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WorksheetsCold War Review
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 12mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
This man was a U.S. military general who led troops against North Korea.
a)
Eisenhower
b)
MacArthur
c)
HoChiMinh
d)
Hitler
2.
This incident was when a U.S. spy plane was shot down in Russia.
a)
U-2 Incident
b)
U-3 Incident
c)
F-2 Incident
d)
None of the Above
3.
An international organization formed after WWII to promote international peace, security, and cooperation.
a)
United States
b)
United Kingdom
c)
United Nations
d)
Iron Curtain
4.
This man was a Vietnamese Communist revolutionary leader
a)
Ho Chi WoMinh
b)
Chi Ho Minh
c)
Minh Chi Ho
d)
Ho Chi Minh
5.
A theory or system of social organization in which all property is owned by the community and each person contributes and receives according to their ability and needs
a)
Communism
b)
Capitalism
6.
Alliance of the allied powers against the Soviets (non-Communist)
a)
United Nations
b)
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
c)
Warsaw Pact
d)
Baghdad Pact
7.
An alliance between the Soviet Union and other Eastern European nations. This was in response to the NATO
a)
Baghdad Pact
b)
Warsaw Pact
c)
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
d)
United Nations
8.
This city was split into four regions of occupancy after WWII
a)
Germany
b)
Berlin
c)
Munich
d)
Frankfort
9.
This man's policies of Glasnost and Perestroika contributed to the downfall of Communist Soviet Union
a)
Stalin
b)
Gorbachev
c)
Trump
d)
Garbichevy
10.
A United States program of economic aid for the reconstruction of Europe (1948-1952)
a)
Marshall Plan
b)
U-2 Incident
c)
United Aid Program
d)
Iran Contra Affair
11.
This man led the revolution in Cuba and remained a Communist leader until 2016.
a)
F. Castro
b)
F. Gonzalez
c)
F. Hernandez
d)
F. Kennedy
12.
An attempt by Cuban exiles in southern Cuba to overthrow the Cuban socialist government of Fidel Castro; the effort was funded by the U.S. and was famously disastrous
a)
Piggy Piggy
b)
Bay of Pigs
c)
Bay of Pow
d)
Pigs Bay
13.
Idea of blaming someone for something with little to no evidence
a)
Hollywood Blacklist
b)
Blacklist
c)
McCarthyism
d)
McCart
14.
This was a U.S. pledge to all countries to aid in case of communist threat
a)
Doctrine Theory
b)
Truman Doctrine
c)
Truman Ideas
d)
Dr. Truman
15.
13-day political and military standoff over the installation of nuclear-armed Soviet missiles on Cuba
a)
Cuba Standoff
b)
Cuban Revolution
c)
Kennedy vs Stalin
d)
Cuban Missile Crisis
16.
1945 meeting between Churchill, Stalin, and Roosevelt in which the leaders discussed plans for the post-war world and Stalin promised to allow free elections in Eastern Europe.
a)
Yalta Conference
b)
Paris Peace Accords
c)
Halta Accords
d)
Grenada Suites
17.
This U.S. president was assassinated and left Vietnam War decisions to a new leader.
a)
FDR
b)
JFK
c)
LBJ
18.
Two rounds of conferences and corresponding international treaties involving the United States and the Soviet Union on the issue of armament control.
a)
SALT I
b)
SALT II
c)
SALT Talks
d)
TALK Salt
19.
Joint effort by the US and Britian to fly food and supplies into W Berlin after the Soviet blocked off all ground routes into the city
a)
Germany Airlift
b)
Berlin Airlift
c)
Airlift Help
d)
Capitalist Airlift
20.
This was a political scandal in the United States that occurred during the second term of the Reagan Administration
a)
Iran Contra Affair
b)
Iraq Contra Affair
c)
Iran US Affair
d)
Who Stole the Money?
21.
United States–led invasion of the Caribbean island nation of Grenada that resulted in a U.S. victory within a matter of weeks
a)
Grenada Invasion
b)
Grenada
c)
I practically gave you this, you better get it right!
22.
mutual security agreement; signed by Great Britain, Turkey, Iran, Iraq, and Pakistan in 1955; block possible expansion by the Soviet Union into the Middle East
a)
Warsaw Pact
b)
Munich Pact
c)
United Nations
d)
Baghdad Pact
23.
1st launched satellite into space by the Russians
a)
Sputie
b)
Sputnik
c)
Dog I
d)
Spot
24.
This U.S. President visited Communist China during the 1970's
a)
NIxon
b)
Kennedy
c)
Eishenhower
d)
Trump
25.
This war began when North Korea invaded South Korea to take it over as a communist nation
a)
Korean War
b)
Vietnam War
c)
Touch Question
26.
This war was extremely controversial as the U.S. sent many soldiers to Vietnam to aid South Vietnam
a)
Vietnam War
b)
Korean War
c)
You have to try hard to get this wrong.
27.
Idea of communist takeover
a)
Red Scare
b)
Purple Takeover
c)
Ahhh, Communist!!
d)
Red Purge
28.
international crisis launched when Egyptian President Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal, which had been owned mostly by French and British stockholders.
a)
Suez Crisis
b)
Suez Canal
c)
Egypt Wins
d)
Suez Canal Crisis
29.
Events involving the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynasty under Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, who was supported by the United States
a)
Iraq Revolution
b)
Cuban Revolution
c)
Iranian Revolution
d)
Egyptian Revolution
30.
U.S. individuals working in the film industry that were banned for having alledged communist ties
a)
Blacklist
b)
Blacklist Hollywood
c)
Hollywood Blacklist
d)
No Work For You!
31.
Spy
a)
Where?
b)
Russians
c)
Espionage
d)
Cheaters
32.
an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state.
a)
Capitalism
b)
Communism
33.
This man took over as president during the Vietnam War when JFK was killed
a)
Lyndon B. Jackson
b)
London B. Johnson
c)
Lyndon B. Johnson
d)
London B. Jackson
34.
the action of keeping something harmful under control or within limits.
a)
Containment
b)
Pick the other one!
c)
I'm Giving you a Free one!
35.
a network of communist agents and subversives, supplied and controlled by North Vietnam but active within South Vietnam.
a)
Vietnam
b)
Viet Cong
c)
Cong
d)
Viet Veterans
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