Cold War Era Quiz

What was the Berlin Airlift a response to?

• Soviets cutting off western access to all of Berlin

• The fall of the Berlin Wall

• The creation of NATO

• The Cuban Missile Crisis

What was the primary purpose of the creation of NATO?

• To promote global trade

• To prevent the spread of communism

• To establish a global currency

• To create a worldwide educational system

Who led the Communist forces in the fall of China?

• Chiang Kai-shek

• Mao Zedong

• Ho Chi Minh

• Kim Il-sung

What was discovered in Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• American missiles

• Soviet missiles

• Chinese missiles

• North Korean missiles

During which crisis did Kennedy negotiate with the Soviets?

• Vietnam War

• Korean War

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Gulf War

During which war did the desegregation of the U.S. armed forces take place?

• The Korean War

• World War II

• The Vietnam War

• The Gulf War

What is located in Northern Virginia that contributed to its economic benefit during the Cold War?

• NASA headquarters

• The Pentagon

• Wall Street

• Silicon Valley

What type of government and economy did the US have during the Cold War?

• Totalitarian, socialist economy

• Democracy, free market economy

• Monarchy, command economy

• Oligarchy, mixed economy

What is communism based upon?

• Private ownership of the means of production

• Common ownership of the means of production

• Government ownership of the means of production

• Individual ownership of the means of production

What is socialism?

• An economic system where individuals own the means of production

• An economic system where the government owns and controls the means of production

• A political system with no government

• A system where the market controls the means of production