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Cold War

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Cold War took place between what years?

a)

1939-1945

b)

1914-1918

c)

1945-1991

d)

2001-2003

2.

The Cold War was a struggle between which two Superpowers?

a)

Soviet Union & United States

b)

New York & New Jersey

c)

China & United States

d)

Batman & Robin

3.

This doctrine pledged to help nations threatened by communist expansion.

a)

Bill of Rights

b)

Truman Doctrine

c)

NATO

d)

Doctrine to end Communism

4.

The Marshall Plan was a large-scale plan to help which continent rebuild its economy?

a)

Antarctica

b)

Europe

c)

Asia

d)

California

5.

Which event carried supplies to West Berliners after Stalin blocked West Berlin from the world?

a)

Operation Freedom

b)

Save Berlin

c)

Bay of Pigs

d)

Berlin Airlift

6.

This was constructed in 1961 to separate East from West Berlin.

a)

Wall of Fear

b)

Berlin Divide

c)

Berlin Wall

d)

Great Wall of China

7.

Following WW II, Korea was divided at the _____ parallel.

a)

12th

b)

40th

c)

2nd

d)

38th

8.

N. Korea was communist and supported by the Soviet Union, while S. Korea was supported by:

a)

United States

b)

New Zealand

c)

Connecticut

d)

Japan

9.

A cease fire agreement was signed in 1953 ending the Korean War. What were the results?

a)

Border seperating the 2 countried was moved.

b)

Border remained at the 38th parallel.

c)

Korea was unified.

d)

Soviet Union took over Korea,

10.

The fear that communists might be working in the United States became known as the:

a)

Communist Party

b)

Spy Hunter

c)

Red Scare

d)

Operation Sweep

11.

What was the worlds first artificial satellite launched by the Soviet Union in 1957?

a)

Sputnik

b)

S.S. Minnow

c)

Atlantis

d)

Discovery

12.

In 1959, this leader took control of Cuba.

a)

Johnny Appleseed

b)

Joseph Stalin

c)

Winston Churchill

d)

Fidel Castro

13.

This failed attempt to overthrow Castro by Cuban exiles took place here.

a)

Bay of Pigs

b)

Guantanamo Bay

c)

Stony Point Battlefied

d)

Battle of Midway

14.

This event transpired after the United States discovered the Soviets building missile bases in Cuba.

a)

Star Wars

b)

Cuban Missile Crisis

c)

Berlin Airlift

d)

War of 1812

15.

North or South Vietnam received aid from the Soviet Union?

a)

North

b)

South

c)

Neither

d)

Both

16.

Group of guerrilla fighters supported by North Vietnam used hit-and-run tactics.

a)

Patriots

b)

Kamikazes

c)

Vietcong

d)

Lobsterbacks

17.

Easing of tensions between nations.

a)

Relax

b)

Conflict

c)

Detente

d)

Communism

18.

President Reagan's defense program.

a)

Sphere of Influence

b)

NATO

c)

Empire Strikes Back

d)

Star Wars

19.

In 1985, this man became the leader of the Soviet Union.

a)

Mikhail Gorbachev

b)

Joseph Stalin

c)

Winston Churchill

d)

Ivan Drago

20.

In 1991, the Soviet Union broke up into ____ separate nations.

a)

5

b)

15

c)

33

d)

10