The Cold War Quiz

What was the main reason for the uneasy alliance between the United States and the Soviet Union during World War II?

• Opposing ideologies and aims

• Common cultural values

• Mutual respect and trust

• Shared economic interests

What event led to the breakdown of cooperation between the US and the USSR after World War II?

• Signing of the Yalta Agreement

• Formation of NATO

• Disputes over postwar issues

• Defeat of Nazi Germany

What was the US policy to prevent the spread of Soviet ideology abroad called?

• Isolationism

• Neutrality

• Expansionism

• Containment

What was the Soviet response to the merging of Western zones into West Germany after World War II?

• Lend-Lease Act

• Marshall Plan

• Berlin Blockade

• Formation of NATO

What was the outcome of the Korean War?

• Soviet occupation of South Korea

• US invasion of North Korea

• Unification of North and South Korea

• Armistice dividing Korea into two separate regions

What was the Soviet Union's contribution to the Vietnam War?

• Military weapons and economic aid

• Humanitarian aid and peace negotiations

• Non-interference and neutrality

• Support for the US and South Vietnam

What event led to the formal dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991?

• Gorbachev's glasnost and perestroika policies

• Reagan's Berlin Wall speech

• Growing opposition to Soviet policies in Eastern Europe

• Isolation from the world economy and falling oil prices

What was the main factor that led to the collapse of the Soviet Union?

• Reagan's economic pressure and arms race

• Gorbachev's removal of nuclear missiles

• Stalin's expansionist move in Eastern Europe

• Khrushchev's ousting of US, Great Britain, and France from West Berlin