The Cold War

The imaginary line that separated free Western Europe from Communist Eastern Europe was known as...

• communist shield

• capitalist-communist divide

• iron curtain

• steel door

Who were the main two world superpowers following World War II?

• Soviet Union and China

• Soviet Union and Germany

• United States and Great Britain

• United States and Soviet Union

The purpose of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization was to...

• block trade with communist nations

• come to the aid of other nations if they were attacked

• provide food and supplies to countries in need under Soviet control.

Why did U.S. leaders become involved in the conflict in Korea?

• to gain new territory in Asia

• to prevent nulear attacks

• eliminate terrorist threats

• containing the spread of communism

What was the result of the Korean War?

• North and South Korea was united under a single communist government

• North and South Korea was united under a single democratic government

• Korea was divided in two. Democratic North Korea and communist South Korea.

• Korea was divided in two. Communist North Korea and democratic South Korea

How did the Korean War begin?

• Stalin blockaded Berlin

• Cuba let the Soviet Union put missiles in Cuba

• Lyndon Johnson sent more troops to Korea

• Communist North Korea crossed the 38th parallel into South Korea to spread communism.

Nikita Khrushchev, of the Soviet Union, brought the world to the brink of nuclear war when he...

• launched Sputnik 1 into space

• built the Berlin Wall

• put missiles and launch pads in Cuba

• blockaded Berlin

What is an arms race?

• forming alliances

• building and stockpiling weapons in case of war

• creating jobs to make their economy stronger.

What was Joseph McCarthy claim in the early 1950s?

• That the U.S. should be socialist or communist

• That the U.S. should protect civil rights

• That some famous actors and politicians were secretly communist spies

The Vietnam War was mainly a proxy (mini-conflict) for what bigger conflict between...

• United States and Iran

• United States and Cambodia

• United States and North Korea

• United States and The Soviet Union