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CUA Review- Cold War

Total questions: 53

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
After the formation of the NATO alliance the Soviets formed a rival military alliance called what?
a)
The Marshall Plan
b)
The Iron Curtain
c)
The Truman Doctrine
d)
The Warsaw Pact
2.
The two superpowers that dominated the world after World War II were the
a)
USSR & Great Britain
b)
US & USSR
c)
USSR & China
d)
US & China
3.
The United States and its allies had a policy called "containment."  This means that they wanted to ...
a)
stop the spread of Fascism.
b)
stop the spread of slavery.
c)
stop other countries from building up their military power.
d)
stop the spread of Communism.
4.
The dividing line between the democracies in blue and the Communist in red was referred to as what?
a)
The line of demarkation
b)
The DeMilitarized Zone
c)
The Iron Curtain
d)
The 38th Parallel
5.
Which country was split in two by the Iron Curtain?
a)
Poland
b)
Germany
c)
Hungary
d)
Soviet Union
6.
What was the main idea of The Truman Doctrine?
a)
The Truman Doctrine was the American policy in 1947 of providing economic and military aid to Greece and Turkey
b)
To show how everyone in the U.S. care about other countries in the world.
c)
He tried to get the government to leave.
d)
I didnt even listen to you
7.
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
8.
Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin met at the Yalta Conference to ....
a)
discuss their strategy to win WWII
b)
discuss their goals for a post-WWII Europe
c)
discuss how to spread communism all over the globe
d)
discuss their goals for spreading democracy and capitalism all over the globe
9.
What prompted the Berlin Airlift?
a)
West Berlin was attacked
b)
Soviets wanted supplies
c)
West Berlin was becoming polluted
d)
The Soviets cut off access to Berlin
10.
What was the main goal of the Truman Doctrine? 
a)
prevent Communism in free nations
b)
Provide weapons to communist countries
c)
Help North Korea
d)
Provide collective security
11.

The leader of the communist revolution in Cuba during the 1950's, who became an anti-American dictator.

a)

Fidel Castro

b)

Lech Walesa

c)

Mikhail Gorbachev

d)

Ho Chi Minh

12.

An attempt by the Soviet Union in 1962 to place nuclear missiles in Cuba directed toward the United States.

a)

Cuban Missile Crisis

b)

Iron Curtain

c)

Berlin Airlift

d)

Detente

13.

A competition between superpowers to develop new, more deadly nuclear and controversial weapons.

a)

Arms Race

b)

Domino Theory

c)

Glasnost

d)

Warsaw Pact

14.

A massive concrete barrier, dividing democratic West Berlin from communist East Berlin. The wall acted as a symbol of the Cold War and Soviet Union restrictions.

a)

Berlin Wall

b)

Cold War

c)

Warsaw Pact

d)

Iron Curtain

15.

Was their any missile launching during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

a)

No

b)

Yes

16.
Who was the Soviet leader during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
a)
Mikhail Gorbachev
b)
Boris Yeltsin
c)
Nikita Khruschev
17.

Who was the U.S. president at the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis?

a)

Harry Truman

b)

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

c)

Teddy Roosevelt

d)

George Washington

18.

What ended the Cuban Missile Crisis?

a)

The USSR removes missiles and the US leaves Cuba alone.

b)

The US uses all of their missiles and destroys Cuba

c)

Cuba forfiets

d)

JFK got tired of fighting and just made a treaty

19.
These were South Vietnamese who supported the communist north
a)
North Vietnamese Army
b)
Deferment
c)
Tet
d)
Viet Cong
20.
He was the communist leader of North Vietnam
a)
Diem
b)
Johnson
c)
Ho Chi Minh
d)
Castro
21.
What kind of government did Ho Chi Minh want?
a)
Communist
b)
Democratic
c)
Socialist
d)
Monarchy
22.
The U.S. got involved in Vietnam because of what foreign policy?
a)
containment
b)
Good Neighbor policy
c)
isolationism
d)
Roosevelt Corollary
23.

Which U.S. president escalated the conflict in Vietnam by sending in the first ground troops in 1964?

a)

John F. Kennedy

b)

Lyndon B. Johnson

c)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

d)

Richard M. Nixon

24.

The idea that if South Vietnam fell to communism, other nations would soon follow...

a)

Vietnamization

b)

Communism

c)

Domino Theory

d)

Imperialism

25.
What resolution passed that gave Lyndon Johnson broad powers to defend South Vietnam from communism?
a)
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
b)
Gulf of Maddox Resolution
c)
USS Tonkin Resolution
d)
Gulf of Vietnam Resolution
26.
What are Napalm and Agent Orange are two examples of?
a)
guerilla fighting
b)
chemical weapons
c)
army helicopters
d)
missiles
27.
By the end of 1965, most American soldiers in Vietnam
a)
refused to fight
b)
were volunteers
c)
had been drafted
d)
had not seen any fighting 
28.
What was the difference between what the government said happened and what was actually happening that led Americans to lose faith in the government?
a)
Credibility Gap
b)
Government Fallacy Gap
c)
Yellow Journalism
d)
Muckraking
29.
This allowed the public to consider different viewpoints concerning the Vietnam war?
a)
Media (TV)
b)
Radio
c)
Telegraph
d)
Internet 
30.
For Vietnam, Nixon promises the people "Peace with..."
a)
Honor
b)
Strength
c)
Hope
d)
Segregation
31.
Joseph McCarthy is know for...
a)
Making false claims about people being communist
b)
Making false claims about President Eisenhower
c)
Initiating the Space Race
d)
Political Scandals of the 1940's
32.
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                   
a)
Hiss’s
b)
Greenglass’s
c)
Rosenberg’s
d)
Chamber’s
33.

Which of the following is the best title for the list above?

a)

Outcomes of Labor Strikes

b)

Result of Strategic Arms Limitation Talks

c)

Consequences of the Cold War Red Scare

d)

Results of the Vietnam conflict

34.

Which of the following was a direct result of the 1957 launch of Sputnik1?

a)

The US began a period of technology sharing with the USSR

b)

The US Gov't founded a Fed. Agency dedicated to space exploration

c)

The U.S. and Allied nations formed NATO

d)

The Cuban missile crisis

35.
Who was put in charge of the American forces in Korea and even wanted to use the atomic bomb against China?
a)
John Bassilone
b)
Douglas MacArthur
c)
Harry Truman
d)
Richard Nixon
36.
____________ started the Korean War by invading ________________.
a)
N Korea/S Korea
b)
USA/N Korea
c)
China/USA
d)
China/S Korea
37.
North Korea was supported by ________________, which has a _________________ government.
a)
U.S.S.R./communist
b)
U.S.S.R./democratic
c)
U.S.A./communist
d)
U.S.A./democratic
38.
South Korea was supported by ________________ which has a _________________ government.
a)
U.S.S.R./communist
b)
U.S.S.R./democratic
c)
U.S.A./communist
d)
U.S.A./democratic
39.
What did the 38th parallel separate?
a)
Korea
b)
Vietnam
c)
Berlin
d)
Hungary
40.
What war ended in a stalemate?
a)
Vietnam War
b)
Korean War
c)
Civil War
d)
World War II
41.
war fought to achieve only specific goals
a)
Berlin war
b)
satellite war
c)
unlimited war
d)
limited war
42.
The HUAC stands for...
a)
The House Un-American Activities Committee
b)
The House Under American Counsel
c)
The House Un-Republic Activities Committee
d)
The House Under American Communism
43.
Who was the Senator who started rumors of the Red Scare?
a)
John F. Kennedy
b)
Joseph Stalin
c)
Neil Armstrong
d)
Joseph McCarthy
44.
What was the Red Scare?
a)
The United States fear of Commericalism
b)
The intense fear the United States had of Japan following the Cold War. 
c)
The Soviet Unions reaction to the fear that the United States was keeping secrets from them .
d)
American reaction to the fear that communists were working to destroy American life. 
45.
This is the symbol for _____?
a)
Unions
b)
A Rock Band
c)
Communism
d)
Children of the Corn
46.
How were Julius and Ethel Rosenburg related?
a)
Brother/sister
b)
Husband/wife
c)
Father/Daughter
d)
Mother/son
47.

What does detente mean?

a)

relaxing tension

b)

increasing tension

c)

nuclear war

d)

surrender

48.
What symbol of Communism did Reagan ask the Soviet leader Gorbachev to tear down?
a)
The Ukrainian Missile Defense Shield
b)
The Berlin Wall
c)
The Kremlin
d)
Lenin's Tomb
49.
When did the Soviet Union officially collapse and dissolve?
a)
November 1989
b)
November 1990
c)
January 1991
d)
December 1991
50.
Which term best applies to President Richard Nixon’s foreign policy of improving relations with the Soviet Union?
a)
appeasement
b)
brinksmanship
c)
containment
d)
détente
51.
President _____________ created "The Star Wars Program" to establish platforms in orbit around the earth to shoot down missiles launched by the Soviet Union or other enemies.
a)
Gerald Ford
b)
Richard Nixon
c)
Jimmy Carter
d)
Ronald Reagan
52.
Detente was used by communist China, the Soviet Union and the U.S. to ______________.
a)
increase the tension between communists and non-communists.
b)
reduce tensions between communists and non-communists
53.

During protests, four students were killed by the National Guard at

a)

the Democratic National Convention.

b)

Kent State University.

c)

University of Michigan

d)

The White House

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