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WorksheetsChapter 21: The Cold War
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 12mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who said that "an iron curtain has descended across the continent"
a)
Winston Churchill
b)
Franklin Roosevelt
c)
Harry Truman
d)
Joseph Stalin
2.
At Potsdam, what did the Soviets insist they needed from Germany?
a)
land
b)
trade agreements
c)
reparations
d)
diplomatic recognition
3.
Who was the diplomat who tried to explain Soviet behavior in the "Long Telegram"?
a)
Douglas MacArthur
b)
George Kennan
c)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
d)
Harry Truman
4.
What US policy did the Long Telegram result in?
a)
containment
b)
isolationism
c)
internationalism
d)
appeasement
5.
What was the name of the operation in which cargo planes supplied Berliners with food, medicine, and coal?
a)
German Airlift
b)
Berlin Airlift
c)
US Airlift
d)
British Airlift
6.
What was the military alliance in Eastern Europe called?
a)
NATO
b)
Warsaw Pact
c)
Iron Curtain
d)
Marshall Plan
7.
Who was the leader of the Chinese nationalists?
a)
Mao ZeDong
b)
Chiang Kai-Shek
c)
Ho Chi Minh
d)
Syngman Rhee
8.
Who led the Communist forces in China and later became leader of the People’s Republic of China?
a)
Mao ZeDong
b)
Ho Chi Minh
c)
Chiang Kai-Shek
d)
Syngman Rhee
9.
Where was the daring invasion behind enemy lines that took the North Koreans by surprise?
a)
Seoul
b)
Inchon
c)
Pyongyang
d)
Bejing
10.
What did the US embark on after the Korean War?
a)
a peace negotiation mission
b)
trade agreements
c)
a major military buildup
d)
a capitalist education program
11.
Who was the FBI head who authorized wiretapping and infiltration of groups suspected of subversion?
a)
J. Edgar Hoover
b)
Joseph McCarthy
c)
President Truman
d)
Richard Nixon
12.
Who was a government official accused of being a Communist spy?
a)
Joseph McCarthy
b)
Whittaker Chambers
c)
Alger Hiss
d)
George Kennan
13.
Popular support for McCarthy began to fade when
a)
he began to accuse popular film stars
b)
millions watched him bully witnesses in televised hearings investigating the army
c)
the Senate impeached him
d)
he could not produce the list of communists he said he had
14.
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were charged with
a)
passing atomic secrets to the Soviets
b)
plotting to overthrow the US
c)
being Communist Party members
d)
planning acts of terrorism
15.
Who said that the nation “must be prepared to use atomic weapons in all forms.”?
a)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
b)
Harry Truman
c)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
d)
George C. Marshall
16.
What was Eisenhower’s policy of threatening to use nuclear weapons if a Communist nation threatened to seize territory by force called?
a)
massive retaliation
b)
brinkmanship
c)
the "New Look"
d)
the military-industrial complex
17.
What was the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth?
a)
Sputnik
b)
Apollo
c)
Galaxy
d)
GoldenEye
18.
NATO was formed for the purpose of
a)
mutual defense
b)
spreading democracy
c)
settling international disputes
d)
promoting free trade among members
19.
Who emerged as the leader of the Soviet Union three years after Stalin died?
a)
Nikita Khrushchev
b)
Mikhail Gorbachev
c)
Vladimir Lenin
d)
Vladimir Putin
20.
Who was the U-2 pilot shot down over the Soviet Union?
a)
Douglas MacArthur
b)
George C. Marshall
c)
Francis Gary Powers
d)
Philip Wylie
21.
What did Eisenhower use to prevent Communists from staging revolutions in developing countries?
a)
covert operations
b)
brinkmanship
c)
massive retaliation
d)
embargoes
22.
What was the name of the project that cracked the Soviet spy code, which confirmed extensive Soviet spying?
a)
Project Venona
b)
X File
c)
Enigma
d)
Project Ultra
23.
What did the Allied leaders agree to do with regard to Germany at Yalta?
a)
help Germany's economy to recover
b)
allow free elections in Germany
c)
divide Germany among the four allied powers
d)
allow half of Germany to be communist and the other half democratic
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