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SS Standard 39b

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 32mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Korean War was a part of what larger conflict involving the United States?

a)

the Cold War

b)

the Persian Gulf War

c)

the Bosnian War

d)

the Yom Kippur War

2.

The nations that formed the North Atlantic Treaty Organization agreed to

a)

prohibit trade with and travel to any communist nation.

b)

come to the aid of any other member nation if it were attacked.

c)

build weapons of mass destruction to stop the spread of communism.

d)

ban communism and imprison people convicted of being communists.

3.

Which of these countries was never a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization?

a)

Turkey

b)

Greece

c)

Great Britain

d)

East Germany

4.

At the beginning of the Cold War, the Soviet Union and the United States were in an race to build

a)

a space station

b)

a stealth aircraft

c)

a hydrogen bomb

d)

a torpedo gunboat

5.

Which of these countries was never a member of the Warsaw Pact?

a)

Hungary

b)

Belgium

c)

Romania

d)

Bulgaria

6.

What was the initial purpose of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization?

a)

to promote decolonization and provide loans to newly independent democratic nations

b)

to promote international economic development and provide loans for developing nations

c)

to promote defensive cooperation and guard against potential aggressive actions of Nazi Germany

d)

to promote defensive cooperation and guard against potential aggressive actions of the Soviet Union

7.

Which of the following quotes BEST explains why the United States dropped food to the Western-occupied sections of Berlin during the Berlin Airlift?

a)

“If we withdraw from Berlin, we will make an enemy of all of Western Europe for life.”

b)

“The Soviet Union is responsible for its section of Berlin. We are responsible for our section.”

c)

“If we withdraw, our position in Europe is threatened, and Communism will run rampant.”

d)

“The people of Germany suffered terribly during the war. We cannot desert the people of Germany now."

8.

Which three of these countries were members of the Warsaw Pact during the Cold War?

a)

Belgium

b)

Bulgaria

c)

Czechoslovakia

d)

Hungary

e)

Netherlands

9.

In response to the expansion of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the Soviet Union

a)

launched Sputnik I

b)

invaded Afghanistan.

c)

formed the Warsaw Pact.

d)

constructed the Berlin Wall.

10.

Why is the Korean War considered to have been mainly a “proxy war”?

a)

because no ground troops were involved in the conflict, as a US-led strategic bombing campaign forced North Korean leaders to surrender

b)

because it was part of a larger conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union in which the two sides did not directly fight one another

c)

because no actual fighting ever took place as the two sides signed a peace agreement before any battles commenced

d)

because the United States was acting on orders from the United Nations to prevent the further spread of communism

11.

The United States believed that if one country fell to communism, other countries would fall, too. This idea was known as

a)

realism

b)

Marxism.

c)

the domino theory.

d)

the containment principle.

12.

Which of these events, associated with the occupation of Germany after World War II, happened last?

a)

Berlin was divided into four sections.

b)

The Soviet Union built the Berlin Wall.

c)

Several countries started the Berlin Airlift.

d)

The Soviet Union began the Berlin Blockade.

13.

Which statement accurately describes a result of the Korean War?

a)

The Korean Peninsula was united under the rule of a single autocratic government.

b)

The Korean Peninsula was united under the rule of a single democratic government.

c)

The Korean Peninsula was divided into two countries, democratic North Korea and autocratic South Korea.

d)

The Korean Peninsula was divided into two countries, autocratic North Korea and democratic South Korea.

14.

What goal motivated US leaders to become involved in the conflict in Korea in the 1950s?

a)

acquiring territory in Asia

b)

preventing nuclear proliferation

c)

eliminating terrorist threats

d)

containing the spread of communism

15.

The Warsaw Pact was formed primarily in reaction to

a)

the formation of the United Nations.

b)

United Nations intervention in the Korean War.

c)

the formation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

d)

West Germany joining the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

16.

Which three of these nations were members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization throughout the Cold War?

a)

Bulgaria

b)

Great Britain

c)

Greece

d)

Hungary

e)

Turkey