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Cold War Review

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

These two countries "fought" the Cold War from 1945-1991:

a)

United States and Germany

b)

Soviet Union and Germany

c)

United States and Soviet Union

d)

United States and China

2.

What promise did Joseph Stalin break regarding the Soviet satellite nations during the Yalta & Potsdam Conferences?

a)

He would withdraw Soviet troops from the countries

b)

Restore former borders that existed before WWI

c)

He would allow free elections in the countries

d)

He would help Japan rebuild their country

3.

Which of these countries is NOT a permanent UN Security Council member?

a)

France

b)

Russia

c)

China

d)

Germany

e)

Great Britain

4.

This leader was the first to use the term "iron curtain" during a commencement speech:

a)

Josef Stalin

b)

Harry Truman

c)

Douglas MacArthur

d)

Winston Churchill

5.

This section of a city was considered a democratic safe zone behind the "Iron Curtain":

a)

South Munich

b)

East Moscow

c)

West Berlin

d)

North Budapest

6.

The U.S. policy of keeping Communism from spreading to non-communist countries was called:

a)

bottlement

b)

containment

c)

entrapment

d)

enclosure

7.

This plan helped rebuild many countries in Europe and saved them from Communism:

a)

McCarthy Plan

b)

Churchill Plan

c)

Marshall Plan

d)

Save the Capitalists Plan

8.

This was built by the Soviets in 1961 and served as the symbol of the Cold War:

a)

Berlin Wall

b)

Stalin Movie Theaters

c)

Berlin Prison

d)

Berlin Tunnel

9.

This Soviet statesman takes over the Soviet Union after the death of Stalin:

a)

Nikita Khrushchev

b)

Fidel Castro

c)

Leonid Brezhnev

d)

Mikhail Gorbachev

10.

This U.S. Senator led a congressional committee that indicted suspected Communists and started the Red Scare:

a)

Joseph McCarthy

b)

Harry Truman

c)

Josef Stalin

d)

Boris Karloff

11.

He was the leader of the Communist Party in China that eventually gained control:

a)

Mao Zedong

b)

Chaing Kai-Shek

c)

Kim Il Sung

d)

Ho Chi Minh

12.

After losing the Chinese Civil War, the nationalist government led by Chaing Kai-Shek left the mainland and set up on this island:

a)

Hong Kong

b)

Taiwan

c)

Macau

d)

Hainan

13.

What was the United States' goal in the Korean War?

a)

To keep South Korea from becoming communists

b)

To make North Korea Democratic

c)

To ultimately take out North Korea and China

d)

To make K Pop the best music ever

14.

The most famous battle of the Korean War was the landing at:

a)

Normandy

b)

Inchon

c)

Iwo Jima

d)

Pusan

15.

This Caribbean island became the centerpiece of the most tense conflict of the Cold War:

a)

Cuba

b)

Puerto Rico

c)

Jamaica

d)

Bahamas

16.

He overthrew the dictatorial government in Cuba and started a Communist government:

a)

Fidel Castro

b)

Raul Jiminez

c)

Che Guevara

d)

Cesar Chavez

17.

This is the initials of the U.S. President during the Cuban Missile Crisis:

a)

FDR

b)

LBJ

c)

JFK

d)

GWB

18.

Which European country colonized Vietnam in the 1800s and tried to recolonize them after World War II?

a)

England

b)

Italy

c)

France

d)

Spain

19.

This was the name of the South Vietnamese guerrilla group who fought against the corrupt South Vietnam government and later the U.S. Army:

a)

Ho's Boys

b)

Khmer Rouge

c)

Avengers

d)

Viet Cong

e)

Diem Haters

20.

He was the Communist political leader of North Vietnam & fought to unify all of his country:

a)

Ho Chi Minh

b)

Mao Zedong

c)

Ngo Dinh Diem

d)

Hideki Tojo

21.

What made the Vietnam War "unwinnable" for the United States?

a)

fighting against the North Vietnamese army & the Viet Cong

b)

China doing sneak attacks

c)

Was too hot for soldiers to fight

d)

Ran out of soldiers to keep fighting

22.

What was the goals of the SALT treaties?

a)

provide for more trade between the USSR and the USA

b)

to ensure that everyone had enough salt

c)

make Taiwan nervous about China's nuclear weapons

d)

to limit the amount of nuclear missiles between the USSR and the USA

23.

The nickname for the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) was...

a)

Star Trek

b)

Star Wars

c)

SALT III

d)

Space Balls

24.

The Soviet Union fought their own version of Vietnam in this country:

a)

Iran

b)

Syria

c)

Pakistan

d)

Afghanistan

e)

Iraq

25.

What issue led to the fall of the Soviet Union?

a)

Stagnant economy and high unemployment

b)

Lack of leadership in the government

c)

United States invading Moscow

d)

Stalin's corpse raises from the dead