Cold War Quiz

Cold War Quiz

8th Grade

16 Qs

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History

8th Grade

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16 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why were the US and Soviet Union on opposite sides of the Cold War?

They followed different religions.

The US was committed to a capitalist economy, and Soviet Union was communist.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who was the US President at the start of the Korean War?

Harry Truman

Franklin Roosevelt

John F. Kennedy

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

By pouring hundreds of thousands of troops into the northern part of the Korean peninsula, what country added to the bitter fighting in Korea?

China

Mongolia

The Soviet Union

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What two nations were in competition with each other during the Cold War?

United States and Soviet Union

Spain and Portugal

England and France

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why did the Korean War start?

North Korea attacked South Korea

Russia engaged North Korean troops

Chinese troops came across the DMZ

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

By applying the strategy of containment, the United States hoped to prevent the

return of Nazi ideas to postwar Germany

spread of nationalism from China to the rest of Asia

expansion of the Soviet Union's influence around the world

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How did the Korean War end?

In a stalemate- with a ceasefire with the map nearly the same as before

In a win for the Chinese & South Koreans

With the Russians driving out the American troops

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