Worksheets5.6.1 Quiz
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who believed he was the only one who could carry out the revolution after Lenin’s Death?
a)
Marx
b)
Bastille
c)
Engel
d)
Stalin
2.
The Marshal Plan _____________.
a)
was becoming a problem not of outlets, but of consumption of profits without compensation
b)
was geared to producing the means of production
c)
was a means of World domination
d)
tends towards a raising of the standard of living worldwide.
3.
What was the main goal of the Soviet Union during the Cold War?
a)
To eliminate the nation of Germany
b)
To contain the spread of communism
c)
To spread communism to other countries
d)
To strengthen bonds with China and Germany
4.
How was the UN different from the League of Nations?
a)
The United States refused to join the UN
b)
The League of Nations focused on preventing wars
c)
The UN was given the ability to use military power
d)
The League of Nations created a Security Council
5.
What was the main goal of the United States during the Cold War?
a)
To spread communism
b)
To strengthen ties with Vietnam and Korea
c)
To destroy the Soviet Union and its allies
d)
To contain communism and promote democracy
6.
Kennedy's solution to the Soviets trying to send missiles into Cuba was:
a)
To send Air Force jets over Cuba
b)
To create a hotline with the Soviets
c)
To lead the Bay of Pigs invasion
d)
To blockade (quarantine) the island
7.
The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 marked the end of decades of _______________ rule in the nation.
a)
fiscist
b)
socialist
c)
capitalism
d)
communism
8.
All of the factors listed contributed to which of these?
a)
the beginning of the "Cold War"
b)
the formation of the United Nations
c)
the collapse of the Soviet Union
d)
the American invasion of Afghanistan
9.
The Russian Federation replaced the ______________ on the United Nations Security Council after the USSR collapsed in 1991. Russia
still has veto powers on the Security Council.
still has veto powers on the Security Council.
a)
Soviet Union
b)
United States
c)
Cuba
d)
Afghanistan
10.
How might the reunification of East and West Germany in 1990 have been an important turning point for the Soviet Union?
a)
It signaled an end to Soviet domination in eastern
Europe.
Europe.
b)
It caused the collapse of the Soviet Union.
c)
It created the Soviet Union.
d)
It promoted the ideas of communism.
11.
Who led the nation that developed the first hydrogen bomb?
a)
John Foster Dulles
b)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
c)
Nikita Khrushchev
d)
Francis Gary Powers
12.
What was the Eisenhower Doctrine?
a)
The United States would immediately try to liberate all of the countries behind the iron curtain.
b)
The United States would nationalize the Suez Canal.
c)
The United States would use force to help Middle Eastern nations threatened by communism.
d)
The United States would recognize the People’s Republic of China.
13.
What is an embargo?
a)
A tax on imports
b)
A limit on the number of goods that can be imported into a country.
c)
When one country stops trading with another country in order to put pressure on their government.
d)
When the government tells businesses what and how much to produce.
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