Cold War Quiz (WHII)

The Western equivalent to the Warsaw Pact was which of the following?

• NATO

• The United Nations

• Truman Doctrine

• SALT

What was the purpose of the Marshall Plan?

• to provide money from the U.S. to countries threatened by communism

• to rebuild war-torn Europe with U.N. funds

• to send U.N. medical aid to Latin American countries

• to send U.N. troops to South Korea

What was the imaginary line that separated the West from the Soviet Union and its satellite states?

• The 38th Parallel
• The Velvet Curtain
• The Iron Curtain
• The Berlin Wall

President John F. Kennedy responded to reports that the Soviet Union was constructing missile sites in Cuba by:

• ordering a naval blockade of ships coming into Cuba
• authorizing missile strikes on strategic Cuban targets
• authorizing missile strikes on Soviet cargo ships
• seeking U.N. approval for economic sanctions against Cuba

What best describes the results of the Korean War?

• It ended in a stalemate with North Korea remaining a communist nation and South Korea becoming a free nation
• It ended in U.S. occupation and Korea becoming a territory of the U.S.
• China defeated Korea and now North Korea is a province of China
• It ended in South Korea's defeat by communist North Korea. South Korea is now under communist rule

In 1949, the revolution in China resulted in:

• the Soviet Union annexing Mao's People's Republic of China
• Mao starting the People's Republic of China and Chiang Kai-shek and the nationalists retreating to Taiwan
• China creating a communist alliance with Korea and Vietnam
• Chiang Kai-shek successfully forces Mao and the communists into North Korea

The end of the Cold War was signified by the:

• dissolution of the United Nations
• Berlin Wall being taken down
• riots in Tiananmen Square
• Cuban Missile Crisis

The leaders who, in the public eye, brought the Cold War to an end are:

• Reagan and Gorbachev
• Truman and Stalin
• Nixon and Breshnev
• Kennedy and Khruschev

The dividing line between North Korea and South Korea runs along the:

• 38th Parallel
• 83rd Parallel
• Equator
• Tropic of Capricorn

The leader of the Vietnamese communist movement attempting to make all of Vietnam communist was named:

• Ngo Din Diem
• Ho Chi Minh
• Chiang Kai-shek
• Deng Xiaoping