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Cold War Continues

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 31mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which Chinese leader is most closely associated

with leading the Great Leap Forward and the

Cultural Revolution?

a)

Sun Yixian (Sun Yat-sen)

b)

Jiang Jieshi (Chiang Kai-shek)

c)

Mao Zedong

d)

Deng Xiaoping

2.

Who led the nationalists in China?

a)

Mao Zedong

b)

Chiang Kai-shek

c)

Ho Chi Minh

d)

Ngo Dinh Diem

3.

To industrialize China rapidly through manpower, not machines, was a goal of..

a)

the Cultural Revolution

b)

The Great Leap Forward

c)

The Long March

d)

The Civil War in China

4.

To do away with the past and look towards the future was the goal of the...

a)

Cultural Revolution

b)

Great Leap Forward

c)

Capitalism

d)

Fascism

5.
Which one is not one of the four olds?
a)
old ideas 
b)
old culture 
c)
old customs
d)
old men 
6.
What two nations were in competition with each other during the Cold War?
a)
Spain and Portugal
b)
England and France
c)
Germany and Italy
d)
United States and Soviet Union
7.
How did the Korean War end?
a)
Peace Treaty
b)
South Korea Victory
c)
North Korea Victory
d)
Armistice
8.
Why did the U.S. get involved in the Korean War & the Vietnam War?
a)
To support the USSR
b)
To stop the spread of communism
c)
To convict Ethel and Julius Rosenberg
d)
To liberate prisoners of war
9.

____________ started the Korean War by invading ________________.

a)

N Korea/S Korea

b)

USA/N Korea

c)

China/USA

d)

China/S Korea

10.
Was the US successful in containing communism in Vietnam?
a)
Yes
b)
No
11.

A standoff in 1962 between the United States and Soviet Union over missiles the Soviets were placing in Cuba.

a)

embargo

b)

diplomacy

c)

Cuban Missile Crisis

d)

Tet Offensive

12.

A conflict fought by two sides who are supported by two other, more powerful enemies who are involved in a larger struggle.

a)

proxy war

b)

Vietnam War

c)

Cold War

d)

Korean War

13.

A conflict from 1950 to 1953 between Communist China and North Korea and the United States and South Korea.

a)

Vietnam War

b)

proxy war

c)

Korean War

d)

proxy war

14.

A conflict from 1964 to 1975, between the Communist North Vietnamese and the U.S.-supported South Vietnamese.

a)

Vietnam War

b)

Korean War

c)

proxy war

d)

Cold War

15.

Who was the United States President during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

a)

Harry Truman

b)

Dwight Eisenhower

c)

John F. Kennedy

d)

Robert Kennedy

e)

James Gregory

16.

Who was the Cuban Dictator during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

a)

John F. Kennedy

b)

Nikita Khrushchev

c)

Fidel Castro

d)

Dwight Eisenhower

e)

Edwardo Obstinado

17.

The failed US attempt to overthrow the communist Cuban government in 1961 was called the:

a)

Bay of Pigs Invasion

b)

Cuban Missile Crisis

c)

Project to Eliminate Cuban Communism (PECC)

d)

Inchon Invasion

e)

Anti-Totalitarian Takeover (ATT)