territory

• South Korea dropped an atomic bomb on North Korea

• North Korea and South Korea reunited