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WorksheetsCold War Begins for World History
Total questions: 41
Worksheet time: 39mins
What two superpowers were in competition with each other during the Cold War?
Spain and Portugal
England and France
Germany and Italy
United States and Soviet Union
The policy of containment was designed
to expand trade with Europe
to limit the build up of nuclear weapons
to stop the spread of communism
to send financial aid to Europe
the term 'iron curtain' used to describe the division of what?
North and South Vietnam
East and West Asia
North and South Korea
East and West Europe
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 fend off attacks by other communist countries
Countries joining together to create one kind of currency (S)
Who made the statement "An Iron Curtain has descended across the continent"?
President Roosevelt
Joseph Stalin
Winston Churchill
President Harry Truman
All of the following countries were behind the "Iron Curtain" except
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Poland
Austria
What was the main goal of the United States during the Cold War?
To spread communism
To strengthen ties with Vietnam and Korea
To destroy the Soviet Union and its allies
To contain communism and promote democracy
The Berlin Wall was built in 1961order to
prevent East Germans from defecting to West Germany.
prevent the smuggling of arms to anti-Soviet forces.
prevent food from entering Poland.
stop the flow of supplies from West Germany to West Berlin.
The hostile but nonviolent struggle for power between the United States and the Soviet Union, as well as their respective allies, from the end of World War II to the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991
The Long Struggle
The Cold War
The Timid Transgression
None of the Above
What was the purpose of SEATO?
to rebuild Asia following World War II
to prevent communism from spreading in the Middle East
to prevent communism from spreading to Southeast Asia
to spread communism to China
What was the new weapon, that was even deadlier than the atomic bomb, that President Truman authorized the US to begin working on building?
Hydrogen Bomb
Atomic Bomb
Spaceships
Satellites
The Hungarian Revolt of 1956, demonstrated that the Soviet Union
used economic sanctions to achieve its foreign policy goals
was willing to use military force in situations that challenged its power
wanted to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
hoped to advance its economy through cultural exchange
What does détente mean?
a relaxation of cold war tensions
the arms race between the US and the USSR
the period of conflict between the superpowers
the proliferation of nuclear weapons around the world
How did "Mutually Assured Destruction" act as a deterrent from using nuclear weapons?
Each side produced enough nuclear weapons to ensure that if the other side attacked, it would be completely destroyed by a nuclear counterattack.
The United States developed nuclear delivery systems that were more effective than those developed by the Soviet Union.
countries signed treaties to limit the number of nuclear weapons they produced.
The Soviet Union was unable to obtain the technology necessary to develop its own nuclear weapons.
What happened when China decided to join the Korean War?
They managed to conquer Korea.
They helped North Korea push the USA and South Korean forces back across the 38th parallel.
They could not defeat the USA and South Korea, so North Korean forces remained in China.
They were attacked by the USA with nuclear weapons.
What was the purpose of the SALT talks and the START treaty?
to limit the number of nuclear weapons held by the superpowers.
to develop missiles that can shoot down other missiles from hostile countries
to negotiate an end to the Vietnam war.
to develop missile defense barriers in outer space.
The leader of the communist revolution in Cuba during the 1950's, who became an anti-American dictator.
Fidel Castro
Lech Walesa
Mikhail Gorbachev
Ho Chi Minh
What policy implemented in the Cold War said the U.S. would give military aid to a country that needed to resist communism?
Marshall Plan
Truman Doctrine
Domino Theory
Open Door Policy
communism & socialism
The Soviets exploded their first nuclear weapon in
1955
1970
1949
1945
Why did the Soviet Union put a blockade on the city of Berlin in 1948?
place Soviet missiles within range of targets in Western Europe
prevent the United States from distributing Marshall Plan funds
pressure the Allies to completely withdraw from East Germany
stop aid from reaching anti-communist rebels in Eastern Europe
What were the Marshall Plan and Truman Doctrine intended to do?
prevent a nuclear arms race
halt the spread of communism
help Asian countries recover from war
support former European colonies
[p3] When in 1948 the Soviets placed a blockade on all truck & train traffic into Berlin, the Western allies responded by...
negotiating a peace treaty that made Berlin a unified city under Communist control.
launching the "Berlin Airlift" - providing the city's supplies entirely by air for 10 months.
dropping atomic bombs on the Soviet cities of Stalingrad & Moscow.
sending two Jedi to compel the Trade Federation to end their blockade of Naboo.
What program aided the rebuilding of Western Europe?
Truman Doctrine
NATO
Warsaw Pact
Marshall Plan
Why did tension begin to develop among the Big Three Allied leaders immediately after WWII?
They did not have the same religious and cultural beliefs.
They did not share the same economic and political ideas.
They refused to learn one another's language and customs.
They did not want to use the same currency and trade practices.
The leader of the Soviet Union at the end of World War II was:
Lenin
Roosevelt
Stalin
Chamberlain
Countries in Eastern Europe became know as ___________ states; meaning that they were militarily, politically and economically dominated by a much more powerful nation (the U.S.S.R.)
annexed
satellite
super
tributary
What is communism?
the state and the people jointly own and operate industry
the people own and operate industry for themselves
the state owns and operates industry on behalf of the people
the military controls the people on behalf of the government
capitalism
industry is privately owned by the people
the government owns and operates all industry
the military controls all industry
all industry is controlled and located in a country's capital
Eventually in 1945 the countries approved the United Nations Charter and which FIVE countries became permanent members of the security council?
France, USSR, China, United States, Germany
Germany, USSR, China, United States, France
Germany, China, United States, France, Great Britain
France, USSR, China, United States, Great Britain
Why are the Nuremberg Trials considered an important event in the 20th century?
They punished Nazi party members for human rights violations.
They marked the end of World War II.
They established punishments for countries that misused nuclear weapons.
They set up an occupation plan for Germany.
