Unit 6 Cold War Quiz

What was the American economic relief plan meant to help Europe rebuild after WW2?

• Marshall Plan

• NATO

• Warsaw Pact

• Iron Curtain

Which term describes the defensive military alliance between the United States and other Western countries?

• Warsaw Pact

• NATO

• Truman Doctrine

• Containment

What was the symbolic barrier between the West and East during the Cold War?

• Iron Curtain

• Great Leap Forward

• Proxy Wars

• Domino Theory

What was the American promise that they would provide economic and military aid to any country fighting communism?

• Truman Doctrine

• Marshall Plan

• NATO

• Warsaw Pact

What is the term for conflicts where major powers don’t directly engage in conflict, but fund smaller countries to fight indirectly?

• Proxy Wars

• Containment

• Communism

• Capitalism

Which term describes the economic system where companies and businesses are owned by private individuals?

• Communism

• Capitalism

• Great Leap Forward

• Containment

What was the American belief that if one country fell to communism, others would fall as well?

• Domino Theory

• Truman Doctrine

• NATO

• Iron Curtain

Which leader was the President of the United States for most of the Vietnam War?

• Mao Zedong

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• Fidel Castro

• Ho Chi Minh

Who was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party and founded the People’s Republic of China?

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• Fidel Castro

• Mao Zedong

• Ngo Dinh Diem

Which leader was the revolutionary dictator of Cuba and transformed it into a communist country?

• Ho Chi Minh

• Ngo Dinh Diem

• Fidel Castro

• Mao Zedong