WorksheetsCold War Post Test
Total questions: 54
Worksheet time: 42mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What began the space race?
a)
Sputnik
b)
the Berlin Wall
c)
the Berlin Blockade
d)
the Cuban Missile Crisis
2.
What did the 38th parallel separate?
a)
Korea
b)
Vietnam
c)
Berlin
d)
Hungary
3.
The western equivalent (mutual defense agreement) to the Warsaw Pact was which of the following?
a)
NATO
b)
Sino-Soviet alliance
c)
Rome-Berlin Axis
d)
SEATO
4.
What was the Truman Doctrine?
a)
stated the United States would provide money to countries threatened by Communism
b)
Rebuild war torn Europe
c)
european recovery program
d)
Funded by Soviet Union to provide money to satellite states
5.
Which of the following phrases best defines the term Cold War?
a)
conflict between armed opponents
b)
competition for economic and political power
c)
conflict that involves exchange of atomic weapons
d)
competition for petroleum resources in the Arctic
6.
How did the United States respond to the Soviet Union’s Berlin blockade?
a)
airlifted supplies to the people of Berlin
b)
withdrew its troops from Germany
c)
sent troops into the Soviet zone of Germany
d)
built a wall between East Berlin and West Berlin
7.
What was the mutual defense alliance of non comminist nations?
a)
NATO
b)
Warsaw Pact
c)
Truman Doctrine
d)
Open Skies
8.
Who was the leader of the Soviet Union when the Berlin Wall was torn down?
a)
Yuri Andropov
b)
Mikhail Gorbachev
9.
What was the Imaginary line that separated the West from the Communist Naitons
a)
Marshall Plan
b)
Conatinment
c)
Facism
d)
Iron Curtain
10.
Western Europe and the United States are part of this alliance
a)
U.N.
b)
Warsaw Pact
c)
Nafta
d)
Nato
11.
Why is the Cold War called a "cold" war?
a)
The areas affected were in the polar regions of the world
b)
The war was fought during winter months only
c)
Leaders of the superpowers were sick with coughs and fevers
d)
There was never direct fighting between the two superpowers
12.
Why did the wartime alliance between the United States and the Soviet Union unravel?
a)
The United States and the Soviet Union disagreed on the future of Eastern Europe.
b)
The United States and the Soviet Union differed in their response to Nazi Germany.
c)
The United States sought control over the satellite states.
d)
The Soviet Union wanted a strong and united Germany.
13.
The United Nations was formed as a ...
a)
New World Power
b)
New form of Dictatorship
c)
International Peace Keeper
d)
Communist Regime
14.
What war ended in a stalemate?
a)
Vietnam War
b)
Korean War
c)
Civil War
d)
World War II
15.
What type of economy did the United States employ?
a)
Capitalist
b)
Socialist
c)
Marxist
d)
Fuedalist
16.
Why were Americans so scared of Sputnik when it was launched?
a)
They feared that the Soviet Union was more technologically advanced than we were
b)
They were scared it would launch nuclear weapons
c)
They were scared it would fall out of orbit and crash into America
d)
Americans were not scared of Sputnik because it was our satellite
17.
Pictures like this illustrate fear from what in America during the Cold War?
a)
Nuclear Attack
b)
Dirty floors
c)
The Hydrogen Bomb
d)
Loud Noises
18.
Which of the following was not one of Stalin's goals in Eastern Europe at the start of the Cold War?
a)
Spread Communism in the area
b)
Create a buffer zone between himself and Germany
c)
Allow the countries to hold free elections
19.
The countries in blue on this map were members of which alliance during the Cold War?
a)
NATO
b)
Warsaw Pact
c)
SEATO
d)
Axis Powers
20.
The countries in red on this map were members of which alliance during the Cold War?
a)
Warsaw Pact
b)
NATO
c)
SEATO
d)
Axis Powers
21.
Who gave the Iron Curtain speech that is pictured here?
a)
President FDR
b)
President Truman
c)
Winston Churchill
d)
Lincoln Steffense
22.
The dividing line between the democracies in blue and the Communist in red was referred to as what?
a)
The line of demarkation
b)
The DeMilitarized Zone
c)
The Iron Curtain
d)
The 38th Parallel
23.
Which of the following ways of promoting democracy describes the Truman Doctrine?
a)
Containing Communism so that it cannot spread any farther
b)
Giving money to countries so they do not become Communist
c)
Finding ways other than nuclear missiles to stop Communism
d)
Fighting wars by using other countries to stop Communism
24.
Images like this one refer to what theory about the spread of Communism?
a)
The Mar$hall Plan
b)
The Domino Theory
c)
Proxy Wars
d)
Flexible Response
25.
What were the Rosenbergs accused of doing during the Cold War that led to their execution?
a)
Espionage
b)
They were recruiting soldiers for the Soviet Union
c)
They were the leaders of anti-democracy protests
d)
They were accused of nothing, they were American heroes
26.
What is an Arms Race?
a)
A race between countries to build the most atomic bombs
b)
A race among countries for who could build the most submarines
c)
A race among countries as to who could build the most efficient military
d)
A race between countries to see who could have the biggest biceps
27.
Which of the following resulted from McCarthyism during the 1950s?
a)
Membership in the US Communist Party increased
b)
US Citizens were arrested for being suspected communists
c)
Recruitment procedures for the US military branches were reformed
d)
US diplomats began to express dissenting political viewpoints more freely
28.
What was the mutual defense alliance of non comminist nations?
a)
NATO
b)
Warsaw Pact
c)
Truman Doctrine
d)
Open Skies
29.
What organization was created by Congress to hunt for communist spies?
a)
Federal Civil Defense Administration (FCDA)
b)
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
c)
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
d)
House Un-American Activites Commitee (HUAC)
30.
How did the United States respond to the Soviet Union’s Berlin blockade?
a)
airlifted supplies to the people of Berlin
b)
withdrew its troops from Germany
c)
sent troops into the Soviet zone of Germany
d)
built a wall between East Berlin and West Berlin
31.
What does NATO stand for?
a)
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
b)
North American Trade Organization
c)
Northern Alliance Trade Origins
d)
Native American Tribal Organization
32.
What was the Iron Curtain?
a)
the boundary between Western Europe and communist Eastern Europe
b)
the boundary between the United States and Mexico
c)
the boundary between the United States and Mexico
d)
the wall dividing East and West Berlin
33.
What vaccine, developed by Dr. Jonas Salk, would have kept FDR out of his wheelchair?
a)
Polio
b)
Multiple Sclerosis
c)
Rickets
d)
HIV/AIDS
34.
Truman ordered the desegregation of this, known as Executive Order 9981?
a)
armed forces
b)
public schools
c)
public transportation
d)
automobile factories
35.
Who was the commander of the UN and South Korean forces at the start of the war?
a)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
b)
George Patton
c)
Erwin Rommel
d)
Douglas MacArthur
36.
Which part of American foreign policy directly showed its fear of the spread of communism?
a)
containment
b)
GI Bill
c)
new deal
d)
Marshall Plan
37.
What two events occurred in 1949 that shifted the balance of power in favor of the USSR?
a)
The Berlin Crisis and creation of NATO
b)
Czechoslovakian Coup and Marshall Plan
c)
USSR gets the atomic bomb and China becomes communist
d)
China became communist and the Korean Conflict
38.
Like Germany, Korea was divided after WWII. Where was the division between the North and South?
a)
The 17th Parallell
b)
The 38th Parallell
c)
The Equator
d)
The International Date Line
39.
What country provided aid to North Korea during the Korean War?
a)
South Korea
b)
China
c)
Japan
d)
France
40.
countries controlled by a more powerful nations
a)
Cold War
b)
Satellite States
41.
What is the name of a political system characterized by a centrally planned economy with all economicand political power resting in the hands of the central government?
a)
Communism
b)
Capitalism
c)
Democracy
d)
Monarchy
42.
What is the name of a political system in which the supreme power lies with a country's citizenswho can elect people to represent them?
a)
totalitarianism
b)
communism
c)
capitalism
d)
democracy
43.
What happened to Germany after WWII?
a)
It was divided up by Britain, France, Russia, and US after WW2
b)
It became communist after WWII
c)
It was split up between France and the Soviet Union
d)
It held democratic elections and became socialist
44.
Which part of Germany was controlled by Britain, France and the U.S. and became democraticand capitalist following WWII?
a)
North Germany
b)
South Germany
c)
East Germany
d)
West Germany
45.
This was a military operation in the late 1940s that brought food and other needed goods into West Berlin by air after the government of East Germany, which surrounded West Berlin, had cutoff its supply routes.
a)
The Berlin Convoy
b)
Operation Market Garden
c)
Operation Schildkrote
d)
The Berlin Airlift
46.
Communist leader of Cuba who openly supported the Soviet Union
a)
Robert Kennedy
b)
Nikita Khrushchev
c)
Fidel Castro
d)
Yuri Gagarin
47.
The 1960 CIA operation to overthrow Fidel Castro and the Cuban government. It failed miserably.
a)
U-2 Incident
b)
Bay of Pigs
c)
Cuban Missile Crisis
d)
Berlin Wall
48.
The situation when Cuba had nuclear missiles ready to launch and the U.S. blockaded Cuba threatening nuclear war
a)
Cuban Missile Crisis
b)
Berlin Crisis
c)
Bay of Pigs
d)
Guatemalan War
49.
Nikita Khrushchev had this built to keep Eastern Germans from fleeing to the democratic West Germany
a)
Iron Curtain
b)
Bay of Pigs
c)
Berlin Wall
d)
Great Wall of China
50.
President Kennedy's broad vision for the U.S. He hoped to explore space and fight against poverty and racism
a)
New Deal
b)
Great Society
c)
New Frontier
d)
New America
51.
The program created to lead space exploration and research
a)
Department of Defense
b)
Homeland Security
c)
NASA
d)
STARS Alliance
52.
President Kennedy was assassinated in 1963 in Dallas, Texas
a)
True
b)
False
53.
Kennedy's initial response to discovering nuclear missiles in Cuba was
a)
Attack Cuba
b)
Blockade Cuba
c)
Bomb the missile sites
d)
Bay of Pigs invasion
54.
The best way to describe the outcome of the Bay of Pigs Invasion is
a)
It was successful
b)
It was a disaster
c)
It was never attempted
d)
It proved to be a success years later
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