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Cold War Vocab

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This organization is the main spy agency of the US government and collects "intelligence" all over the world.

a)

The CIA

b)

NATO

c)

The HUAC

d)

The IMF

2.

Which one of these countries was one of the "satellite" states of the USSR?

a)

Vietnam

b)

China

c)

Poland

d)

France

3.

This US program provided huge amounts of aid to European countries recovering from WWII.

a)

The IMF

b)

The GI Bill

c)

The Marshall Plan

d)

The National Security Council

4.

He led the communist revolution in China and became leader of Communist China after the revolution.

a)

Chiang Kai Shek

b)

Hideki Tojo

c)

Ho Chi Minh

d)

Mao Tse Tung

5.

Agreements made here established the USA as the leader of the global economic order after WWII.

a)

Thr Bretton Woods Conference

b)

The Yalta Conference

c)

The National Security Council

d)

The United Nations

6.

This organization is part of the White House staff and advises the President about issues relating to foreign nations, foreign policy, etc.

a)

The CIA

b)

The NSC

c)

NATO

d)

The HUAC

7.

This helped over 1,000,000 former US soldiers pay for college & career education after WWII.

a)

McCarthyism

b)

The United Nations

c)

The Truman Doctrine

d)

The GI Bill

8.

This meeting in 1944 included the leaders of USA, USSR and the UK and made plans for the aftermath of WWII.

a)

The HUAC

b)

The International Monetary Fund

c)

The Yalta Conferecne

d)

The National Security Council

9.

This was a military alliance including the USSR and its European communist allies.

a)

The Warsaw Pact

b)

NATO

c)

The Yalta Conference

d)

The Iron Curtain

10.

This led to the persecution of thousands of US citizens suspected of being Communists in the 1940s and 1950s.

a)

The Mashall Plan

b)

The CIA

c)

McCarthyism

d)

The Bretton Woods Conference

11.

This was the central US foreign policy during the Cold War, aiming to control the growth & power of the USSR

a)

The United Nations

b)

McCarthyism

c)

The Marshall Plan

d)

Containment

12.

This miltiary alliance includes the USA, Canada, and most of the nations of Europe.

a)

NATO

b)

The Warsaw Pact

c)

The United Nations

d)

The Truman Doctrine

13.

This was centered on supporting non-communist nations while containing the spread of Soviet power.

a)

The United Nations

b)

The Truman Doctrine

c)

The Yalta Conference

d)

The Warsaw Pact

14.

This group within the US government used its power to hunt for suspected communists in US institutions in the 1940s and 1950s.

a)

The HUAC

b)

The NSC

c)

NATO

d)

The Marshall Plan

15.

This conflict was the first time that the United Nations used military power to try to control an aggressive country's behavior.

a)

The Berlin Airlift

b)

The Cold War

c)

The Korean War

d)

The Warsaw Pact