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WorksheetsEisenhower
Total questions: 39
Worksheet time: 20mins
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Class
Date
1.
Which of the following best completes the chart above?
a)
Federal Civil Defense Administration was formed.
b)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration was formed.
c)
Operation Alert was staged.
d)
Hydrogen bomb was tested in the Marshall Islands.
2.
A friendly turtle named Bert taught schoolchildren techniques for protecting themselves from the deadly effects of a nuclear blast in the movie
a)
I Love Lucy.
b)
Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
c)
Duck and Cover.
d)
The Terminator.
3.
Why did Sputnik concern Americans?
a)
Sputnik showed that the Soviets had surpassed the United States in technical skill.
b)
Sputnik could spy on the United States.
c)
Sputnik could launch ICBMs.
d)
Sputnik proved that the Soviets had a more powerful hydrogen bomb.
4.
The Central Intelligence Agency was formed in 1947 to
a)
push back communism.
b)
manage the nation’s space programs.
c)
negotiate with Warsaw Pact nations.
d)
gather information and spy on foreign governments.
5.
How did the hydrogen bomb differ from the atomic bomb?
a)
The hydrogen bomb was easier to transport.
b)
The hydrogen bomb was much more destructive than the atomic bomb.
c)
The hydrogen bomb was less destructive than the atomic bomb.
d)
The hydrogen bomb used atom-splitting technology.
6.
Why was the National Aeronautics and Space Administration formed?
a)
to develop nuclear power plants
b)
to search for life in outer space
c)
to develop planes that could carry nuclear weapons
d)
to take charge of U.S. programs for exploring outer space
7.
Who emerged as the leader of the Soviet Union after Joseph Stalin’s death?
a)
Nikita Khrushchev
b)
Imre Nagy
c)
Vladimir Ilich Lenin
d)
Leonid Brezhnev
8.
Why did the size of the Air Force grow in the 1950s while other branches of the military were shrinking?
a)
The other branches of the military were no longer useful.
b)
President Eisenhower had been a general in the Air Force.
c)
Bomber aircraft were a main method for delivering nuclear bombs.
d)
The United States sent round-the-clock spy planes over the Soviet Union throughout the Cold War.
9.
The United States sent round-the-clock spy planes over the Soviet Union throughout the Cold War.
a)
The United States must keep the lead in the arms race.
b)
The arms race was key to U.S. global economic dominance.
c)
Superior nuclear capability would ensure total victory in the next war.
d)
The arms race would ensure that no additional countries fell to Communist aggression.
10.
__________ is a government’s strategy in dealing with other nations.
a)
Arms Race
b)
Brinkmanship
c)
Deterrance
d)
Foriegn Policy
11.
What military strategy was used during the Cold War where one group or country would threaten another group or country with a destructive weapon to try and get another party to stop accomplishing a goal?
a)
Deterrance
b)
Eisenhower Doctorine
c)
Foriegn Policy
d)
Warsaw Pact
12.
Who led the nation that developed the first hydrogen bomb?
a)
John Foster Dulles
b)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
c)
Nikita Khrushchev
d)
Francis Gary Powers
13.
What was the international contest between countries seeking a military advantage over the other?
a)
Arms Race
b)
Brinkmanship
c)
CIA
d)
Open Skies Treaty
14.
Which of the following politicians was elected during the 1952 presidential election?
a)
Richard Nixon
b)
Franklin Roosevelt
c)
Harry Truman
d)
Dwight Eisenhower
15.
Why did President Truman decide to develop the hydrogen bomb?
a)
to provide defense for the United States’ allies around the world
b)
to fulfill requirements for joining NATO
c)
to provide hope to humankind
d)
to prevent the Soviets from gaining a military advantage
16.
The Soviets established the Warsaw Pact to
a)
help Poland remain independent.
b)
solidify their control over Southeast Asia.
c)
solidify their control over Eastern Europe.
d)
crush independence movements in Hungary and Poland.
17.
Sputnik was a __________, an object that orbits around the Earth.
a)
B-52
b)
ICBM
c)
Nuke
d)
Satelite
18.
Which of the following was an agreement to stop the testing of nuclear weapons and attempted to eliminate incentives for the production of nuclear weapons?
a)
22nd Amendment
b)
Limited Test Ban Treaty
c)
Open Skies Treaty
d)
Versailles Treaty
19.
__________ is the diplomatic art of getting as close to declaring war without actually getting into war.
a)
Brinkmanship
b)
Deterrance
c)
Military Industrial Complex
d)
Military Industrial Complex
20.
During the _________, Eisenhower avoided an U.S.-U.S.S.R. conflict and resulted in the U.S. demonstrating leadership over its European allies.
a)
Hungarian Communist Uprisings
b)
Suez Crisis
c)
U-2 Incident
d)
Vietnam Conflict
21.
__________ was a United States citizen convicted in the Soviet Union of espionage after being shot down in his spy plane.
a)
John Foster Dulles
b)
Nikita Khruschev
c)
Richard Nixon
d)
Francis Gary Powers
22.
The satellite nations of the Soviet Union were members of which military alliance?
a)
Central Powers
b)
NATO
c)
United Nations
d)
Warsaw Pact
23.
__________ refers to term made famous in Eisenhower’s farewell speech, that states fear that military industries and the rich men who owned them would get too much power.
a)
ICBMs
b)
Laika Theory
c)
Limited Test Ban Treaty
d)
Military-Industrial Complex
24.
Which of the following was the Soviet Union’s form of government?
a)
Communism
b)
Democracy
c)
Fascism
d)
Republic
25.
Which of the following was a military alliance between western European countries and the United States to protect against the Soviet Union’s growing power and influence?
a)
MIC
b)
NAFTA
c)
NATO
d)
SEATO
26.
This policy proposed that the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. could fly over the other country to learn about the other country’s military strengths.
a)
Israeli Homeland Agreement
b)
Eisenhower Doctorine
c)
McCarthy Policy
d)
Open Skies Treaty
27.
Following WWII, the country of __________ was established to provide a homeland for the Jews.
a)
Egypt
b)
Iraq
c)
Israel
d)
Palestine
28.
The __________ is a waterway that connects the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea, and provides Western Europe with 2/3’s of its petroleum.
a)
Aswan High Dam
b)
Nasser Strait
c)
Nile River
d)
Suez Canal
29.
What event led Khrushche to denounce Eisenhower at the Geneva Summit and severely damaged US and USSR relations?
a)
Invasion of Israel
b)
Space Race
c)
Suez Crisis
d)
U-2 Incident
30.
Which of the following was a competition between the US and USSR to gain the most power in space exploration?
a)
Arms Race
b)
NASA
c)
Space Race
d)
Sputnik
31.
What is the my name?
a)
Explorer
b)
Sputnik
c)
Hilda
d)
Lakai
32.
Who am I?
a)
Stalin
b)
Eisenhower
c)
Powers
d)
Dulles
33.
Who am I?
a)
Powers
b)
Stalin
c)
Kruschev
d)
Eixsenhower
34.
Where am I from?
a)
United States
b)
France
c)
Egypt
d)
Soviet Union
35.
Who owned this canal originally?
a)
Soviet Union
b)
United States
c)
Great Britian
d)
Isreal
36.
What country is this?
a)
Egypt
b)
Isreal
c)
Palestine
d)
Soviet Union
37.
What country is this?
a)
Isreal
b)
Russia
c)
USSR
d)
Canada
38.
What country am I?
a)
Isreal
b)
Palestine
c)
Egypt
d)
United States
39.
What country am I?
a)
US
b)
USSR
c)
Soviet Union
d)
Mexico
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