WorksheetsCold War quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 7mins
What is the Marshall Plans
A plan for US to stop China from taking over Europe
A plan for US to aid Russia
A plan for US to aid Europe
How much money did the US initially give to help Europe's economic recovery?
$17 billion
$100 billion
$17 million
$170 million
What was the Truman Doctrine?
President Truman declared war on the Soviet Union
Truman's oath as President
Truman's declaration to Congress that the US needed to help stop communism
When President Truman nominated George C. Marshall
Which nations were mainly apart of the space race?
China & US
Japan & USSR
US & USR
US & USSR
Who built the Berlin Wall?
Soviet Union
NATO
US
China
Which statement best describes the ‘Iron Curtain’ ?
The division between East Germany and West Germany
The division between communist Europe and non-communist Europe
The division between East Berlin and West Berlin
The division between North Korea and South Korea
What happened as a result of the launch of Sputnik in 1957?
It started the space race.
U.S. began to invest more money into math & science education.
The U.S. started NASA.
All of the above
During what event did the U.S. bypass to get around the Soviet's blockade ?
Berlin Airlift
Cuban Missile Crisis
Korean War
Vietnam War
How did the Cuban Missile Crisis end?
Soviets removed the missiles in Cuba in response to a U.S. blockade
United States responded by placing missiles of its own in China
United States declared war on the Soviet Union
Break up of the Soviet Union into independent countries
Which of the following was created by the communists in response to the formation of NATO?
Axis Powers
United Nations
League of Nations
Warsaw Pact
Which term best describes the linking of nations through trade, information, technologies, and communication?
Globalization
Servicing
Outsourcing
Travel
What event kick started the Cold War?
Hiroshima & Nanjing
Hangzhou & Nanjing
Hiroshima & Nagasaki
Hangzhou & Nagasaki
The belief that if one nation fell to communism, more would is called...
Truman Doctrine
Marshall Plan
Domino Theory
Containment
Started by Joseph McCarthy, this was an all-out hunt for communist in the United Stated
Trumanism
Rosseveltism
McCarthyism
Stalinism
The Truman Doctrine was supposed to stop the spread of communism by giving countries
money
weapons
computers
new leaders
Which one of these is not ideal of communism?
Government controls all means of production.
Abolishment of private property
A progressive income tax structure that is higher on the rich.
Classless utopian society
Who was the leader of the Communist party?
Emperor Hirohito
Deng Xiaoping
George W. Bush
Mao Zedong
Which of these beliefs made the U.S. decision to join the Vietnam War?
Domino Theory
Mutually Assured Destruction
Detente
U-2 Incident
Which organization is made of military allies of the US during the Cold War?
NATO
Warsaw Pact
Non-Aligned Movement
Bay of Pigs
Who was the United States President during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Harry Truman
Dwight Eisenhower
Robert Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
