WorksheetsCold War Quiz Review
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
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Class
Date
1.
Which of the following is the best description of Ronald Reagan's presidency during the cold war?
a)
President that ended the Vietman war through the policy of Vietmziation
b)
President that attempted to overthrow Fidel Castro at the Bay of Pigs
c)
President that helped form NATO and the U.N.
d)
President that took a firm stance aganist Communism and attempted to limit nuclear arms
2.
Which of the following is the best description of Richard Nixon's presidency during the cold war?
a)
President that ended the Vietman war through the policy of Vietmziation
b)
President that attempted to overthrow Fidel Castro at the Bay of Pigs
c)
President that helped form NATO and the U.N.
d)
President that took a firm stance aganist Communism and attempted to limit nuclear arms
3.
Which of the following is the best description of John F. Kennedy's presidency during the cold war?
a)
President that ended the Vietman war through the policy of Vietmziation
b)
President that attempted to overthrow Fidel Castro at the Bay of Pigs
c)
President that helped form NATO and the U.N.
d)
President that created the domino theory and wanted to contain communism at all cost
4.
Which of the following is the best description of Dwight Eisenhower's presidency during the cold war?
a)
President that ended the Vietman war through the policy of Vietmziation
b)
President that attempted to overthrow Fidel Castro at the Bay of Pigs
c)
President that helped form NATO and the U.N.
d)
President that created the domino theory and wanted to contain communism at all cost
5.
Which of the following is the best description of Harry Truman's presidency during the cold war?
a)
President that ended the Vietman war through the policy of Vietmziation
b)
President that attempted to overthrow Fidel Castro at the Bay of Pigs
c)
President that helped form NATO and the U.N.
d)
President that created the domino theory and wanted to contain communism at all cost
6.
Which of the following is the best description of Nikita Khruschev's role during the cold war?
a)
Leader of the Soviet Union after the death of Stalin and was involved in the Cuban Missile Crisis
b)
Presidental advisor who helped create the Marshall plan to aid Western Europe
c)
Leader of the Soviet Union at the start of the Cold War.
d)
President of the Soviet Union who was responsible for bringing down the berlin wall
7.
Which of the following is the best description of Joseph Stalin's role during the cold war?
a)
Leader of the Soviet Union after the death of Stalin and was involved in the Cuban Missile Crisis
b)
Presidental advisor who helped create the Marshall plan to aid Western Europe
c)
Leader of the Soviet Union at the start of the Cold War. Who promised free elections but failed to follow through
d)
President of the Soviet Union who was responsible for bringing down the berlin wall
8.
Which of the following is the best description of Mikhail Gorbachev's role during the cold war?
a)
Leader of the Soviet Union after the death of Stalin and was involved in the Cuban Missile Crisis
b)
Presidental advisor who helped create the Marshall plan to aid Western Europe
c)
Leader of the Soviet Union at the start of the Cold War. Who promised free elections but failed to follow through
d)
President of the Soviet Union who was responsible for bringing down the berlin wall
9.
_____________ was a military alliance of 26 nations to stop the spread of communism. While ________ was the military alliance between the USSR and 7 other communist countries.
a)
NATO; Marshall Plan
b)
Warsaw Pact; NATO
c)
NATO; Warsaw
d)
Warsaw Pact; Space Race
10.
___________ is an economic and political theory that believes in a classes society and where the government owns all means of production.
a)
Democracy
b)
Communism
c)
Socialism
d)
Stalinism
11.
This plan provided aid to Western Europe after World War II.
a)
Marshall
b)
Truman
c)
Eisenhower
12.
Which policy believes that if one country falls to communism it is a matter of time before its neighbors will fall to communism as well?
a)
Containment
b)
Detente
c)
Domino
d)
Communisim
13.
This was built during the 1960's to serve as a barrier between Communist east Germany and democracy west Germany.
a)
Berlin Airlift
b)
Berlin Wall
c)
Berlin Crisis
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