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WorksheetsWorld History Cold War Review
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 12mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
This system of government includes a classless society with an equal distribution of wealth and public ownership of all property.
a)
Democracy
b)
Oligarchy
c)
Dictatorship
d)
Communism
2.
The citizens in the U.S. choose leaders to make decisions on our behalf. Which type of government does the U.S. have?
a)
Direct Democracy
b)
United Democracy
c)
Republic Democracy
d)
Representative Democracy
3.
During WW2, in the United States, Japanese-Americans were
a)
given full rights as US citizens
b)
given partial rights as US citizens
c)
treated not differently than prior to the war
d)
forced into internment camps
4.
Command systems are most associated with this political system.
a)
Democracy
b)
Aristocracy
c)
Communism
d)
Constitutional Monarchy
5.
The government has little to no role in the production of goods in this type of economy.
a)
Traditional
b)
Mixed
c)
Command
d)
Market
6.
What was the name of the institution that tried to regulate the international relations during the interwar period?
a)
League of Nations
b)
International League
c)
Society of Nations
d)
United Nations
7.
Why did the German people hate the Treaty of Versailles?
a)
Germany had to take full responsibility for World War I.
b)
Germany was forced to pay war damages.
c)
Germany was forced to give some of its land to France.
d)
All of the above.
8.
What is the philosophical difference between the two superpowers?
a)
economic and geographic
b)
political and religious
c)
economic and political
d)
cultural and religious
9.
After WW2, the Soviet Union established control over Eastern European countries to...
a)
provide a source of skilled laborers
b)
protect itself from an invasion of democratic western countries
c)
to provide warm water ports in the Mediterranean Sea
d)
to create the NATO alliance
10.
In 1946, Winston Churchill used the term “Iron Curtain "when describing conditions in Europe. What did he mean by this term?
a)
•European nations needed to build more factories
b)
•Peace had finally spread throughout the countries of Europe.
c)
•The militaries of Western Europe were becoming too powerful.
d)
•There was a division between the communist Eastern Europe and Western Europe.
11.
The US Marshall Plan after WW2, was an effort to provide
a)
military aid to allies
b)
economic aide to war-torn Europe
c)
military aid to enemies
d)
economic aid to starving people in Africa
12.
A lessening of tensions between U.S. and Soviet Union. Besides disarming missiles to insure a lasting peace between superpowers, Nixon pressed for trade relations and a limited military budget. The public did not approve.
a)
Detente
b)
Deterrence
c)
Subsidized
d)
Tribunal
13.
This foreign policy involved threatening to use nuclear weapons and a willingness to go to the brink of war
a)
Brinkmanship
b)
Appeasement
c)
Red Scare
d)
Square Deal
14.
What was the domino theory?
a)
if one country fell to communism, other would also fall
b)
Leaders should settle differences over dominoes
c)
all countries should be communist
d)
World Bank
15.
From 1950-1953 the US fought a "police action" in Asia to prevent Communism from spreading to...
a)
South Korea
b)
North Korea
c)
Japan
d)
China
16.
During the 1960s and 1970s the US fought an unsuccessful war in Asia to prevent communism from spreading to...
a)
South Korea
b)
South Vietnam
c)
China
d)
Japan
17.
During the late 1980s the Cold War came to an end with...
a)
Death of Nikita Khrushchev
b)
Fall of Poland
c)
Death of Mikhail Gorbachev
d)
Collapse of the Soviet Union
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