Unit 8 Test: The Cold War Review Quizs

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

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

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

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

13. During the Space Race, the United States was the first to _________.

• put a man on the moon.
• put a satellite in space.
• put a man in space.
• put an animal in space.

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

20. Why did both the United States of America and the Soviet Union want to avoid war so badly?

• The United States thought that the Soviet Union would try to invade and take over the western part of the United States.
• The United States believed that the Soviet Union was the only true superpower in the world.
• They both believed in Mutually Assured Destruction if a nuclear war broke out.
• The Soviet Union was afraid of the United States because they dropped the atomic bombs on Japan.

12. What was one reason the Cuban rebels wanted to overthrow Batista during the Cuban Revolution?

• the alliance with the Soviet Union
• they didn't like Batista's communist economy
• high unemployment of the Cuban people
• the Bay of Pigs invasion

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

14. What was an example of one of the Proxy Wars that was fought during the Cold War?

• War in Iraq
• War on Terrorism
• World War I
• Korean War

19. What was the name of the American foreign policy that would give political, military, or economic aid to any democratic country that was trying to resist communism?

• Iron Curtain
• The Truman Doctrine
• The Red Scare
• Operation Mongoose

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

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