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WorksheetsThe Cold War
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 16mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who made the statement "An Iron Curtain has descended across the continent"?
a)
President Roosevelt
b)
Joseph Stalin
c)
Winston Churchill
d)
President Harry Truman
2.
What is the purpose of N.A.T.O?
a)
Countries joining together to end democracy
b)
Countries joining together to stop trade between the East and West
c)
Countries joining together to fend off attacks by other communist countries
d)
Countries joining together to create one kind of currency (S)
3.
Why did Joseph Stalin block the city of Berlin from getting supplies after WWII?
a)
He wanted to make the people dependent on communist Germany for their needs
b)
He hated Berlin
c)
The railroads were broken and still needed to be fixed after the war
d)
The people of Berlin were very wealthy and did not need his help
4.
Which foreign policy promised to aid countries resisting Communist takeover?
a)
Marshall Plan
b)
Iron Curtain
c)
Truman Doctrine
d)
Massive Retaliation
5.
Which foreign policy aimed at preventing Communism from spreading?
a)
Containment
b)
NATO
c)
Cuban Missile Crisis
d)
Berlin Airlift
6.
The physical barrier separating Communist East Berlin and Democratic West Berlin--
a)
Berlin Bloackade
b)
Berlin Base
c)
Berlin Wall
d)
Berlin Barrier
7.
Nations that were aligned with, but also under the influence and pressure of, the Soviet Union were called--
a)
European Nations
b)
NATO
c)
Warsaw Pact
d)
Satellite Nations
8.
The organization whose members agreed to mutually defend other Communist nations is called--
a)
Korean Pact
b)
Warsaw Pact
c)
NATO
d)
Satellite Nations
9.
Match the president to the foreign policy:
1. Truman
2. Eisenhower
3. Nixon
4. Reagan
1. Truman
2. Eisenhower
3. Nixon
4. Reagan
a)
1. Reagan Doctrine
2. Containment
3. Domino Theory
4. Detente
2. Containment
3. Domino Theory
4. Detente
b)
1. Containment
2. Detente
3. Domino Theory
4. Reagan Doctrine
2. Detente
3. Domino Theory
4. Reagan Doctrine
c)
1. Containment
2. Domino Theory
3. Detente
4. Reagan Doctrine
2. Domino Theory
3. Detente
4. Reagan Doctrine
d)
1. Domino Theory
2. Detente
3. Reagan Doctrine
4. Containment
2. Detente
3. Reagan Doctrine
4. Containment
10.
Which event is the newspaper headline describing?
a)
Bay of Pigs Invasion
b)
Fall of the Soviet Union
c)
Cuban Missile Crisis
d)
Vietnam War
11.
Which of these leaders was not at the Yalta conference?
a)
Churchill
b)
Roosevelt
c)
Truman
d)
Stalin
12.
How much money did the Marshall plan provide for European recovery?
a)
$170,000
b)
$17 Million Dollars
c)
$17 Billion
d)
$170 million
13.
In what year did the Berlin Blockade start?
a)
1947
b)
1948
c)
1949
d)
1950
14.
What prompted Stalin to blockade Berlin?
a)
The introduction of a new currency in the West.
b)
The division of Germany
c)
The Iron Curtain speech
d)
The Novikov Telegram
15.
Who was leader of Cuba until 1959?
a)
Che Guevara
b)
Fidel Castro
c)
Fulgencio Batista
d)
Costa Barista
16.
Which of these was not created in 1949?
a)
The Warsaw Pact
b)
NATO
c)
German Democratic Republic
d)
Federal Republic of Germany
17.
When was the Bay of Pigs Invasion?
a)
1959
b)
1960
c)
1961
d)
1962
18.
How did Fidel Castro anger America after taking power?
a)
Boycotting American goods
b)
Attacking American Ships
c)
Seizing American Businesses
d)
Buying Russian Oil
19.
How long did the Cuban Missile Crisis last?
a)
2 Weeks
b)
1 Month
c)
5 Days
d)
13 Days
20.
To end the Cuban missile crisis Kennedy agreed to...
a)
Withdraw missiles from Turkey publicly.
b)
Withdraw missiles from Germany in secret.
c)
begin trading with Cuba.
d)
Withdraw missiles from Turkey in secret.
21.
The side of Berlin that was aided by the U.S. Democracy
a)
North Berlin
b)
West Berlin
c)
East Berlin
d)
South Berlin
22.
Around how many people left East Germany through the city of Berlin in the ten years prior to the wall being built?
a)
25,000
b)
100,000
c)
1 million
d)
2 million
23.
When was the Berlin Wall built?
a)
1978
b)
1961
c)
1969
d)
2017
24.
What was Gorbachev's 1980s policy of glasnost in the USSR?
a)
Strict laws against speaking
b)
Encouraged freedom in speech and governnment
c)
Anarchy and chaos
d)
American Rule over Russia
25.
Detente was a period of relaxed international relations during the Cold War.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
26.
A lessening of tensions between U.S. and Soviet Union. Besides disarming missiles to insure a lasting peace between superpowers, Nixon pressed for trade relations and a limited military budget. The public did not approve.
a)
Detente
b)
Deterrence
c)
Subsidized
d)
Tribunal
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