Cold War Quiz

What was the period of tension between the US and the Soviet Union after WWII called?

• The Great War

• The Cold War

• The Iron Curtain

• The Red Scare

What was the purpose of the Truman Doctrine?

• To rebuild Europe after WWII

• To stop communism in Turkey and Greece

• To ally with the Soviet Union

• To start the Space Race

Which plan involved the US giving money to Europe to rebuild after WWII?

• The Marshall Plan

• The Truman Doctrine

• The Warsaw Pact

• The Berlin Airlift

What was the Berlin Airlift?

• Invading East Berlin

• Building the Berlin Wall

• Blocking Soviet supplies to Berlin

• Supplying West Berlin by air

What was the first peacetime military alliance the US joined outside the Western Hemisphere?

• The Warsaw Pact

• The United Nations

• The League of Nations

• NATO

What was the main goal of the Warsaw Pact?

• Economic cooperation in Europe

• Collective security for Eastern Bloc countries

• Initiate the Space Race

• End the Cold War

What event started the Space Race?

• The launch of Sputnik 1 by the Soviet Union

• The first manned moon landing by the United States

• The formation of NASA

• The Cuban Missile Crisis

What was the first major conflict of the Cold War?

• Bay of Pigs Invasion

• Korean War

• Vietnam War

• Cuban Missile Crisis

What was the outcome of the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• The US invaded Cuba

• The Soviet Union removed its missiles from Cuba

• Cuba became a US ally

• The Soviet Union launched a nuclear attack

What event marked the end of the Cold War?

• The SALT agreements

• The fall of the Berlin Wall

• The Cuban Missile Crisis

• The Korean War