Cold War Quiz Spring 2024

Who did the U-2 spy plane belong to?

What was the Alliance between 12 countries to oppose the spread of communism in Western Europe?

• NATO
• SEATO
• BRICs
• ASEAN

What technology helped transmit western ideas behind the iron curtain?

• Lazers
• Morse Code
• Radio/Satellites

What country launched a rocket into space first?

• United States
• Soviet Union
• China
• Great Britain

What country put a man on the moon first?

• United States
• Soviet Union
• China
• Great Britain

Most fighting age Americans supported the Vietnam War at the beginning of the war, however as the war progressed most began to oppose the war.

• True
• False

What was the war fought in an attempt to stop communism from spreading across southeast Asia

• Vietnam War
• Persian War
• Korean War
• South Pacific War

What two countries was the Cold War between?

• China and United States
• Soviet Union and Great Britain
• United States and North Korea
• Soviet Union and United States

A state of tension and hostility between countries with out armed conflict is a

• Nuclear War
• Quasi war
• Cold War
• Semi War

What was the United State policy to stop the spread of communism?

• Blockade
• Berlin Airlift
• Containment