Quiz on the Iron Curtain

Following World War II, international politics was dominated by which two world powers?

• France and United Kingdom
• United States and China
• United States and Soviet Union
• Germany and Japan

Why did President John F. Kennedy order the US Navy to blockade Cuba in 1962?

• Vietnam War
• Bay of Pigs invasion
• Soviet missiles in Cuba
• Cuban missile crisis

What was the "iron curtain" that Churchill referred to in this quotation?

"From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the Continent."
— Winston Churchill, 1946

• A famous painting by a European artist
• A type of military weapon used during the Cold War
• A popular dance move in the 1950s
• An invisible line that divided communist Europe from Western Europe

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During the Cold War, what was the name of the belief that if one country fell to communism then others would follow?

• Domino Theory
• Jenga Theory
• Puzzle Principle
• Butterfly Effect

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Nikita Khrushchev brought the world to the brink of nuclear war when he

• signed a peace treaty with the United States
• established diplomatic relations with China
• launched a space mission to the moon
• deployed Soviet missiles in Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis

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Who led a national campaign to identify communists who were secretly working in the US government and army?

• Joseph McCarthy

• Senator Bernie Sanders
• General Dwight D. Eisenhower
• President John F. Kennedy

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The nations that formed the North Atlantic Treaty Organization agreed to

• unilateral disarmament and military aggression
• individual defense and isolationism
• economic competition and trade barriers
• come to the aid of any other member nation if it were attacked

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The Korean War was a part of what larger conflict involving the United States?

• Cold War
• Gulf War
• Vietnam War
• World War II

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What goal motivated US leaders to become involved in the conflict in Korea in the 1950s?

• Containment of communism
• Economic expansion
• Isolationism
• Spread democracy

What was one difference between Eastern and Western Bloc nations during the Cold War?

• Military alliances
• Citizens of Western Bloc nations had more political freedom and economic opportunity than citizens in Eastern Bloc nations.

• Geographical location
• Governments of Western Bloc nations more strictly controlled major industries than the governments of Eastern Bloc nations.