WorksheetsCold War - Chapter 1
Total questions: 46
Worksheet time: 1hrs 23mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of these was the primary goal of the Marshall Plan?
a)
to gather information about Europe’s economic resources
b)
to encourage economic integration among the nations of Europe
c)
to promote democracy in Europe by rebuilding war-torn economies
d)
to support a rapid transition in Europe to centrally planned economies
2.
Which of these committed the United States to a foreign policy based on containment of communism?
a)
the Baruch Plan
b)
the Four Freedoms
c)
the Long Telegram
d)
the Truman Doctrine
3.
NATO and the Warsaw Pact are both examples of:
a)
treaties
b)
mutual defense organizations
c)
constitutions
d)
weapons
4.
The Cold War was a hostile but non-violent struggle for power between which two countries?
a)
The United States and Germany
b)
The Soviet Union and Germany
c)
The United States and Japan
d)
The United States and The Soviet Union
5.
Which of these characteristics best describes a capitalist economy?
a)
Everything is shared equally among the citizens
b)
Factories, equipment, and other means of production are all privately owned
c)
The middle class must work in agriculture or industry
d)
The government redistributes all of the resources to the citizens
6.
Containment refers to the policy to contain The United Kingdom and communism within its borders.
a)
True
b)
False
7.
The Truman Doctrine provided $400 million in aid to which two countries?
a)
Germany and The Soviet Union
b)
The US and The Soviet Union
c)
Turkey and Greece
d)
Greece and Japan
8.
The excerpt below is from a document published in April 1949: "The Parties agree that an armed attack against one or more of them in Europe or North America shall be considered an attack against them all." This document marked the establishment of which of these organizations?
a)
National Security Council (NSC)
b)
United States Information Agency (USIA)
c)
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
d)
Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (COMECON)
9.
In a Communist society, who owns all the means of production (land, machinery, buildings, resources?)
a)
The People
b)
The State
c)
Mother Nature
d)
The Pandas
10.
What would you have found in Eastern Europe during the Cold War?
a)
Democracy
b)
Capitalism
c)
Communism
d)
Anarchy
11.
The excerpt below is from a document published in April 1949: "The Parties agree that an armed attack against one or more of them in Europe or North America shall be considered an attack against them all." This document marked the establishment of which of these organizations?
a)
National Security Council (NSC)
b)
United States Information Agency (USIA)
c)
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
d)
Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (COMECON)
12.
Berlin was split into how many sections?
a)
2
b)
3
c)
4
d)
5
13.
Which event at the conclusion of Second World War initiated the Cold War?
a)
The United States used atomic weapons against Japanese cities.
b)
Germany was reorganized into two separate nations with differing political systems.
c)
European democracies formed the North Atlantic Treaty Organization with the United States.
d)
The Soviet Union refused to permit self-determination in nations liberated from German control.
14.
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.
15.
The Truman Doctrine's main goal was to:
a)
Contain communism
b)
Provide weapons to democratic countries
c)
Help north Korea
d)
Provide collective security
16.
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
17.
Where was the Truman Doctrine first used?
a)
Berlin
b)
Hungary
c)
Czechoslovakia
d)
Greece
18.
What program aided the rebuilding of Western Europe?
a)
Truman Doctrine
b)
NATO
c)
Warsaw Pact
d)
Marshall Plan
19.
What was the mutual defense alliance of non comminist nations?
a)
NATO
b)
Warsaw Pact
c)
Truman Doctrine
d)
Open Skies
20.
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
21.
The Truman Doctrine's main goal was to:
a)
Contain communism
b)
Provide weapons to democratic countries
c)
Destroy communism
d)
Provide collective security
22.
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
23.
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
24.
The Cold War was mainly focused on the U.S and their fight against ___.
a)
Socialism
b)
Fascism
c)
Communism
d)
Exorcisms
25.
Which policy guided U.S. opposition to this declaration?
a)
Containment
b)
Peaceful coexistence
c)
Constructive engagement
d)
Deterrence
26.
An economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state.
a)
Capitalism
b)
Communism
c)
Consumerism
d)
McCarthyism
27.
A political theory derived from Karl Marx, advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs.
a)
Communism
b)
Capitalism
c)
Consumerism
d)
Agribusiness
28.
American policy of resisting further expansion of communism around the world
a)
Containment
b)
Domino Theory
c)
Detente
d)
Deterrence
29.
nation that is dominated politically and economically by a more powerful nation
a)
Inner City
b)
Satellite
c)
Tensions
d)
McCarthyism
30.
What is the purpose of N.A.T.O?
a)
Countries joining together to end democracy
b)
Countries joining together to stop trade between the East and West
c)
Countries joining together to fend off attacks by other communist countries
d)
Countries joining together to create one kind of currency (S)
31.
Which 2 superpowers were involved in the Cold War?
a)
Britain and the Soviet Union
b)
France and Germany
c)
Japan and the Soviet Union
d)
The U.S. and the Soviet Union
32.
The __________________ was formed in 1945. It was an organization that composed of 50 nations to bring peace and security to the world.
a)
League of Nations
b)
United Nations
c)
NATO
d)
Warsaw Pact
33.
The state of hostility between the years of 1945 – 1990, that was without direct military conflict, that developed between the U.S. and the Soviet Union.
a)
WWII
b)
WWI
c)
Spanish American War
d)
Cold War
34.
A program under which the U.S. supplied economic aid to European nations to help them rebuild after WWII.
a)
United Nations
b)
Marshall Plan
c)
Truman Doctrine
d)
Containment
35.
A U.S. policy, announced by President Truman in 1947, of providing economic and military aid to free nations threatened by internal or external opponents. The goal of the policy was to contain communism.
a)
Truman Doctrine
b)
Eisenhower Doctrine
c)
Marshall Plan
d)
NATO
36.
These countries were dominated politically and economically by the Soviet Union after WWII.
a)
Satellite nations
b)
Iron Curtain
c)
Truman Doctrine
d)
Berlin Airlift
37.
Due to fear of Soviet’s domination of E. Europe, 12 W. European nations formed a military alliance known as ___________on April 4, 1949 with the motto “an attack on one is an attack on all.”
a)
Warsaw Pact
Warsaw Pact
Warsaw Pact
b)
NATO
c)
Marshall Plan
d)
Truman Doctrine
38.
| "From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic an iron curtain has descended across the Continent. Behind that line lie all the capitals of the ancient states of Central and Eastern Europe. Warsaw, Berlin, Prague, Vienna, Budapest, Belgrade, Bucharest and Sofia, all these famous cities and the populations around them lie in what I must call the Soviet sphere, and all are subject in one form or another, not only to Soviet influence but to a very high and, in some cases, increasing measure of control from Moscow." |
a)
NATO
b)
Warsaw Pact
c)
Atomic Energy Commission
d)
the Iron Curtain
39.
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.
40.
United States gives money, tanks, navy ships and other weapons to countries to stop the spread of communism.
a)
Marshall Plan
b)
Containment
c)
Truman Doctrine
d)
Iron Curtain
41.
United States was worried about Greece and Turkey. Why?
a)
They Loved Thanksgiving
b)
They were both surrounded by Communist
c)
WW2 had left them too Rich
d)
Iron Curtain had fallen on them
42.
Canada, USA, Britain, France, West Germany, and others formed an alliance during the Cold War that still exists today.
a)
NATO
b)
Warsaw Pact
c)
Allied Powers
d)
Axis Powers
43.
Poland, USSR, Hungary, East Germany, and others formed a military alliance during the Cold War.
a)
NATO
b)
Warsaw Pact
c)
Allied Powers
d)
Axis Powers
44.
United States gives huge amounts of money to European countries to rebuild after WW2.
a)
Marshall Plan
b)
Containment
c)
Truman Doctrine
d)
Iron Curtain
45.
The USA assumed the USSR was trying to take over so they.....
a)
Used Atomic Weapons
b)
Decided to stop the spread of Communism everywhere
c)
Gave Satellite States $400 Million
d)
Fought A war against Afganistan
46.
The Soviet Union forced much of Eastern Europe to become communist. These nations became under the Soviet's Sphere of influence.
a)
Wall of Britian
b)
Settlement Colonys
c)
Satellite States
d)
Deterrents
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