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WorksheetsCold War (Ch 22)
Total questions: 46
Worksheet time: 27mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What was massive retaliation?
a)
The threat of economic sanction
b)
the threat of nuclear weapons
c)
the threat of conventional weapons
2.
What is an ICBM?
a)
Intercontinental Ballistic missile
b)
It purpose was to reach a target within 30 minutes
c)
Part of Truman's strategy against the Soviets
d)
Two of the answers are correct
3.
Which of the following resulted from McCarthyism during the 1950s?
a)
Membership in the US Communist Party increased
b)
US Citizens were arrested for being suspected communists
c)
Recruitment procedures for the US military branches were reformed
d)
US diplomats began to express dissenting political viewpoints more freely
4.
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
5.
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
6.
Threatening nuclear strikes to back down opponents
a)
Massive Retaliation
b)
Brinkmanship
c)
Containment
d)
Hydrogen Bomb
7.
Type of spy plane shot down by the Soviets in 1960
a)
U-2
b)
U-571
c)
U-7
d)
Sputnik
8.
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.
9.
Truman had the policy of __________ toward Communism
a)
Appeasement
b)
Containment
c)
Expansion
d)
Eradication
10.
Which two countries did Truman fear would fall to Communism if the U.S. didn’t give aid?
a)
Greece and Germany
b)
Greece and Poland
c)
Greece and Ukraine
d)
Greece and Turkey
11.
The Soviet Union countered NATO by creating
a)
Soviet Union
b)
SATO
c)
Warsaw Pact
d)
Eastern Bloc
12.
A strategy that involves countries getting to the verge of war without actually going to war.
a)
Marshall Plan
b)
Containment
c)
Massive Retaliation
d)
Brinkmanship
13.
What is the first major country to fall to communism after WWII?
a)
Vietnam
b)
Korea
c)
China
d)
Japan
14.
Post WWII, what do Americans fear most?
a)
Communism
b)
Dictators
c)
Democracy
d)
Capitalism
15.
Who was the Wisconsin senator who accused many people of communism without any proof?
a)
Dwight Eisenhower
b)
Joseph McCarthy
c)
Mao Zedong
d)
Douglas McArthur
16.
What does HUAC stand for?
a)
House United-American Committe
b)
House Un-American Activities Committe
c)
House Un-American Court Activities
d)
House Un-American At County
17.
The Berlin Airlift began when
a)
West Berliners began fleeing to East Berlin
b)
the British and French had a dispute over German zone boundaries
c)
the Marshall Plan ended.
d)
the Soviets blocked Allied access to West Berlin
18.
Which two forms of government were competing during the Cold War?
a)
communism and socialism
b)
democracy and capitalism
c)
democracy and communism
d)
socialism and capitalism
19.
Used to prevent the spread of communism & restore economic stability to W. Europe post WWII
a)
Berlin Airlift
b)
Washington Plan
c)
Marshall Plan
d)
Eisenhower Doctrine
20.
A list of people or products viewed with suspicion or disapproval; associated with McCarthyism.
a)
Sputnik
b)
Black list
c)
Venona Papers
d)
Policy of Containment
21.
US spy plane shot down in Soviet airspace in 1960.
a)
Satellite Nation
b)
Iron Curtain
c)
Policy of Containment
d)
U-2 Incident
22.
Ruthless dictator of Russia during World War II and at the beginning of the Cold War.
a)
Joseph Stalin
b)
Hollywood Ten
c)
Joseph McCarthy
d)
Mao Zedong
23.
Nations that were aligned with, but also under the influence and pressure of, the Soviet Union.
a)
38th parallel
b)
Hollywood Ten
c)
NATO
d)
Satellite Nation
24.
Conflict fought in the early 1950s between the U.N., supported by the United States, and the communists , supported by China & Russia. Known as the “Forgotten War”.
a)
Berlin Airlift
b)
U-2 Incident
c)
Korean War
d)
Black list
25.
Guided ballistic missile with a minimum range of 5,500 kilometers primarily designed for nuclear weapons delivery.
a)
ICBM
b)
Iron Curtain
c)
NATO
d)
Sputnik
26.
Chinese Communist leader and theorist. A founder of the Chinese Communist Party in 1921.
a)
Joseph McCarthy
b)
Joseph Stalin
c)
Mao Zedong
d)
Ethel and Julius Rosenberg
27.
Group of motion-picture producers, directors, and screenwriters who were mostly blacklisted for failing to cooperate with anti-communist investigations.
a)
Hollywood Ten
b)
Joseph McCarthy
c)
Warsaw Pact
d)
Ethel and Julius Rosenberg
28.
Following World War II, the Korean peninsula was divided by the communist-backed North Korea and the anti-communist Republic of South Korea along this line.
a)
Brinkmanship
b)
38th parallel
c)
Satellite Nation
d)
U-2 Incident
29.
Which action was part of President Truman's containment policy?
a)
The United States gave economic assistance to countries so they would not become communist
b)
The United States posted its military around the borders of the Soviet Union
c)
The United States formed a tight alliance with the nations of Europe
d)
The United States government ignored all other countries and focused only on issues within its borders
30.
Which statement describes the Marshall Plan?
a)
An alliance designed to combine the forces of all democratic nations in Western Europe
b)
An economic plan to spend 12.5 billion dollars on reconstructing Western Europe
c)
A failed military plan to cripple communist influence in Western Europe
d)
A peace treaty with the Soviet Union that was ultimately rejected
31.
Which nation was not part of the Truman Doctrine or the Marshall Plan?
a)
France
b)
Great Britain
c)
Germany
d)
Japan
32.
Peacekeeping missions are working in more than a dozen of the world's many troubled regions. The authority to intervene and use force, if necessary, is found in several articles in the Charter. Which organization is best described in the above statement?
a)
World Court
b)
European Union (European Community)
c)
United Nations
d)
World Trade Organization (WTO
33.
The countries to the east of the bold black line were all members of what group?
a)
the Warsaw Pact
b)
the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO
c)
the Axis Powers
d)
the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO
34.
Who led the nationalists in China?
a)
Chiang Kai-Shek
b)
Ngo Dinh Diem
c)
Ho Chi Minh
d)
Mao Zedong
35.
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
36.
Where was Korea divided?
a)
18 parallel
b)
34 parallel
c)
38 parallel
d)
15 parallel
37.
What two nations were in competition with each other during the Cold War?
a)
Spain and Portugal
b)
England and France
c)
Germany and Italy
d)
United States and Soviet Union
38.
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
39.
The physical barrier separating Communist East Berlin and Democratic West Berlin--
a)
Berlin Bloackade
b)
Berlin Base
c)
Berlin Wall
d)
Berlin Barrier
40.
Who was the United States Senator who went on a hunt in the U.S. for communist.
a)
Nikita Khrushchev
b)
Joseph McCarthy
c)
Joseph Stalin
d)
JFK
41.
This type of government is ran by the people.
a)
Socialism
b)
Communism
c)
Democracy
d)
Government
42.
This is a type of government where the government has complete control of the country.
a)
Communism
b)
Socialism
c)
Democracy
d)
Government
43.
This is the name of the Organization that was created by Western European Countries, America and Canada to help contain the spread of Communism.
a)
United Nations
b)
Alliance
c)
League of Nations
d)
NATO
44.
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.
45.
How did we respond to the blockade on Western Berlin? This was when we could not get any supplies to this area.
a)
Berlin Airlift
b)
Iron Curtain
c)
Air attack
d)
Berlin Wall
46.
Was the Cold War an actual war?
a)
Yes
b)
No
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