Cold War Review

1. The imaginary line separating Europe's communist and non-communist countries is called

• the Iron Curtain

• the Great Wall

• the Iron Wall

• the Great Curtain

2. Which characteristic is true of communism but not capitalism?

• The means of production are owned by individuals

• People can make money investing in the stock market

• Wealth is mostly evenly distributed among people

• People can buy whatever they can afford

3. The United States space exploration that began in the 1960s caused which of these industries to grow rapidly?

• automobile

• chemical

• petroleum

• computer

4. The nuclear arms race was a competition for supremacy in stockpiling nuclear weapons between

• United States and China

• North Korea and South Korea

• United States and Soviet Union

• Soviet Union and China

5. Why did the U.S. conduct the Berlin Airlift in 1948?

• to drop bombs on the city of Berlin

• to help people escape from East Berlin

• to keep the Soviets away from Berlin

• to help get supplies into West Berlin

6. The term 'Cold War' refers to

• the tensions between U.S. (and allies) and Soviet Union (and allies)

• the tensions between North Korea and South Korea

• the temperature of South Korea

• the tensions China and Germany

7. What was the result of the Korean War?

• Neither side won the Korean War

• North Korea won and joined South Korea

• South Korea won and joined North Korea

• Communist China won the Korean War

8. The countries that belonged to North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) wanted to

• keep people from leaving East Berlin

• keep the Soviets from forcing other nations to become communist

• keep people from leaving West Berlin

• keep the U.S. from forcing other nations to become democratic

9. This U.S. senator released a list of alleged communist that caused the Red Scare.

• Harry S. Truman

• Nikita Khrushchev

• Joseph McCarthy

• Lyndon Johnson

10. Which Soviet dictator helped Fidel Castro get missiles into Cuba?

• Josef Stalin

• Henry Ford

• Nikita Khrushchev

• John F. Kennedy