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Cold War Review

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What four countries had control in Germany and Berlin after WW2?

a)

USA, Spain, Italy, and Russia

b)

France, England, Russia, China

c)

USA, England, France, Russia

d)

Japan, China, USA, Canada

2.

What countries united their zones and created West Germany?

a)

Russia, USA, France

b)

Japan, China, Korea

c)

Russia and France

d)

USA, England, & France

3.

Which country controlled East Germany?

a)

Russia

b)

USA

c)

Japan

d)

China

4.

What types of governments controlled West and East Germany?

a)

West = Democracy, East = Communism

b)

West = Oligarchy, East = Monarchy

c)

West = Monarchy, East = Democracy

d)

West = Democracy, East = Republic

5.

Which country formed the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

a)

Mexico

b)

New Zealand

c)

USA

d)

Russia

6.

What pact did the Soviet Union form because of NATO?

a)

The Soviet Pact

b)

The Warsaw Pact

c)

The Czar Pact

d)

The I got your back pact

7.

What was the Marshall Plan?

a)

Andrew Marshall's plan on how to divide Germany

b)

The United States plan of giving Western Europe money to rebuild their countries and economies after WW2

c)

Gary Marshall's plan of attack on Korea

d)

The plan formed to defeat communism in the USA

8.

What was the Truman Doctrine

a)

Russia's policy of spreading communism

b)

The United States's plan to defeat Korea

c)

The United States policy to help any country threatened by communism

d)

Russia's plan to defeat Berlin

9.

What is containment?

a)

The United States wanting to make sure communism doesn't spread any further

b)

Germs infecting people

c)

Spread of disease

d)

Russians fearing the spread of communism

10.

Which is NOT a similarity between the Korean and Vietnam Wars?

a)

Both countries were divided (Communism in the North/ More democracy in the South)

b)

The United States sent troops in

c)

Democracy won out, and spread across the country

11.

What is the domino theory?

a)

That pizza chain restaurants would spread in Russia

b)

The theory that people would recruit spies in the USA

c)

Once one country used nuclear weapons, others would too

d)

Once a county became communist, other countries around it would be communist as well.

12.

What was the purpose of the United Nations?

a)

A global organization to help countries settle their problems PEACEFULLY

b)

To facilitate trade between countries

c)

To sanction Germany

d)

An organization created to spread communism

13.

What was the Cuban Missile Crisis?

a)

While experimenting with nuclear weapons, Cuba accidentally set off a bomb

b)

Russia attacked Cuba

c)

Russia placed nuclear weapons in Cuba

d)

Cuba invaded the United States

14.

What event represents the end of the Cold War?

a)

Stalins Death

b)

When the Berlin Wall is knocked down

c)

When Russia was divided and became a democracy

d)

When the USA conceded to Russia

15.

What was sputnik?

a)

The worlds largest potato

b)

The United States shuttle that reached mars

c)

The French tunnel leading to England

d)

The Russian satellite that was launched into space

16.

Who is Douglas MacArthur?

a)

An American President

b)

An American General who fought in WW2 and the Korea War

c)

The British Prime Minister who coined "The Iron Curtain"

d)

The Russian General who would lead the USSR

17.

What was the 38th Parallel?

a)

The line that divided Korea

b)

The line that divided Berlin

c)

The line that divided Vietnam

d)

The line that marks International Standard Time

18.

What was the "iron curtain"?

a)

The wall separating Berlin

b)

The curtain separating Korea

c)

The line diving the United States

d)

The phrase coined by Winston Churchill, that presented the division in Europe. Communism on one side, democracy on the other.