Cold War 2024

America's relationship with the Soviet Union was called a "Cold War" because the...

• Soviets fought the United States by freezing prices
• the United States fought the Soviet Union during their harsh, cold winter
• Soviet Union and the United States were enemies, but no official war took place
• Soviet Union and United States were developing nuclear weapons using cold fusion

After WWII, the United States had which type of government?

• democracy

• communism

• monarchy

• dictatorship

The launch of Sputnik I intensified Cold War tensions and caused the —

• United States to increase spending on technology, education and weapons to compete with the Soviet Union

• Soviet Union to move missiles and warships to Cuba in order to threaten the United States

• United States to send troops and aid to East Berlin to free it from Soviet control

• Soviet Union to threaten Europe with nuclear attack if Soviet airspace were violated

What was the primary purpose of the Marshall Plan?

• To rebuild war-torn Europe

• To establish NATO

• To initiate the Space Race

• To construct the Berlin Wall

Which event marked a 13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union concerning American ballistic missile deployment?

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Berlin Crisis

• Korean War

• Vietnam War

Which doctrine stated that the U.S. would support Greece and Turkey with economic and military aid to prevent them from falling into the Soviet sphere?

• Marshall Plan

• Truman Doctrine

• NATO

• Berlin Wall

John F. Kennedy

• sent warships to bomb North Vietnam.

• decreased the war equipment being sent to South Vietnam.

• increased the number of military advisers in South Vietnam.

• sent soldiers to fight in North Vietnam.

What does this map represent?

• The Iron Curtain

• The Marshall Plan

• Truman Doctrine

• NATO and Warsaw Pact Alliances

Which two countries did Truman fear would fall to Communism if the U.S. didn’t give aid?

• Greece and Germany
• Greece and Poland
• Greece and Ukraine
• Greece and Turkey

What does the ‘Iron Curtain’ symbolize? 

• The division between East Germany and West Germany
• The division between East Berlin and West Berlin
• The division between communist Europe and noncommunist Europe 
• The division between North Korea and South Korea