Cold War Quiz

How did the creation of Israel contribute to global conflict in the Middle East?

• The event fueled Muslim nations to protest UN intervention in the Middle East.

• The event lead to politically stable governments throughout the Middle East.

• Israel began to dominate the economies of Middle Eastern nations

• Israel forced the United Nations to declare war on Iraq.

What happened as a result of the launch of Sputnik in 1957?

• It started the space race between the USSR and U.S.

• The U.S. government started NASA.

• U.S. began to spend more money on math and science to maintain national security.

• All of the above

What policy implemented in the Cold War said the U.S. would give military aid to a country that needed to resist communism?

• Marshall Plan

• Truman Doctrine

• Domino Theory

• Open Door Policy

What were the defining characteristics of the Cold War?

• Prohibition, Flappers, Jazz

• Arms Race, Space Race, Red Scare

• Holocaust, Nazi Germany, Pearl Harbor

• Poverty, Unemployment, Dust Bowl

Which individual/group contributed to the Red Scare by accusing American citizens of being communist spies?

• McCarthy/HUAC

• NAACP/Farm Workers Union

• Nativists/Muckrakers

• Philanthropists/Entrepreneurs

During the Cold War, what policy did the U.S. follow to stop the spread of communism?

• Open Door Policy

• Big Stick Policy

• Containment Policy

• Dollar Diplomacy

In what year did the Russians launch the satellite Sputnik?

• 1941

• 1957

• 1969

• 1991

How did the United States respond to Soviet invasion of Afghanistan?

• The United States provided weapons for the rebel Muhahideen against the Soviets.

• The United States declared war on the Soviet Union for invading Afghanistan.

• Afghanistan led terror attacks against the US for supporting Soviet efforts in the Middle East.

• Afghanistan built hundreds of US embassies and military bases throughout the Middle East.

During what Cold War event did the U.S. bypass a Soviet blockade in Germany without provoking a military conflict?

• Berlin Airlift

• Vietnam War

• Watergate Scandal

• Bataan Death March

During the Cuban Missile Crisis, what did President J.F. Kennedy do when he heard that the Soviet Union was constructing nuclear missile sites in Cuba.

• He launched a nuclear missile at the Kremlin in Moscow.

• He gave into the demands of the Soviet & Cuban government.

• He ordered a naval blockade around Cuba to prevent Soviet ships from bringing the necessary materials.

• He declared war on the Soviet Union & Cuba.