Cold War Historians

What's the meaning of 'proxy war'?

• a conflict fought by a nation to gain independence

• a war instigated by a major power which does not itself become involved.

• a violent, armed rebellion against authority

• a war between organised groups within the state or country

Name two major proxy wars of the Cold War (choose two)

• Washington War

• Vietnam War

• Berlin War

• Korean War

The Cold War began with the formation of the Eastern Bloc, as well as the implementation of the ____________ and the Berlin Blockade

• Marshall Plan

• Warsaw Pact

• NATO

• Treaty of Versailles

For the duration of the Cold War, the countries of Eastern Europe were aligned with or under the influence and pressure of the Soviet Union. By this definition, they were...

• Moon states

• Sputnik states

• Satellite states

• Soviet states

The _________ (coined by Churchill) was the political boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II in 1945 until the end of the Cold War.

• Perestroika

• Domino Theory

• Berlin Wall

• Iron Curtain

The Cold War was an ideological conflict between the communist United States and the capitalist Soviet Union, and their respective allies.

• True

• False

During the Cold War, the two superpowers engaged in direct military confrontation.

• True

• False

What caused the construction of the Berlin Wall? Choose the BEST answer.

• to prevent East Germans from fleeing to the West

• it was a symbol of the division between East and West and became a powerful representation of the Cold War

• Many people were leaving East Germany for the West, causing significant economic damage and political embarrassment to the East German government

• the physical division of East and West Berlin, as well as East and West Germany, and a further entrenchment of the Cold War divide

What was the main outcome of the Vietnam War?

• South Vietnam surrendered to North Vietnam and united as a communist country.

• The spread of European imperialism

• it ended with a demilitarized zone and a signing of an armistice.

• At a conference, the communists admitted defeat and the dissolution of their army.

Who were the 'Big Three' leaders who met at Yalta to discuss the re-establishment of the nations of post-war Europe?

• Ronald Reagan, Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin

• Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and Nikita Khrushchev

• Franklin D. Roosevelt, J.F. Kennedy and Joseph Stalin

• Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin