WorksheetsCold War: Causes and Effects
Total questions: 27
Worksheet time: 1hrs 25mins
After World War II, what two nations emerged as world superpowers with more industrial and military strength than other countries?
Great Britain and France
France and Germany
Soviet Union and Germany
Soviet Union and the United States
4. President Harry S. Truman adopted a new foreign policy during the Cold War known as the Truman Doctrine.
The main goal of the Truman Doctrine was
to limit the spread of nuclear weapons
to stop the spread of communism
to create a military alliance in case of war
to expand trade with Europe
Which of the following alliances was formed by the USA as a barrier to defend against the spread of communism?
Warsaw Pact
SEATO
CENTO
NATO
How did the Marshall Plan propose to contain communism?
Send troops to prevent Soviet involvement in Africa
Restore the economic stability of Europe after WW 2
Build the military of Asian countries after WWII
Make the Soviet Union stronger than Western European countries
which of the following is MOST LIKELY true?
West Germany was communist, while East Germany was democratic
West Germany was democratic, while East Germany was communist
Great Britain did not control a zone of occupation in Germany
Though Germany was divided, Berlin was entirely occupied by Soviet forces
Which of the following organizations replaced the League of Nations in 1945, with a purpose of serving as an international organization to prevent future wars and settle global conflicts?
European Economic Community (EEC
Marshall Plan
United Nations
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Which of the following describes the Soviet strategy in creating communist states in Africa, Asia, and Latin America?
They targeted countries where revolutions were brewing, so that new communist governments could be set up after the revolutionaries succeeded
They targeted the wealthiest nations to help them finance the arms race and space race in the Soviet Union
They targeted the smallest nations and conquered them by force
The Soviet strategy was to allow nations with an interest in communism to approach them and ask for help before they intervened
All of the following statements about the “iron curtain” are true, EXCEPT ________.
Winston Churchill invented the term to describe the spread of communism
It was an imaginary political divider between communism and democracy
. It was a high brick wall that stretched all the way across Europe
. It divided the continent of Europe
JFK AGREES TO TALK BUT BLOCKADE STAYS.What Cold War event is providing front-page news ?
The Vietnam War
The Korean War
The Cuban Missile Crisis
The building of the Berlin Wall
Which of the following nations did NOT become a communist satellite state after World War II?
Cuba
Japan
China
Vietnam
Why did the United States involve itself militarily in Korea and Vietnam in the 1950s and 1960s?
American businesses in Asia were being threatened by foreign trade
The American people demanded that we spread democracy in Asia
Because of the domino theory, the US felt military support was necessary to contain communism
President Johnson planned to create an American empire to gain new markets for trade.
1st Asian nation to fall to communism. Mao Zedong led the Communist Party. Chiang Kai-shek led the Nationalist Party. Civil War ended in Communist victory. What country is being described by the information provided?
China
Vietnam
Korea
Poland
"If I left [the war] and let the Communists take over South ______________, then I would be seen as a coward and my nation would be seen as an appeaser, and we would both find it impossible to accomplish anything for anybody anywhere on the entire globe."88
- President Lyndon B. Johnson, 1964. What country is the speaker MOST LIKELY referring to?
Germany
Vietnam
Japan
Poland
The Vietnam War ended in _________________.
Victory for the U.S.A.
Victory for North Vietnam and the creation of a communist state
Victory for South Vietnam and the creation of a democratic state
A stalemate on both sides
The competition for supremacy between the USA and the USSR after World War II took many forms. Source G represents a part of which “showdown” between the superpowers
The Vietnam War
The Korean War
The Arms Race
The Space Race
The map shows which of the following?
The partition of Germany into Soviet and democratic occupation zones after WWII
The effects of the Holocaust and Zionism in Europe
The results of the domino theory and the growth of Asian satellite states
All of the above
Study the map that is provided. What color is used to represent Communist East Germany?
Green
Purple
Yellow
Orange
Which leader of the Soviet Union instituted the reforms of glasnost and perestroika?
Nikita Kruschev
Mikhail Gorbachev
Joseph Stalin
Leonid Brezhnev
What reforms did glasnost bring to the Soviet Union?
Openness in government
Accountability of government officials
Some freedom of speech
All of the above
What did perestroika mean?
Industrialization
Information
Increased Communism
Restructuring
What war came to an end as a result of the collapse of the Soviet Union?
World War 1
World War 2
Cold War
The Vietnam War
What year did the Soviet Union finally collapse and separate into a number of different countries?
1989
1981
2001
1991
What did Soviet hardliners try to do that caused the government to collapse a few months later?
They had Gorbachev killed
They tried to take over Poland with military force
Take over the country by kidnapping Gorbachev
They went on television saying that the country was in bad trouble
How many different countries did the Soviet Union divide into when it dissolved?
10
12
22
15
Which of the following countries was NOT one of the countries formed out of the former Soviet Union?
Poland
Moldova
Latvia
Ukraine
Which country was considered to be the successor country of the Soviet Union in regards to its military and position in the United Nations?
Russia
Georgia
Ukraine
Latvia
Which of the following describes the Soviet strategy in creating communist states in Africa, Asia, and Latin America?
They targeted countries where revolutions were brewing, so that new communist governments could be set up after the revolutionaries succeeded
They targeted the wealthiest nations to help them finance the arms race and space race in the Soviet Union
They targeted the smallest nations and conquered them by force
The Soviet strategy was to allow nations with an interest in communism to approach them and ask for help before they intervened
