WorksheetsRestructuring the Postwar World - Cold War: Superpowers Face Off
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
What was the name of the meeting between the U.S., Britain, and the Soviet Union over the dividing of Germany into zones?
The Versailles Meetings
The Yalta Conference
The Munich Conference
The General Assembly
What was the international organization that was supposed to protect members against aggression?
The League of Nations
Enigma
NATO
The United Nations
Why did the Soviets want to build a buffer for themselves?
They wanted to protect against a Western invasion
They wanted to build a large, physical barrier
They wanted to gain resources from newly acquired land
They were fearful of other communist governments
What did Truman find the Soviets in violation of after they installed communist governments in places such as Poland?
The Treaty of Versailles
The Atlantic Charter
The Warsaw Pact
NATO
What was the division between democracy in Western Europe and communism in Eastern Europe called?
the Great Barrier Reef
the Athenian Wall
the iron curtain
the Great Wall
What was the ultimate goal of the policy of containment?
blocking the spread of Soviet influence
the defeat of Germany
stopping the spread of communism
defeating fascism
What did opponents of the Truman Doctrine argue?
the allies of America were not doing their part
that Truman wasn't doing enough
Truman should drop more A-bombs
America shouldn't interfere in other nations affairs
What was to provide food, machinery, and materials to rebuild Europe?
the Atlantic Charter
The Berlin Airlift
the Marshall Plan
the Great Escape
What event saw British and American planes flying food and supplies into West Berlin to give relief and aid?
the Great Compromise
the Great Escape
the Berlin Airlift
the Atlantic Charter
Who was the spy that had his U-2 plane shot down, resulting in his capture by the Soviets?
Francis Gary Powers
Charles Lindbergh
Julian Assange
Kota Ibushi
What was the organization that had countries join the U.S. in saying that an attack on one was an attack on all?
the Warsaw Pact
NATO
the United Nations
the League of Nations
What was the Soviet response to the organizational alliance by the U.S. and others?
a direct attack on the U.S.
surrender
NATO
the Warsaw Pact
What was the idea of willing to go to the brink of war by John Dulles called?
gamesmanship
battleship
brinkmanship
total war
What was the name of the Soviet satellite that was launched into space
Moscow
Comrade
Sputnik
Endeavor
