Test: The Cold War

At what conference did the USA, UK, and USSR make a plan divide up Germany?

• Tehran

• Yalta

• Normandy

• Potsdam

Who were the emerging superpowers following World War II?

• Soviet Union & USA

• Italy & Germany

• Cuba & Vietnam

• Great Britain & China

What does the ‘Iron Curtain’ symbolize? 

• The division between East Germany and West Germany
• The division between East Berlin and West Berlin
• The division between communist Europe and noncommunist Europe 
• The division between North Korea and South Korea

During the Cold War, what bill did the U.S. Congress pass to provide financial assistance to western European countries?

• Truman Doctrine

• Open Door Policy

• Marshall Plan

• Domino Theory

What policy implemented in the Cold War said the U.S. would give military aid to a country that needed to resist communism?

• Marshall Plan

• Truman Doctrine

• Domino Theory

• Open Door Policy

During the Cold War, what policy did the U.S. follow to stop the spread of communism?

• Open Door Policy

• Big Stick Policy

• Containment Policy

• Dollar Diplomacy

During what Cold War event did the U.S. bypass a Soviet blockade in Germany without provoking a military conflict?

• Berlin Airlift

• Vietnam War

• Watergate Scandal

• Bataan Death March

What was the purpose of the Yalta Conference?

• To discuss the division of Germany into four zones.
• To negotiate the terms of the Truman Doctrine.
• To establish the Warsaw Pact.
• To plan the Berlin Airlift.

Which strategy was used by the US to stop the spread of communism?

• The policy of containment.
• The Great Leap Forward.
• The Marshall Plan.
• The Cuban Missile Crisis.

Which leader is most associated with the policies of Perestroika and Glasnost, which are credited with contributing to the end of the Soviet Union?

• Leonid Brezhnev

• Nikita Khrushchev

• Mikhail Gorbachev

• Vladimir Putin