Unit 8 Test: The Cold War Review

1. The ________ provided vital supplies to a region blockaded by the Soviet Union.

• Berlin Airlift
• Marshall Plan
• HUAC
• Iron Curtain
• Cold War

2. The ________ was the imaginary line that divided Europe between capitalist West and Communist East.

• Iron Curtain
• Berlin Airlift
• Marshall Plan
• HUAC
• Cold War

3. The term ________ refers to the competition that developed between the United States and the Soviet Union for power and influence in the world.

• Cold War
• Berlin Airlift
• Marshall Plan
• HUAC
• Iron Curtain

4. A coalition of countries organized to stop the spread of communism

• NATO
• Berlin Airlift
• Marshall Plan
• HUAC
• Iron Curtain

5. The ________ pledged American financial aid to all European nations following World War II.

• Marshall Plan
• Berlin Airlift
• HUAC
• Iron Curtain
• Cold War

6. After World War II, American leaders developed of a policy of ________ to resist and stop the spread of communism.

• containment
• Berlin Airlift
• Marshall Plan
• HUAC
• Iron Curtain

7. One goal of the Marshall Plan was to

• give European access to higher education in the United States
• make Germany pay costs for all the destruction it had caused in Europe
• strengthen European economies to try to prevent communism from spreading
• send troops to help European countries fight communism

8. In order to try to gain control over West Berlin, the Soviet Union

• went to the United Nations and demanded control of that section of the city
• threatened the section of the city with troops and tanks
• operated a massive airlift to bring in needed supplies
• set up a total blockade cutting off that section of the city

9. NATO and the Warsaw Pact were examples of

• efforts to fight communism without bloodshed
• military aggression during the Cold War
• military alliances made for "collective security"
• failed attempts to make peace

10. In 1950, what event began the conflict on the Korean peninsula?

• U.N. forces fought off the invading army from the North
• The Chinese army invaded south of the 38th parallel
• The South Korean army invaded north of the 38th parallel
• The North Korean army invaded south of the 38th parallel