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Cold War

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

After WWII, the Soviet Union controlled what region of the world?

a)

Eastern Europe

b)

Western Europe

c)

Middle East Mandates

d)

China

2.

The policy of containment meant stopping the spread of--

a)

democracy

b)

communism

c)

capitalism

d)

monarchy

3.

Which leader is most associated with the following events:

-Tearing down the Berlin Wall

-Breakup of the Soviet Union

-Soviet economic collapse

a)

Mikhail Gorbachev

b)

Joseph Stalin

c)

Fidel Castro

d)

Vladimir Lenin

4.

Who led the communists in the Chinese Civil War?

a)

Deng Xiaoping

b)

Chiang Kai-shek

c)

Kim Il Sung

d)

Mao Zedong

5.

What organization belongs in the place of the question mark?

a)

League of Nations

b)

United Nations

c)

European Union

d)

Warsaw Pact

6.

What event are these newspaper headlines most closely associated with?

a)

Vietnam War

b)

Russian Revolution

c)

Korean War

d)

Chinese Civil War

7.

What year was the Berlin Wall torn down?

a)

1962

b)

1995

c)

1991

d)

1989

8.

Mikhail Gorbachev agreed to arms reduction treaties with the United States in the 1980s because--

a)

the Soviet economy could not afford another arms race

b)

he was forced to by an internal coup d'etat (uprising)

c)

West Germany acted as mediator between the US and USSR

d)

he was focused on maintaining military control of the Soviet Bloc

9.

What event explains the rise in military spending in the graph?

a)

World War II

b)

Korean War

c)

Vietnam War

d)

Space Race

10.

Who was the leader of North Vietnam?

a)

Ho Chi Minh

b)

Syngman Rhee

c)

Mao Zedong

d)

Kim Il Sung

11.

Which war ended with the country:

-being divided at the 38th parallel

-the northern part remaining communist

-the southern part becoming democratic

a)

Korean War

b)

Vietnam War

c)

Chinese Civil War

d)

Iraq War

12.

Which war ended with the country being unified as one communist nation?

a)

Korean War

b)

Vietnam War

c)

Cold War

d)

Iraq War

13.

The act of preventing nuclear attack by threatening retaliation is called--

a)

containment

b)

deterrence

c)

dominion theory

d)

Truman Doctrine

14.

Which person is most associated with all of the following descriptions:

-Worked closely with the United States

-Supported free trade

-Supported military

-British Prime Minister

a)

Margaret Thatcher

b)

Indira Gandhi

c)

Gamal Abdul Nasser

d)

Golda Meir

15.

During the Cold War, you would most likely find a communist nation in the ____ region on the map.

a)

Dark

b)

Striped

16.

During the Cold War, you would most likely find a democratic nation in the ____ region on the map.

a)

Dark

b)

Striped

17.

What idea is based on the belief that communist would spread to neighboring nations if not stopped?

a)

Deterrence

b)

Domino Theory

c)

Mutually Assured Destruction

d)

Perestroika

18.

Which leader is most associated with the policies of Glasnost and Perestroika?

a)

Deng Xiaoping

b)

Mao Zedong

c)

Mikhail Gorbachev

d)

Joseph Stalin

19.

Which policy means openness and allowed for some limited freedom?

a)

Glasnost

b)

Perestroika

20.

Which policy was about economics and allowed for some private ownership?

a)

Glasnost

b)

Perestroika