Unit 8 Cold War Review

True or False: During the Cold War, the United States was focused on spreading Democracy while the Soviet Union wanted to spread communism.

• True
• False

Which policy was focused on containing communism, and preventing it from spreading throughout the world?

• Policy of Containment
• Policy of stopping communism
• Policy of Controlling
• Policy of Action

The Marshall Plan did what?

• Made Marshall president
• Gave 12.5 billion dollars to Europe to prevent the countries within from turning communist
• Gave money to countries in Africa to prevent them from turning communist
• Gave money to the USSR to prevent them from attacking the United States

Which two wars occurred during the Cold War?

• WWI/ Korean War
• The Great War/ WWII
• The Korean War/Vietnam War
• WWII/War in Afghanistan

True or False: The Arms Race and the Space Race were major parts of the Cold War

• True
• False

Explain what is happening in this political cartoon and what does it represent.

Which country launched the the first satellite?

• Italy
• USA
• USSR
• Canada

True or False: The Arms Race was focused on the building up of weapons between the USA and USSR

• True
• False

True or False: Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD) was the ability of the USSR and USA able to destroy each other if one country were to launch a nuclear weapon

• True
• False

True or False: The United States was the first to the moon and won the Space Race.

• True
• False