Cold War Quiz

Why did the United States and the Soviet Union become Cold War adversaries after World War II?

• They each sought to promote their economic and political beliefs around the world.

• They disagreed over the creation of the United Nations.

• They both wanted to control Poland after the war.

• They each did not want the other nation to occupy a portion of Germany after the war.

What does the term "Iron Curtain" represent?

• the division of Germany under Allied control after World War II

• the border between the satellite states of the Soviet Union and democratic nations of Europe

• the 1948 Soviet blockade of West Berlin

• the 38th parallel dividing North Korea and South Korea

What were the United States' goals for the adoption of the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan?

• to expand the size of the U.S. military and increase the number of nuclear weapons

• to install democratic governments in Soviet satellite nations and support anti-communists in those nations

• to create a military alliance among western nations and conduct the Berlin Airlift

• to contain communism and rebuild western European economies

Which statement describes the purpose of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)?

• an economic development program to rebuild European economies

• a spy agency of pro-communist movements

• a bureau of the United Nations Security Council

• a mutual military alliance against communist aggression

Match the outcome with the Cold War event it best describes.

• Suez Crisis

• Soviets defeat attempt at democracy

• Chinese Civil War

• a divided region of a communist country and a democratic country with no peace treaty

• Korean War

• Soviet success in the region resulted in the Eisenhower Doctrine promising to defend nations against communist aggression

• Hungarian Uprising

• the creation of a communist state

How did the Eisenhower administration seek to stop communist influence in Iran and Guatemala?

• by sending in military advisors, but refusing to send troops

• by sending U.S. troops to occupy each nation until democratic governments were installed

• by using the CIA to secretly overthrow their governments

• by urging the United Nations Security Council to monitor elections

Based on the image, how did the Cold War affect American politics?

• because the House Un-American Activities Committee investigated suspected communists in Hollywood

• by creating suspicion and hysteria around communist subversion

• because Americans elected more communist party members to political offices

• increasing the size of the communist party in the U.S.

Based on the image, how did the Cold War affect American life?

• Americans feared a civil war and fortified their homes

• Americans enjoyed liberty and had nothing to worry about

• Americans feared a nuclear war and built fallout shelters

• Americans supported the Cold War by buying war bonds