WorksheetsCold War
Total questions: 33
Worksheet time: 19mins
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.
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
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.
Which of the following is an example of the Marshall Plan at work?
a)
The Soviet Union blockaded the city of Berlin.
b)
The United Nations sent military forces to Korea.
c)
The United States helped France rebuild its economy.
d)
The United States set up the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
5.
Post World War II tensions increased between these two nations?
a)
United States and United Kingdom
b)
Japan and the Soviet Union
c)
United States and the Soviet Union
d)
Germany and Japan
6.
The Truman Doctrine's main goal was to:
a)
Contain communism
b)
Provide weapons to democratic countries
c)
Destroy communism
d)
Provide collective security
7.
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
8.
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
9.
What country was the head of the Warsaw Pact?
a)
Germany
b)
Soviet Union
c)
China
d)
North Korea
10.
What war ended in a stalemate?
a)
Vietnam War
b)
Korean War
c)
Civil War
d)
World War II
11.
The Cold War was mainly focused on the U.S and their fight against ___.
a)
Socialism
b)
Fascism
c)
Communism
d)
Exorcisms
12.
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
13.
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
14.
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
15.
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
16.
Which of the following Wars was not a Proxy War that was fought by the United States during the Cold War?
a)
Korean War
b)
Vietnam War
c)
Desert Storm
17.
Who was the leader who founded the Peoples' Republic of China after the Chinese Revolution?
a)
Chiang Kai-shek
b)
Deng Xiaoping
c)
Mao Zedong
d)
Jiang Zemin
18.
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
19.
What agency helped spur economic growth across Western Europe by eliminating tariffs?
a)
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
b)
European Coal and Steel Community
c)
Bourgeois Alliance
d)
Alliance of Baltic States
20.
Mao Zedong created agricultural communes to
a)
help the bourgeoisie prosper
b)
"rectify thinking through labor"
c)
make agriculture more efficient
d)
grow extra food for Taiwan
21.
What was the main goal of the National Liberation Front, or Viet Cong?
a)
to capture Ho Chi Minh
b)
to fulfill the domino theory
c)
to support Chinese Nationalists
d)
Overthrow South Vietnam's government
22.
The Khmer Rouge were responsible for
a)
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
b)
helping peasant farmers in Cambodia
c)
committing genocide in Cambodia
d)
aiding the "boat people" of Cambodia
23.
The main purpose of the Cultural Revolution was to
a)
modernize the Chinese economy through collectivism
b)
strengthen ties with the Soviet Union to strengthen the military
c)
preserve revolutionary Communist values by destroying the past
d)
increase China's technological capabilities for world trade
24.
On this map during the Cold War the area in Green would be known as:
a)
1st World
b)
2nd World
c)
3rd World
d)
Communist Nations
25.
This place came to represent the heart and the prime cause behind Cold War hostilities
a)
China
b)
Korea
c)
Greece
d)
Germany
26.
Aside from creating SDI, Reagan made sure to mess with the Soviet economy/society by secretly getting involved in this conflict
a)
Korea
b)
Vietnam
c)
Afghanistan
d)
Grenada
27.
What led Chinese students to demand democratic reform?
a)
the visit by U.S. president Richard Nixon
b)
economic reforms that allowed Western ideas into China
c)
the breakup of the Soviet Union
d)
the fall of the Berlin Wall and reunification of Germany
28.
What Cold War policy allowed a little bit of capitalism in to the USSR?
a)
Glasnost
b)
Perestroika
c)
Detente
d)
Cheka
29.
During the Cold War, which area was most influenced by the Soviet Union?
a)
Eastern Europe
b)
Southeast Asia
c)
North Africa
d)
Central America
30.
Which one time fierce Cold Warrior Premier of the Soviet Union was removed in a peaceful Coup d etat, so peaceful the Soviet people seemed to forget about him?
a)
Gorbachev
b)
Stalin
c)
Brezhnev
d)
Khrushchev
31.
Which of the following nations was divided during the Cold War but now unified?
a)
Cuba
b)
Germany
c)
Poland
d)
India
32.
What former Soviet satellite country saw the formation of the Solidarity labor union in 1980 and its leader Lech Walesa?
a)
Romania
b)
Poland
c)
East Germany
d)
Hungary
33.
Which of the following Soviet satellite nations resisted Gorbachev's glasnost and perestroika the most? Actually banning Soviet publications
a)
Poland
b)
Czechoslovakia
c)
East Germany
d)
Hungary
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