WorksheetsVocabulary for Cold War
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
iron curtain
a)
A curtain made out of iron used as a defense against the United States.
b)
Symbolic division between East and West in Europe during the Cold War.
c)
A term used to share with the world that Germany was made out of steele.
2.
Containment
a)
Policy of holding back or stopping communism
b)
Used to place disposable weapons.
c)
The United States and all their allies.
3.
airlift
a)
Taking people to safety.
b)
Taking planes out of the skies due to danger.
c)
Delivery of supplies by airplane.
4.
Cold War
a)
A war will frozen items are used to fight the enemy.
b)
A war that takes place in cold countries.
c)
A war in which two enemies do not fight in combat but instead compete and conflict in other ways.
5.
subversion
a)
Attempts to overthrow or undermine a government by working secretly within that government.
b)
A submarine that stays underwater for a year at a time.
c)
Links to other allies.
6.
censure
a)
To formally criticize.
b)
To hold in high esteem.
c)
To not include.
7.
espionage
a)
talking
b)
sharing
c)
thinking
d)
spying
8.
perjury
a)
Being part of a jury.
b)
The crime of lying under oath.
c)
What the judge wears.
d)
Always telling the truth.
9.
inflation
a)
Split stocks.
b)
Prices stay the same.
c)
Decrease in prices.
d)
Increase in prices.
10.
Closed Shop
a)
Practice of businesses hiring only union members.
b)
Hiring only scabs.
c)
Shops that only open when the customer calls.
d)
A store that closed due to poor products.
11.
Fair Deal
a)
Shaking hands.
b)
Bargaining for the price of a product.
c)
Being fair to the customer.
d)
A program aimed at solving some of the nation's economic problems. after World War II
12.
domestic
a)
a stay at home parent.
b)
Having to do with the home or the home country.
c)
Purchase of a home.
d)
When all food is grown in your own garden.
13.
desegregate
a)
To end the system of separating races.
b)
Stay away from the Soviet Union.
c)
Take apart our nuclear weapons.
d)
Place together,
14.
assure
a)
Break a promise legally.
b)
To correct.
c)
To promise or to make sure.
d)
Take a part.
15.
demilitarized zone
a)
Special area for everyone.
b)
All military is welcomed.
c)
Region where military forces are not allowed.
d)
People who have left the military.
16.
surplus
a)
An amount left over.
b)
When something is all used up.
c)
swimming
d)
Adding people to the military.
17.
summit
a)
Meeting of heads of government.
b)
Top of the tree.
c)
Greeting used in cities.
d)
Gathering of the poor.
18.
arms race
a)
The winner of the race.
b)
Trying to carry as many weapons as possible into battle.
c)
The fastest individual into battle.
d)
Competition between countries for stronger military power.
19.
nuclear
a)
A type of rock found near a volcanoe.
b)
A type of handshake used at important meetings.
c)
President voting.
d)
Relating to the energy contained in the nucleus of an atom.
20.
standard of living
a)
a
A measure of the necessities and comfort enjoyed by an individual or group.
A measure of the necessities and comfort enjoyed by an individual or group.
b)
Living like everyone else.
c)
Taking money from the wealthy and giving it to the poor.
d)
A type of coin.
21.
affluence
a)
Living in poverty.
b)
Having wealth.
c)
Attending public school.
d)
Living in a ghetto.
22.
materialism
a)
Giving away all your possessions.
b)
Selling your goods at a market.
c)
Focus on collecting money and possessions.
d)
Printing of money.
23.
communism
a)
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.
b)
The type of government that is used in the United States of America.
c)
A state in the Soviet Union.
d)
A sytem of government where the rich get richer.
24.
Marshall Plan
a)
Give money to the Soviet Union
b)
THe Soviet Union gave money to the United States.
c)
Germany paid the United States for all the damages that took place in Europe after WWII.
d)
Provide USA aid to any European country after WWII who needed help rebuilding their country and promised not to pursue communism.
25.
Sputnik
a)
A series of earth-orbiting satellites launched by the Soviet Union beginning in 1957.
b)
A serious virus that started in the Soviet Union.
c)
A new type of dance craze of the 1950's.
d)
A housing development used in the suburbs.
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