Cold War Quiz

What term is used to describe the policy of preventing the expansion of a hostile power or ideology?

• Satellite state

• Containment

• Brinkmanship

• Detente

Which doctrine was proposed by President Truman as a response to Soviet expansion?

• Eisenhower Doctrine

• Truman Doctrine

• Monroe Doctrine

• Bush Doctrine

What was the main goal of the Marshall Plan?

• To provide military aid to allies

• To establish a free trade area in Europe

• To rebuild European economies after WWII

• To promote the spread of communism

Which event marked the first major military conflict of the Cold War?

• Berlin airlift

• NATO formation

• Korean War

• Vietnam War

What was the purpose of the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty?

• To increase the number of nuclear weapons

• To limit the development of strategic ballistic missile defenses

• To reduce the number of strategic arms and ballistic missiles

• To allow for the free trade of arms between countries

What was the significance of the term "glasnost" in the context of the Cold War?

• It referred to a policy of military confrontation

• It was a term used to describe the division of Europe

• It signified a policy of openness and transparency in the Soviet Union

• It was a strategy to expand communist influence in Latin America

Who was the leader of the Soviet Union that introduced the policies of glasnost and perestroika?

• Nikita Khrushchev

• Leonid Brezhnev

• Mikhail Gorbachev

• Vladimir Putin

What was the main objective of the policy known as "McCarthyism" during the Cold War?

• To promote peace through international cooperation

• To encourage artistic expression and freedom of speech

• To combat the spread of infectious diseases

• To identify and eliminate alleged communists in the US

Which of the following was a result of the Cuban missile crisis?

• The establishment of the Berlin Wall

• The signing of the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

• The beginning of the Vietnam War

• The end of the Cold War

What was the primary reason for the construction of the Berlin Wall?

• To prevent the spread of disease

• To encourage tourism between East and West Berlin

• To stop the flow of refugees from East to West Berlin

• To serve as a monument to peace