
Cold War History Quiz
Authored by Patrick Weber
Social Studies
10th Grade

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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What term describes the geopolitical tension between the Soviet Union and Western democracies?
Cold War
World War II
Great War
Eastern Conflict
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who led the Soviet Union during the early Cold War period?
Mikhail Gorbachev
Leonid Brezhnev
Nikita Khrushchev
Joseph Stalin
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What strategy did the United States use to counter Soviet expansion?
Isolationism
Appeasement
Containment
Detente
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which policy did George Kennan explain in his 'Long Telegram'?
Containment
Marshall Plan
Truman Doctrine
Brinkmanship
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was the first artificial satellite called?
Apollo 11
Explorer I
Voyager
Sputnik
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which U.S. president declared the goal of landing a man on the moon?
Ronald Reagan
Richard Nixon
Dwight D. Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was the primary purpose of the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)?
To support civil rights
To promote American values
To investigate communist influence in the USA
To oversee military spending
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