The Cold War

A United States financed program to rebuild Europe after World War II was called:

• The Marshall Plan

• Potsdam Conference

• Monroe Doctrine

• Operation Overlord

A U.S. policy that promised to stop the spread of communism (containment) was called:

• The Marshall Plan

• Isolationism

• The Truman Doctrine

• The Treaty of Paris

What concept characterized by willingness to go to the brink, or edge of war, is symbolized in the political cartoon?

• Appeasement

• Brinksmanship

• Enfilade

• Détente

A weapon first developed by the U.S. and then the Soviets and thousands of times more powerful than the atomic bomb was:

• Scud Missile

• Carpet Bomb

• MOAB

• Hydrogen Bomb

What physical barrier separated east and west Germany and became a physical representation of the Iron Curtain?

A period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the East v. West/ Communism v. Democracy was called:

• The Cold War

• World War II

• The Russian Revolution

• The Russo-American War

What imaginary (political) boundary between Soviet Union and Western Europe intended to prevent contact between Soviet States and western non-Soviet States is represented by the black line on the map?

On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched the first unmanned spacecraft called _______, into space, beginning the competition with the U.S. for technology known as the Space Race

• Space Shuttle Challenger

• Sputnik

• Apollo 13

• The International Space Station

Which two countries emerged as the 2 "Superpowers" during the Cold War? 

• Spain and France

• Germany and Great Britain

• The U.S. and the Soviet Union

• China and India

In 1961, the U.S. supported a failed invasion of Cuba called: 

• The Cuban Missile Crisis

• The Bay of Pigs

• Operation Castro Removal

• The Chernobyl Nuclear Meltdown