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Total questions: 72
Worksheet time: 53mins
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Class
Date
1.
What was the Soviet Response to NATO?
a)
Communist Allied Group
b)
Warsaw Pact
c)
Warsaw Alliance
d)
Communist Alliance
2.
What offered economic aid to any country trying to resist communism?
a)
Marshall Plan
b)
Truman Doctrine
c)
Containment
d)
NATO
3.
Who said “From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the continent.”?
a)
Franklin D Roosevelt
b)
Harry S Truman
c)
Joseph Stalin
d)
Winston Churchill
4.
What two actual wars took place during the Cold War?
a)
Vietnam and War on Terror
b)
Korea and WWII
c)
Vietnam and Afghanistan
d)
Vietnam and Korea
5.
What do the Marshall Plan, Truman Doctrine and NATO all have in common?
a)
Military Action
b)
Domino Theory
c)
Containment
d)
Europe
6.
What was the US response to the Soviet Blockade of Berlin?
a)
WWII
b)
Military Action
c)
Berlin Airlift
d)
Nothing
7.
Was containment successful in Korea?
a)
Yes
b)
No
8.
Korea is divided at the?
a)
17th Parallel
b)
38th Parallel
c)
28th Parallel
d)
19th Parallel
9.
What Senator Was known for accusing people of being Communist with no proof?
a)
Mr. Boundy
b)
Paul McCarthy
c)
Joseph McCarthy
d)
Joseph Williams
10.
The period of high birth rates after WWII is known at the?
a)
Boom Boom Time
b)
Baby Boom
c)
Free Love
d)
Love Boom
11.
The Soviet Union put missiles in _______ in response to US missiles in Turkey.
a)
Puerto Rico
b)
Dominican Republic
c)
Philippines
d)
Cuba
12.
Was containment successful in Vietnam?
a)
Yes
b)
No
13.
Which President started the policy of detente?
a)
Johnson
b)
Nixon
c)
Carter
d)
Reagan
14.
The Cold War started immediately after WWII and lasted until
a)
1960s
b)
1970s
c)
1980s
d)
1990s
15.
America's relationship with the Soviet Union was called a "Cold War" because the...
a)
Soviets fought the United States by freezing prices
b)
the United States fought the Soviet Union during their harsh, cold winter
c)
Soviet Union and the United States were enemies, but no official war took place
d)
Soviet Union and United States were developing nuclear weapons using cold fusion
16.
By applying the strategy of containment, the United States hoped to prevent the
a)
emergence of an economic crisis in Europe
b)
return of Nazi ideas to postwar Germany
c)
expansion of the Soviet Union's influence around the world
d)
spread of nationalism from China to the rest of Asia
17.
NATO stands for:
a)
New Alliance Trade Organization
b)
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
c)
North American Trade Organization
d)
North American Treaty Organization
18.
What is Containment?
a)
US policy that attempted to contain the spread of communism to eastern Europe
b)
US policy that attempted to contain the spread of communism to Asia
c)
Soviet policy that attempted to contain the spread of capitalism to North America
d)
All of the above
19.
Who "Fought" in the Cold War?
a)
U.S. & Japan
b)
Japan & Germany
c)
U.S. & Soviet Union
d)
Germany & U.S.
20.
What is an Arms Race?
a)
When two countries compete to create the best and most powerful weapons
b)
When two countries compete to create new colonies
c)
When two countries compete over resources
d)
When two countries compete over raw materials and resources
21.
The graph above shows the amount of nuclear weapons the U.S. and Soviet Union possessed during the Cold War. Which vocabulary word is this graph best illustrating?
a)
Nonallignment
b)
Democratization
c)
Arms Race
d)
Communism
22.
“To counter the possibility that the Western countries could not protect themselves against the Soviet Union, the Truman Administration formed a European-American military alliance that would commit the United States to ...[securing] Western Europe.”
.
The above statement is describing which organization?
.
The above statement is describing which organization?
a)
The Big Three
b)
NATO
c)
Warsaw Pact
d)
Marshall Plan
23.
The alliance of communist countries
a)
NATO
b)
Warsaw Pact
c)
Triple Alliance
d)
Communist Alliance
24.
Towards the end of the cold war the soviet union was suffering from economic, cultural, and political hardships which led to it's collapse. True or False
a)
True
b)
False
25.
One reason for the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961 was to:
a)
a. promote reunification of East Germany and West Germany
b)
b. keep East Germans from fleeing to the Western sector of Berlin
c)
c. complete the post–World War II rebuilding of Berlin
d)
d. meet the requirements of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
26.
What did the 38th parallel divide?
a)
Korea
b)
Vietnam
c)
China
d)
Japan
27.
What began the space race?
a)
Sputnik
b)
the moon landing
c)
Ham the chimp
d)
the Cuban Missile Crisis
28.
Who lead a Communist revolution in Cuba?
a)
Fidel Castro
b)
Nikita Kruschev
c)
Ho Chi Minh
d)
Mikhail Gorbachev
29.
Which of the following ways of promoting democracy describes the Mar$hall Plan?
a)
Containing Communism so that it cannot spread any farther
b)
Giving money to countries so they do not become Communist
c)
Finding ways other than nuclear missiles to stop Communism
d)
Fighting wars by using other countries to stop Communism
30.
Winston Churchill's term for the division between communist and free countries in Europe was the _____.
a)
Berlin Wall
b)
Iron Curtain
c)
Front Line
d)
Mason-Dixon
31.
Both NATO and Warsaw Pact were formed as
a)
Economic unions
b)
friendship leagues
c)
Military alliances
d)
special ops
32.
The US operates this type of economic system?
a)
Capitilism
b)
Communism
33.
Which economic system was the former Soviet Union?
a)
capitalist
b)
communist
34.
The time period from 1945- 1991 is commonly known as the
a)
Cold War
b)
Vietnam War
c)
Korean War
d)
Civil War
35.
What was the biggest fear during the Cold War?
a)
Soviet invasion
b)
US control of Germany
c)
NATO invading Germany
d)
nuclear war
36.
The United States got involved in conflicts like Korea and Vietnam because they were afraid of the domino theory. What is the domino theory?
a)
If one country fell to democracy, others would follow
b)
If one country fell to communism, others would follow
37.
What was the name of the first satellite in space launched by the Soviet Union?
a)
Gagarin
b)
Apollo 11
c)
Sputnik
d)
Apollo 13
38.
What was the name of the organization that hoped to promote peace and global cooperation following WWII?
a)
League of Nations
b)
The U.S. Congress
c)
Treaty of Versailles
d)
United Nations
39.
The Tet Offensive was considered a turning point because...
a)
It created a stalemate in the Korean War
b)
It established the first ever "Detente" with the Soviet Union
c)
Many Vietcong and civilians had died
d)
It show the American public that although we had pushed back the Vietnamese, we were far from winning the war.
40.
The G.I. Bill helped who?
a)
Soldiers who fought in WWII
b)
Housewives who wanted to live in the suburbs
c)
Children who wanted to attend school
d)
Car companies
41.
What does this red line represent?
a)
Iron Curtain
b)
The new Soviet Union country border
c)
Military tactics
d)
Where WWII ended
42.
Who helped North Korea push American and United Nation forces back to the original line of separation?
a)
Soviet Union
b)
China
c)
Vietnam
d)
Japan
43.
After the Bay of Pigs failure by United States, who stepped in and put missiles in Cuba?
a)
Britian
b)
Germany
c)
Japan
d)
Soviet Union
44.
Why did Soviet Union not want to remove the missiles from Cuba?
a)
United States promised to invade Cuba
b)
United States insulted a Soviet Union representative
c)
United States had spies in Cuba
d)
United States had their own missiles in Turkey close to the Soviet Union border
45.
Why were students in the United States taught to duck and cover underneath their desks?
a)
The threat of an atomic bomb being dropped due to the Cuban Missile Crisis
b)
The threat of a Soviet Union invasion on American soil
c)
To threat of Japanese planes returning to bomb America
d)
The treat of the space shuttle exploding after lift off
46.
What was the expectation of women in the 1950s?
a)
To have a career of their own
b)
To attend a prestigious college
c)
To be the perfect wife and mother
d)
To socialize and go to parties
47.
What did Senator Joseph McCarthy do during the Cold War?
a)
Accused State Department employees of being Communist
b)
Attacked the Soviet Union
c)
Led the Cuban Missile crisis
d)
Led the Bay of Pigs Invasion
48.
How do we know the Red Scare existed in the U.S.?
a)
Propaganda in film
b)
"Duck and Cover"
c)
McCarthyism
d)
All of the above
49.
What is the "Red Scare"
a)
Fear of Communism
b)
Fear of Capitalism
c)
Fear of the color red
d)
Fear of Dictators
50.
What is M.A.D?
a)
Mutually Assured Destruction
b)
Mutually Assured Development
c)
Mutual Assistance Department
d)
Manual Assurance Department
51.
I the 1950's Senator Joseph McCarthy won national attention when he...
a)
Was convicted as a spy.
b)
Claimed hundreds of government employees were communists.
c)
Helped Eisenhower become president.
d)
Went to Korea and said atomic weapons should be used to break the stalemate.
52.
The couple that was executed for spying and allegedly passing nuclear secrets to the Soviet Union were the
a)
Hiss’s
b)
Greenglass’s
c)
Rosenberg’s
d)
Chamber’s
53.
Shelters such as this represented American concern about
a)
the potential threat of domestic terrorism in the 1950s
b)
the increasing number of natural disasters in the 1950s
c)
a potential nuclear attack during the Cold War
d)
a successful launch of a Soviet satellite into space.
54.
glasnost (what is the meaning)
a)
openness
b)
rebuilding
c)
a relaxation of tensions
d)
glass made in the night
55.
Detente (what does it mean?)
a)
openness
b)
rebuilding
c)
a relaxation of tensions
d)
Soviets
56.
Pumped $13 billion into Western Europe. (believed that poverty led to the growth of communism.)
a)
Truman Doctrine
b)
domino theory
c)
Marshall Plan
d)
Space Race
57.
Delegates from 50 nations drew up a charter for____________. It replaced the League of Nations as a world peacekeeping organization.
a)
United Nations
b)
Big Three
c)
NATO
d)
Iron Curtain
58.
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
59.
What communist dictator worried the US in the 1960's?
a)
Stalin
b)
Hitler
c)
Castro
d)
Chaves
60.
What event frightened the US in 1962?
a)
Bay of Pigs
b)
Berlin Wall
c)
Cuban Missile Crisis
d)
Red Scare
61.
President Ford granted a _____ to Richard Nixon for his crimes in Watergate.
a)
Pardon
b)
Advice
c)
Special Prosecutor
d)
Executive Privileges
62.
Who was the president at the time of the Watergate Scandal?
a)
Richard Nixon
b)
John F. Kennedy
c)
Gerald R. Ford
d)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
63.
After the Watergate Scandal, Nixon
a)
was removed from office
b)
was impeached
c)
got a raise
d)
resigned from office to avoid impeachment
64.
He was the communist leader of North Vietnam
a)
Diem
b)
Johnson
c)
Ho Chi Minh
d)
Castro
65.
These were South Vietnamese who supported the communist north
a)
North Vietnamese Army
b)
Deferment
c)
Tet
d)
Viet Cong
66.
This event gave Johnson a "blank check" to do whatever he wanted in Vietnam
a)
My Lai
b)
Vietnamization
c)
Gulf of Tonkin
d)
Ho Chi Minh Trail
67.
This herbicide was used to destroy Vietnam's jungle
a)
Agent Red
b)
Agent Orange
c)
Napalm
d)
Saturation Bombing
68.
This jelly-like substance burns uncontrollably.
a)
Agent Orange
b)
Deferment
c)
Kent
d)
Napalm
69.
Who "won" the Vietnam War?
a)
North Vietnam
b)
United States of America
c)
South Vietnam
d)
North Korea
70.
In Vietnam the fighters used an irregular warfare tactic that made it difficult for our soldiers to be successful...it was called?
a)
Vietnamese Warfare tactics
b)
Cheetah Warfare
c)
Hidden Warfare
d)
Guerrilla warfare
71.
Which of the following foreign policies gave financial aid to European nations to rebuild after WWII?
a)
Truman Doctrine
b)
Marshall Plan
c)
Warsaw Pact
d)
Domino Theory
72.
What is the term used to describe the invisible line that separated communist Eastern Europe from democratic Western Europe? (a)
Choose from the below words
Berlin Wall
Iron Curtain
No Man's Land
Iron Wall
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