The Cold War Begins

The Cold War Begins

9th Grade

14 Qs

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The Cold War Begins

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Social Studies

9th Grade

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Brienne Peers

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14 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Was the Cold War an actual war?
Yes
No

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In 1946, Winston Churchill used the term “Iron Curtain "when describing conditions in Europe. What did he mean by this term?

European nations needed to build more factories

Peace had finally spread throughout the countries of Europe.

The militaries of Western Europe were becoming too powerful.

There was a division between the communist Eastern Europe and Western Europe. 

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was a military alliance formed by the United States, Canada, and ten other countries. What "alliance" was formed in response by the Soviet Union?

The Warsaw Pact

Anti-NATO

The Allied Powers

Stalin's Squad

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A conflict between the ________ and the ________ in which neither nation directly confronted the other on the battlefield.

Warsaw Pact, United Nations

North Atlantic Treaty Organization, United Kingdom

United States, Soviet Union

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the main purpose of the American policy of Containment?

reducing the number of nuclear missiles in the Soviet Union

establishing a military presence to respond to Soviet advances

developing strict boundaries for newly formed European nations

restricting the Soviet Union from expanding outside its borders

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What war did the Cold War follow?

World War 1

World War 2

Spanish-American War

Civil War

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The Soviet Union was a ______________country.

communist

capitalist

democratic

philosophical

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