Chapter 27: World War II and the Cold War

In response to NATO, the Soviet Union and its allies formed a defense known as the _______________ _____________.

• Warsaw Pact

• Soviet Treaty

• Warsaw Treaty

• Soviet Pact

What did Americans fear after the end of WWII?

• The spread of democracy

• The spread of NATO

• The spread of communism

• The spread of capitalism

The Soviet Union place missiles in Cuba that were pointed toward the U.S. Why did this worry the United States?

• The U.S. worried that Cuba would become communist

• The U.S. worried that Nikita Khrushchev would get hurt

• The U.S. worried that they would lose the territories that they gained during the Spanish American War

• The U.S. worried that a nuclear war might start

The Cold War was a war between the United States and the Soviet Union, but there was not actual combat involved. The war between these two countries was a rivalry between which of the following?

• capitalism vs. facism

• communism vs. dictatorship

• socialism vs. communism

• communism vs. capitalism

Which of the following events brought the world close to a nuclear war in the 1960s?

• Space Race

• Dropping of the atomic bomb

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Construction of the Berlin Wall

An alliance called the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was formed in 1949 by the leaders of several non-communist countries. Why was NATO formed?

• to drop supplies to the people of East Berlin by the Berlin Airlift

• to turn the Cold War hot

• to keep the USSR from forcing communism on other countries

• to encourage all of Western Europe that they should have a democratic government and a capitalist economy

Look at the picture. What did the man in this picture fear?

• a nuclear attack by the Soviet Union from Cuba

• Western Europe becoming democratic

• The reunification of Vietnam

• that people would leave West Berlin to go to East Berlin

Who is the Soviet leader that helped Fidel Castro set up a communist government in Cuba and hid nuclear missiles in Cuba?

• Joseph McCarthy

• John F. Kennedy

• Nikita Kruschev

• Joseph Stalin

What alliance was formed to stop the spread of communism?

• the Allied Powers

• North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

• Western European Union (WEU)

• Warsaw Pact

How did Cuba's proximity to the United States affect the way John F. Kennedy felt about the missiles placed by Nikita Kruschchev?

• Kennedy was not worried because Cuba was too far away for missiles to hit the United States

• Kennedy was extremely worried because Cuba was only 90 miles from Florida