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Cold War Quiz

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name

Class

Date

What two nations were in competition with each other during the Cold War?

Spain and Portugal

England and France

Germany and Italy

United States and Soviet Union

What was the term 'iron curtain' used to describe the division of?

North and South Vietnam

East and West Asia

North and South Korea

East and West Europe

How did the Marshall plan try to stop the spread of communism in Western Europe after WWII?

by providing government housing for refugees

by providing military assistance to Vietnam

by providing money to European countries to help rebuild after WWII

Where was Korea divided?

18 parallel

34 parallel

38 parallel

15 parallel

What is the purpose of N.A.T.O?

Countries joining together to end democracy

Countries joining together to stop trade between the East and West

Countries joining together to prepare for possible attacks by communist countries

Countries joining together to create one kind of currency (S)

Which country was the aggressor that started the Korean War?

North Korea

South Korea

Neither - they were forced into war by Germany

Japan

Who was the Senator started a "witch hunt" for Communist in America during the late 1940s and early 1950s?

John F. Kennedy

Joseph Stalin

Neil Armstrong

Joseph McCarthy

This type of government is ran by the people.

Socialism

Communism

Democracy

Government

Was the Cold War an actual war?

Yes

10.

a military alliance formed in 1955 by the Soviet Union and seven Eastern European countries.

Cold War

NATO

Warsaw Pact

Marshall Plan

11.

Hollywood actors were investigated by which agency

Senate Committee on Foreign Relations

Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration

House UnAmerican Activities Committee

Motion Picture Association of America

12.

A list of people whom the House Un-American committee believed had a communist background.

Blacklist

Pentagon Papers

Venona Papers

Confidential List

13.

Became president of the U.S. after FDR died. Made the decision to drop the atomic bomb on Nagasaki and Hiroshima.

Harry S. Truman

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Dwight D. Eisenhower

John F. Kennedy

14.

Unfair accusation of people of being disloyal without proof. People were so afraid of communism that they were ready to accuse and convict anyone on just someone’s say so.

McCarthyism

Deterrent

Red Scare

Brinkmanship

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Cold War Quiz

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 12mins

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