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Unit 12: The Cold War

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

After World War II, the United States and Soviet Union ________________________________.

a)

agreed to work with each other to ensure that another war did not occur.

b)

became fierce rivals as a result of conflicting political beliefs.

c)

fought each other directly over control of Eastern Europe.

d)

formed NATO, a treaty organization with the purpose of avoiding war.

2.

European countries were forced to align with either the United States or Soviet Union because World War II had ___________________________________.

a)

devastated Europe, leaving the countries without real power of their own.

b)

been fought as a result of conflict between communists and capitalists.

c)

left the United States and the Soviet Union in charge of making global decisions.

d)

caused a political rift between the countries in continental Europe.

3.

Who led the communists to victory in 1949 in the Chinese civil war?

a)

Mao Zedong

b)

Ho Chi Minh

c)

Deng Xiaoping

d)

Chiang Kai-shek

4.

U.S. involvement in the Korean and Vietnam Wars were direct results of the _________________________.

a)

Truman Doctrine

b)

Policy of deterrence

c)

Marshall Plan

d)

Policy of containment

5.

Which was the first area of conflict between Soviet and U.S. political ideals after World War II?

a)

Eastern Europe

b)

Korea

c)

Turkey

d)

Vietnam

6.

As a direct result of World War II, _________________________.

a)

Germany was divided into East and West

b)

the Soviet Union and the United States became rivals

c)

China became a communist state

d)

France took control of Vietnam

7.

West Berlin was ___________________________.

a)

a city entirely surrounded by East German territory

b)

a city entirely surrounded by West German territory

c)

divided into French, British, American, and Soviet sectors

d)

divided into two sectors at the border of East and West Germany

8.

To stop the Soviet Union from delivering missiles to Cuba, Kennedy decided to __________________.

a)

have Cuban exiles invade their homeland at the Bay of Pigs.

b)

set up a naval blockade to stop the Soviets, thus averting a nuclear war.

c)

invade Cuba with U.S. forces, risking nuclear war.

d)

attack the Soviets directly, but not use nuclear weapons.

9.

The Berlin Wall was erected in order to _________________________________.

a)

stop the flow of refugees from East Germany.

b)

prevent the spread of communism.

c)

protect Soviet military supplies.

d)

retaliate against U.S. aggression.

10.

The Marshall Plan was enacted because the USA believed that communism was only successful in countries that _______________________________.

a)

had no history of democracy.

b)

were devastated by World War II.

c)

were located close to the Soviet Union.

d)

faced economic problems.

11.

True or False: The U.S. policy of containment was established to stop communism from spreading to other countries.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

True or False: The Cold War not only divided the United States and the Soviet Union but also divided Europe.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

True or False: Because the U.S. government embraced the domino theory, it became necessary for the country to become involved in the Vietnam War.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

During the Cuban missile crisis, Khrushchev agreed to remove the missiles from Cuba if the United States would _____________________________________.

a)

not invade Cuba.

b)

send aid to the USSR.

c)

send aid to Cuba.

d)

remove missiles from Florida.

15.

The United States considered Cuba a threat because Cuban exiles had informed them that the USSR had placed what there?

a)

Nuclear Submarines

b)

Radar Stations

c)

Undercover Spies

d)

Nuclear Missiles

16.

The Cold War developed between the United States and the Soviet Union after the end of _____ in 1945.

a)

Korean War

b)

Vietnam War

c)

World War I

d)

World War II

17.

The Soviets built the _____ between East and West Germany to keep people from fleeing the communist

a)

Nuclear Weapons

b)

Berlin Wall

c)

Domino Wall

d)

38th Parallel

18.

________led both the Soviet Union and the United States to build and stockpile massive weapons.

a)

World War II

b)

Arms Race

c)

Massive Retaliation

d)

Deterrence

19.

The _____ proposed that if one country fell to communism, surrounding countries would also fall under communist control.

a)

Berlin Wall

b)

Domino Theory

c)

Containment

d)

Truman Doctrine

20.

_____ led a revolution in Cuba and took over the government.

a)

Mao Zedong

b)

Joseph Stalin

c)

Nikita Khrushchev

d)

Fidel Castro

21.

The Soviet Union and the United States were involved in a ____________ when they used substitutes to fight each other.

a)

Arms Race

b)

Space Race

c)

Massive Retaliation

d)

Hot War

22.

The Marshall Plan was designed to--

a)

airlift food, supplies, and weapons behind the iron curtain of Europe.

b)

restore economic stability and prevent the spread of communism in Europe.

c)

develop a comprehensive military strategy for the defense of France.

d)

make western European nations stronger than nations under soviet control.

23.

The Vietnam and Korean Wars were similar because they were both --

a)

short and decisive victories for the United States

b)

battles to gain new land for their countries

c)

conflicts to maintain the US policy of containment

d)

were both fought mainly using trench warfare

24.

How did the political division of postwar Germany heighten Cold War tensions?

a)

Poland was not granted a seaport on the Baltic Sea.

b)

Many Slavic people in West Germany did not have Soviet protection.

c)

Western allies maintained possession of the western half of Berlin located within the Soviet controlled portion of Germany.

d)

The West German government was unsuccessful in efforts to reunite the two halves during the Cold War because of resistance by Western allies.

25.

The concepts of glasnost and perestroika introduced by President Gorbachev introduced which two concepts

a)

Regulation & Oversight

b)

Reform & Freedom

c)

Openness & Regulation

d)

Openness & Reform

26.

Reforms in the Soviet Union that began in 1989 eventually led to _______________________________.

a)

reduction of the nuclear arms race.

b)

a peaceful revolution in Germany.

c)

the construction of the Berlin Wall.

d)

the addition of several new republics to the Soviet Union.

27.

Reforms in the Soviet Union began in 1989 under the Russian leader _________________________.

a)

Boris Yeltsin.

b)

Vladimir Putin.

c)

Mikhail Gorbachev.

d)

Dmitry Medvedev.

28.

On December 8, 1987 Reagan and Gorbachev signed the INF Treaty which would _________________________________.

a)

require both countries to stop assisting other nations when confronted with being imperialized.

b)

require both countries to destroy thousands of nuclear weapons in their arsenals.

c)

allow for both countries to increase production on the number of weapons in their arsenals.

d)

allow for both countries to share information on their space race programs.

29.

During the Cold War, which Soviet leader relaxed tensions with the West?

a)

Stalin

b)

Gorbachev

c)

Khrushchev

d)

Brezhnev

30.

What United States President is given credit by historians as the architect of the end of the Soviet Union?

a)

George H. Bush

b)

Bill Clinton

c)

Ronald Reagan

d)

Richard Nixon