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Cold War JDH

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

He was the Communist leader of Communist Vietnam, till his death in 1969.

a)

Chaing Kai Shek

b)

Ho Chi Minh

c)

Ngo Gihm Jen

d)

Kim ll Sung

2.

He was the Communist leader of the Soviet Union 1958 to 1964, was responsible for suggesting creating direct communication between the White House and Kremlin.

a)

Nikita Khrushchev

b)

Leonid Brezhnev

c)

Joseph Stalin

d)

Vladimir Putin

3.

He was the Communist leader of Cuba taking power from President Batista in 1959.

a)

Fidel Castro

b)

Sigmond Rhee

c)

Oscar Romero

d)

Mao Zedong

4.

He was the Communist leader of the Soviet Union from 1964 -1982. Followed the Détente Policy when dealing with the United States.

a)

Leonid Brezhnev

b)

Nikita Khrushchev

c)

Syngman Rhee

d)

Joseph McCarthy

5.

He was the Arch Bishop of San Salvador that was assassinated while saying mass in 1980.

a)

Oscar Romero

b)

Joseph McCarthy

c)

Fidel Castro

d)

Sigmond Rhee

6.

He was the Communist leader of China that had created the idea of the Cultural Revolution in efforts to better feed his people.

a)

Mao Zedong

b)

Chiang Kai Shek

c)

Sigmond Rhee

d)

Ho Chi Minh

7.

He was the U.S. Senator who accused people of being communist during the 1950’s.

a)

Joseph McCarthy

b)

Douglas McArthur

c)

Harry S. Truman

d)

Richard Nixon

8.

He was half of the pair that was charged for espionage, found guilty and executed by the United States.

a)

Julius Rosenberg

b)

Fidel Castro

c)

Leonid Brezhnev

d)

Nikita Khrushchev

9.

Event that was embarrassing to the U.S. Government when our spy plane was shot down over the Soviet Union.

a)

U2

b)

Sputnik

c)

Cuban Missile Crisis

d)

Bay of Pigs

10.

Event when the Soviet Union closed off all access in and out of the capital of East Germany in and effort to stop people from migrating to West Germany and selling Soviet secrets.

a)

Berlin Airlift

b)

Berlin Blockade

c)

Berlin Wall

d)

Strategic Defense Initiative

11.

What was the agreement between, the Soviet Union, Poland, Czechoslovakia…, in an effort to maintain communism in Eastern Europe. An Attack on one was an attack on all.

a)

Treaty of Versailles

b)

Warsaw Pact

c)

NATO Agreement

d)

Salt I

12.

Event when the Soviet Union attacked a Middle Eastern country in 1979. The U.S. opposed the invasion.

a)

Afghanistan War

b)

Desert Storm

c)

911

d)

Ukrainian War

13.

1962 the Soviet Union attempted to put Nuclear Weapons in Communist Latin American Country off the coast of Florida. It was a 13-day stand off between the U.S. and Soviets that almost led us to WWIII.

a)

Bay of Pigs

b)

Cuban Missile Crisis

c)

NATO

d)

El Salvadorian Revolution

14.

Was an agreement between the U.S., Great Britain, France, Belgium and many free European countries in an effort to contain communism. An attack on one was an attack on all.

a)

NATO

b)

Warsaw Pact

c)

Yalta Conference

d)

United Nations

15.

In 1980 the U.S. and Soviet Union had invested large amounts of funding to research the possible chance of creating a defense system that would intercept nuclear missiles before reaching their targets. The plan was rejected by congress.

a)

Strategic Defense Initiative

b)

Cuban Missile Crisis

c)

U2 Incident

d)

Berlin Blockade

16.

The U.S. President met with Communist leader in effort to have better relations with the two countries and open trade.

a)

China and Nixon

b)

Khrushchev and Carter

c)

Camp David Accords

d)

Helsinki Accords

17.

Founded mostly in Latin American countries in the 1950’s.

It proposes that knowledge of God based on revelation leads necessarily to a praxis that opposes unjust social and political structures.

a)

U2 Incident

b)

Cuban Missile Crisis

c)

Liberation Theology

d)

Social Teaching Theology

18.

_____ Event when the United States and the Soviet Union used nuclear weapons a means of intimidation in order to gain world power.

a)

Cold War

b)

U2 Incident

c)

Cuban Missile Crisis

d)

Vietnam War

19.

The event where this Middle Eastern country tired of the leadership of Mohammad Raza Shah revolted in support of the Ayatollan Ruhollah Khomeini.

a)

Iranian Revolution 1979

b)

Iran Contra Scandal

c)

Iran Revolution of 1955

d)

Iran Crisis

20.

1980 to 1992 this Latin American country broke out in a war which 75,000 people were killed when the U.S. backed government fought against communist rebels FLMN.

a)

El Salvador

b)

Nicaragua

c)

Costa Rica

d)

Honduras

21.

_____ 1979 Iranian students upset with the U.S. policy to not return the Shah so he could be held for trial attacked the American Embassy. Holding 52 Americans hostage for 444 days.

a)

Iran Revolution 1979

b)

Iran Contra Scandal

c)

Iran Crisis

d)

Iran Revolution of 1955

22.

President Reagan sold weapons to Iran in hopes of American hostages being released. The funds from the sale went to supporting non Communist rebels in Latin America

a)

Iranian Revolution 1979

b)

Iran Conta Scandal

c)

Iran Crisis

d)

Iran Revolution 1955

23.

1950 Northern communist troops crossed the 38th parallel line invading the republic southern troops until 1953.

a)

Korean War

b)

Vietnam War

c)

Chinese Revolution

d)

Afghanistan War

24.

1955 The northern communist troops crossed the 17th Parallel in efforts to unify the whole country.

a)

Korean War

b)

Vietnam War

c)

Chinese Revolution

d)

Afghanistan War

25.

Event 1961, U.S. supported exiles of a Latin American country, attempted to overthrow the Communist leader. The mission failed.

a)

Bay of Pigs

b)

Cuban Missile Crisis

c)

El Salvador War

d)

Iran Contra Scandal

26.

What was the goal of the United States after WWII

a)

To use the Marshal Plan as an effort to rebuild the United States

b)

To stop the spread of Communism throughout Europe and Asia

c)

To preserve Democracy and insure American values

d)

To protect the oil fields of the middle East

27.

Which event Really question America's policies?

a)

Iran Conta Scandal

b)

Vietnam War

c)

Korean War

d)

Bay of Pigs

28.

What Doctrine said the US would financially and militarily help any country that did not want a Communist Government?

a)

Truman Doctrine

b)

Monroe Doctrine

c)

Roosevelt Corollary

d)

Good Neighbor Policy

29.

He was the Military leader that led American Troops into Northern Korea in 1950, He was eventually removed from his position by President Truman

a)

George Marshal

b)

Dwight Eisenhower

c)

Douglas McArthur

d)

George Patton

30.

He was the President of the United States during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962?

a)

Buddy Holly

b)

Richard Nixon

c)

Dwight Eisenhower

d)

John F. Kennedy