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WorksheetsEarly Cold War
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 8mins
The development of the Marshall Plan was part of President Harry Truman's effort to
promote an isolationist foreign policy
end the Korean War
Contain the spread of communism
Provide aid to Asian nations
Which of the following was a military alliance to counter Soviet aggression?
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
Warsaw Pact
United Nations (UN)
League of Nations
Which event of 1948-1949 is illustrated by this cartoon?
Berlin airlift
Collapse of the Berlin Wall
Reunification of Germany
Allied invasion of Normandy
The Truman Doctrine
Looked to expand democracy to areas in Asia
Gave economic aid to scientists developing the H-bomb
Provided aid to European countries threatened by communism
Looked to expand democracy to areas in the Middle East
Which two SuperPowers were involved in the Cold War?
France and Great Britain
Soviet Union and Germany
United States and the Soviet Union
China and the United States
Which country was split in two by the "iron curtain"?
Poland
Germany
Hungary
Soviet Union
The U.S. policy of containment is meant to
stop the spread of Fascism
stop the spread of slavery
stop other countries from building up a nuclear arsenal
stop the spread of Communism
Which of the following best describes the causes of the Korean War?
Communist North Korea invaded South Korea
Communist China invaded North and South Korea
Communist North Korea invaded China
Communist North Korea invaded the United States
An "arms race" is
a race between two countries to defeat each other in war
a race between states to build up their own militias
a race between nations to acquire the most powerful weapons
a race between nations to see who has the largest military
The Marshall Plan was designed to
punish Germany
help European nations recover after the war
ease the effects of the Berlin blockade
end the Cold War
