WorksheetsCold War Vocabulary
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Containment
a)
a principle of US foreign policy to prevent the expansion of Communist power
b)
a principle of US foreign policy to keep secrets from all foreign countries
c)
a principal of US foreign policy to expand nuclear power to allied countries
d)
a principal of US foreign policy to defeat North Korea
2.
Domino Theory
a)
a game played by leaders of the Super Powers during the cold war
b)
idea that all communist countries could be eliminated by eliminating the USSR
c)
a theory that if one nation becomes Communist-controlled the neighboring nations will also become Communist-controlled
d)
the order in which all communist countries could be eliminted
3.
DMZ
a)
domino missile zone
b)
demilitarized zone
c)
desensitized military zone
d)
destroyed major zones
4.
Cuban Missile Crisis
a)
13 day period when US was threatened by nuclear war with North Korea
b)
13 day period when the USSR was threatened by nuclear war with Cuba
c)
a crisis created by John F Kennedy to get support for the Cold War
d)
13 day period when US was threatened by nuclear warheads in Cuba
5.
naval blockade
a)
military strategy used by the US against Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis
b)
blockade of all naval bases to prevent nuclear war
c)
blockade of Soviet naval bases during the Korean War
d)
military strategy to blockade missile sites in communist countries
6.
MAD
a)
US anger against Soviet intervention in Cuba
b)
Mutually assured destruction - if any country begins a nuclear war, all will be destroyed
c)
Military Assisted Destruction - the US military could take out any threat of nuclear war
d)
a policy to diffuse the Soviet's anger toward the US
7.
Marshall Plan
a)
General Marshall's plan to attack North Korea
b)
Cold War plan to destroy communism
c)
post WWII plan to rebuild Europe
d)
General Marshall's plan to put a naval blockade around Cuba
8.
communism
a)
the state and the people jointly own and operate industry
b)
the people own and operate industry for themselves
c)
the state owns and operates industry on behalf of the people
d)
the military controls the people on behalf of the government
9.
capitalism
a)
industry is privately owned by the people
b)
the government owns and operates all industry
c)
the military controls all industry
d)
all industry is controlled and located in a country's capital
10.
arms race
a)
Sport competition to determine the superpowers of the world
b)
Competition between the superpowers to determine which country had the strongest army
c)
An Olympic event involving a race to win an arm wrestling competition
d)
competition between countries to achieve superiority in quantity and quality of military arms
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