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Total questions: 41

Worksheet time: 1hrs 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was Marshall's biggest fear?

a)

Communist takeover from Soviet Union

b)

World War 3

c)

Economic ruin for America

d)

Alien encounter

2.

What was the Truman Doctrine?

a)

President Truman declared war on the Soviet Union

b)

Truman's oath as President

c)

Truman's declaration to Congress that the US needed to help stop communism

d)

When President Truman nominated George C. Marshall

3.
Who supported communist Cuba?
a)
United States
b)
Europe
c)
Soviet Union
d)
Canada
4.
What type of government does Cuba have?
a)
communist
b)
democratic
c)
parliamentary
d)
federation
5.

Who lead the Cuban Revolution

a)

Fidel Castro

b)

Raul Castro

c)

Fulgencio Batista.

d)

Barack Obama

6.

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

7.

Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

a)

Nikita Khrushchev

b)

Joseph Stalin

c)

Mikhal Gorbachav

d)

Fidel Castro

e)

Sergei Fedorov

8.

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

9.

Kennedy approved an invasion plan called

a)

Destroy Castro

b)

Operation Cuba's Biggest Regret

c)

The Bay of Pigs Invasion

d)

The U-2Coastal Operation

e)

The Soviet Nuclear Crisis

10.

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)

11.
President Truman adopted a new foreign policy during the Cold War know as the Truman Doctrine. What was the main goal of the Truman Doctrine?
a)
To expand trade with Europe
b)
To limit the build up of nuclear weapons
c)
To stop the spread of communism
d)
to send financial aid to Europe
12.
Why was the United States involved in the Berlin Airlift?
a)
to airlift food to the people of West Berlin
b)
to bomb East Berlin
c)
to demolish the Berlin Wall
d)
to transport people out of East Berlin
13.
Why did the United States become involved in the Korean War?
a)
to contain communism
b)
to colonize Korea
c)
to spread communism
d)
to Christianize Koreans
14.
Where was Korea divided?
a)
18 parallel
b)
34 parallel
c)
38 parallel
d)
15 parallel
15.
Who built the Berlin Wall?
a)
Soviet Union
b)
NATO
c)
The UN
d)
China
16.
What does NATO stand for? 
a)
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
b)
North American Treaty Organization
c)
North American Truce Organization
d)
North Asian Trust Order
17.
What were the results of the Korean War?
a)
The two sections of Korea reunited
b)
North Korea & South Korea remained divided
c)
The Soviet Union took control of both sections of Korea
d)
China set up a communist government
18.
In what country is the city of Berlin located?
a)
France
b)
Germany
c)
England
d)
Soviet Union
19.
What program aided the rebuilding of Western Europe?
a)
Truman Doctrine
b)
NATO
c)
Warsaw Pact
d)
Marshall Plan
20.
Why is the Cold War called a "cold" war?
a)
The areas affected were in the polar regions of the world
b)
The war was fought during winter months only
c)
Leaders of the superpowers were sick with coughs and fevers
d)
There was never direct fighting between the two superpowers
21.

Zionism is

a)

the name of a religion.

b)

the name of a political movement dedicated to removing Jewish people from Europe.

c)

the name of the political movement dedicated to establishing a Jewish homeland in Palestine.

d)

the name of a rock band.

22.

Which of these was the biggest influence in the United Nations to recognize Israel as a nation-state in 1948?

a)

WWI

b)

the Holocaust

c)

discovery of oil

d)

the Middle East crisis

23.

Which BEST explains why Israel became a nation-state in Palestine after 1948?

a)

After the Ottoman empire was dismantled after World War I a new Jewish nation-state was created.

b)

The United Nations decided that Jewish people needed a homeland after six million Jews were killed during the Holocaust.

c)

Palestine was divided into two nation-states to be occupied by the Soviet Union and the United States after World War II.

d)

Fears that Palestine was becoming a communist state led the United States into creating Israel as a democratic country in the Middle East.

24.

A major conflict in the Middle East is between Arab states and ______.

a)

Iraq

b)

Iran

c)

Israel

d)

Turkey

25.

Which of the following causes the MOST conflict in the Middle East?

a)

water and gold

b)

land and religion

c)

immigration and currency

d)

natural resources and capital

26.

Anti-Semitism is

a)

hatred of Nazis.

b)

support for Jews.

c)

prejudice against Jews.

d)

support for Muslims.

27.

What do Anti-Semitism, Zionism, and the Holocaust have in common?

a)

They all led to the creation of Modern day Israel for the Jewish people.

b)

They all led to World War 2.

c)

They all happened prior to World War 1.

d)

They are all associated with the Arab ethnic group.

28.

The state of Israel was created out of lands that were part of what political entity?

a)

Germany

b)

Lebanon

c)

Palestine

29.

What do Palestinians want from Israel?

a)

Their land returned

b)

A military

c)

To immigrate to Europe

30.
What was the purpose of the PLO? 
a)
to form a military alliance 
b)
to form a trading partnership
c)
to promote terrorism
d)
to Liberate Palestine land from Jews
31.
What does PLO stand for?
a)
Palestine Lives On
b)
Palestinian Liberation Organization
c)
Protest Liberty Organization
d)
Prosperity Livelihood Oneness
32.
Who was the longtime leader of the PLO?
a)
Yassir Arafat
b)
Mahmoud Abbas
c)
Osama Bin-Laden
d)
Anwar Sadat
33.
He was the communist leader of North Vietnam
a)
Diem
b)
Johnson
c)
Ho Chi Minh
d)
Castro
34.
The idea that if South Vietnam fell to communism, other nations would soon follow...
a)
Vietnamization 
b)
Communism
c)
Domino Theory
d)
Imperialism
35.
What was the United States' policy towards communism during the early years of the Cold War?
a)
Containment
b)
Extermination
c)
Isolationsim
d)
Elimination
36.
What did the United States fear would happen if all of Vietnam became communist?
a)
Domino Theory
b)
Communism would not spread
c)
The Iron Curtain Theory
d)
Soviet Scare
37.
Who were the communists in South Vietnam?
a)
Vietminh
b)
Vietcong
c)
Ho Chi Minhions
38.
What style of warfare did the Vietcong use?
a)
Guerilla
b)
Trench
c)
Aerial
d)
Traditional
39.

What event started the space race?

a)

Soviet launch Sputnik I into orbit

b)

Soviets send Yuri Gagaran to space

c)

US send Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to the moon

d)

US discovers alien lifeforms

40.

How did the United States win the "Space Race"?

a)

launched Sputnik I

b)

sent the first man to space

c)

sent the first men to the moon

d)

first to name the planet 'Uranus'

41.

What was a result of the Cuban Missile Crisis?

a)

U.S. and USSR removed missiles and US promised not to invade Cuba

b)

World War 3

c)

Hitler and Stalin sign the Non-Aggression Pact

d)

Khrushchev built the Berlin Wall

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