WorksheetsPeriod 9 Cold War Review I
Total questions: 57
Worksheet time: 29mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the capital of North Korea?
a)
Seoul
b)
Pyongyang
c)
Moscow
d)
Beijing
2.
How long was the Cold War
a)
1939-1945
b)
1947-1991
c)
1950-1995
d)
1933-1978
3.
Who was the communist leader in China?
a)
Chaing-Kai shek
b)
Mao Zedong
c)
Kim IL-Sung
d)
Joseph Stalin
4.
When was MacArthur fired?
a)
April 1951
b)
June 1951
c)
November 1950
d)
August 1952
5.
Why was General MacArthur relieved of his duty?
a)
He was terminally ill
b)
Dropped nukes on North Korea
c)
Insubordination
d)
Invading China without President Truman’s permission
6.
What theatre of Europe did the Soviet Union influence during the Cold War?
a)
Western Europe
b)
Eastern Europe
c)
Southern Europe
d)
Northern Europe
7.
Capital of Korea in 1945
a)
Seoul
b)
Pyongyang
c)
Tokyo
d)
Berlin
8.
Who was involved in the Chinese Civil War
a)
Chinese vs Americans
b)
Communists vs Nationalists
c)
Dictators vs Nationalist
d)
North and South Korea
9.
What is the capital of South Korea?
a)
Pyongyang
b)
Moscow
c)
Beijing
d)
Seoul
10.
Who was the leader of North Korea
a)
Syngman
b)
Stalin
c)
Kim Il sung
d)
Truman
11.
What type of government was Russia?
a)
Communist
b)
Fascist
c)
Democratic
d)
Monarchy
12.
Why was the 38th parallel chosen as the border between North and South Korea
a)
It divided Korea exactly in half
b)
38 was Kim Il Sung’s favorite number
c)
It was random
d)
That’s where the USSR wanted it
13.
What ideology did the Communist Chinese follow?
a)
Stalinist
b)
Maoism
c)
Fascism
d)
Monarchy
14.
Who was in charge of Japan through Marshall Law?
a)
Mao Zedong
b)
General MacArthur
c)
George Marshall
d)
Joseph McCarthy
15.
What is the 38th Parallel?
a)
The dividing line between North and South Korea
b)
A program for reconstruction of Europe.
c)
A treaty that forms an alliance between two counties.
d)
The Soviet Unions policy of isolation during the Cold war.
16.
Nationalist leader of China
a)
Zedong
b)
Mao
c)
Chiang Kai-Shek
d)
Syngman Rhee
17.
Who won the Korean War?
a)
North Korea
b)
South Korea
c)
Nobody it was a stalemate
d)
United States
18.
Who was in charge of the Nationalists
a)
Chaing Kei-Shek
b)
Harry Truman
c)
Mia Zebong
d)
FDR
19.
What countries were involved in the Forgotten War
a)
China, Japan, US
b)
USSR, US, Korea
c)
USSR, Japan, China
d)
Japan, China, Korea
20.
Where is the border of North and South Korea?
a)
38th parallel
b)
101st parallel
c)
305th parallel
d)
39th parallel
21.
How long was the DMZ in Korea?
a)
5 miles on each side of the parallel.
b)
12 miles on each side of the parallel.
c)
1.2 miles on each side of the parallel.
d)
2.2 miles on each side of the parallel
22.
Communist leader of China
a)
Mao
b)
Zedong
c)
Kai Shek
d)
Syngman Rhee
23.
Who is the revolutionary Chinese communist leader?
a)
Kim ll Sung
b)
Syngman Rhee
c)
General MacArthur
d)
Mao Zedong
24.
Who was Syngman Rhee?
a)
Communist dictator of North Korea
b)
Non-communist dictator of North Korea
c)
Communist dictator of South Korea
d)
Non-communist dictator of South Korea
25.
Who was the military governor in charge of American Occupied Japan
a)
Harry S. Truman
b)
Dwight Eisenhower
c)
Douglas MacArthur
d)
Hirohito
26.
Where did South Korea meet North Korea
a)
38th parallel
b)
Berlin Wall
c)
Piccadilly
d)
Seoul
27.
Who was the general of UN forces in Korea?
a)
Douglas McArthur
b)
Dwight Eisenhower
c)
Captain Price
d)
Syghman Rhee
28.
What is the capital of North Korea
a)
Seoul
b)
38th parallel
c)
Pyongyang
d)
Moscow
29.
What was the official capital of Korea
a)
Pyongyang
b)
Seoul
c)
Tokyo
d)
Beijing
30.
Who was in charge of the Communists
a)
Chiang Kai-Shek
b)
Mr Sal
c)
Mao Zedong
d)
Kim II Sung
31.
What is the capital of North Korea?
a)
Pyongyang
b)
Seoul
c)
Tokyo
d)
Paris
32.
What was the Iron curtain?
a)
A term by Winston Churchill to describe Russia’s policy of isolation during the Cold War.
b)
A foreign policy directed at containing communism.
c)
The first man made craft to orbit Earth.
d)
The leader of the Soviet Union.
33.
Leader of the Nationlists?
a)
Mao Zedong
b)
Kim ll Sung
c)
Chiang Kai-Sheck
d)
Harry S. Truman
34.
Who won the Korean War?
a)
China
b)
Northern Korea
c)
Southern Korea
d)
no one, there has been no settlement
35.
Who helped US protect South Korea for the invading North?
a)
NATO
b)
France
c)
Taiwan
d)
UN
36.
What country was occupied by America that was close to Korea?
a)
China
b)
Russia
c)
Japan
d)
Mongolia
37.
Which side did the US support in the Korean War?
a)
North Korea
b)
Nationalists
c)
South Korea
d)
Communists
38.
Who is the dictator of North Korea?
a)
Syngman Rhee
b)
Douglas MacArthur
c)
Kim ll Sung
d)
Mao Zedong
39.
What does DMZ mean
a)
Taiwan
b)
Dictator Mao Zebong
c)
District Military Zone
d)
Demilitarized Zone
40.
When was armistice agreed upon
a)
July 27, 1953
b)
June 6, 1944
c)
September 29, 2003
d)
September 1, 1939
41.
What became the new policy to stop the spread of Communism?
a)
NATO
b)
The Truman Doctrine
c)
Communist Policy
d)
There was no policy
42.
What is the Berlin Wall?
a)
A wall constructed between east and west Berlin with guards watching for people to escape from East Berlin to West Berlin.
b)
A competition of space exploration between the United States and the Soviet Union.
c)
The big three at the Yalta conference.
d)
Communist leader in Northern China.
43.
Why did the UN intervene in the Korean War?
a)
They felt like it
b)
To contain communism
c)
They thought war was fun
d)
They wanted to vacation there
44.
What was the parallel that the Russians and Allied forces agree on?
a)
68th parallel
b)
38th parallel
c)
39th parallel
d)
13th parallel
45.
What is the Berlin Wall?
a)
A wall constructed between east and west Berlin with guards watching for people to escape from East Berlin to West Berlin.
b)
A competition of space exploration between the United States and the Soviet Union.
c)
The big three at the Yalta conference.
d)
Communist leader in Northern China.
46.
North Korea and South Korea are separated by what?
a)
38th Latitude
b)
38th Parallel
c)
30th Parallel
d)
The Korean Wall
47.
Who is considered “the hero”
a)
Kim II Sung
b)
Syngman Rhee
c)
Harry S Truman
d)
Gen. MacArthur
48.
What does armistice mean
a)
Repercussions
b)
Protect
c)
demilitarized zone
d)
Temporary truce
49.
Who won the Chinese Civil War?
a)
Mao
b)
Kim II Sung
c)
Chiang-Kai Shek
d)
Syngman Rhee
50.
Who was the military governor of Japan after World War 2?
a)
Stalin
b)
General Eisenhower
c)
General Patton
d)
General MacArthur
51.
Who is Mao Zedong?
a)
Communist leader in Northern China.
b)
Leader of North Vietnam.
c)
U.S President.
d)
Soviet Union leader.
52.
How did the Cold War end?
a)
The Soviet Union collapsed.
b)
The Yalta conference.
c)
The Truman Doctrine
d)
The Marshall Plan
53.
Why was MacArthur dismissed?
a)
He wanted to use nuclear weapons on China
b)
He was helping North Korea
c)
He was secretly a communist
d)
He committed treason
54.
The United States backed Syngman Rhee for what reason?
a)
He was the fairly elected leader of Korea
b)
He was a supporter of communist ideology
c)
President Truman believed he was the best man to rule Korea
d)
He was not a communist
55.
What was the MAIN advantage that the North Koreans had over the South Koreans in the early stages of the Korean War?
a)
They had a better industry than the South.
b)
They had a better trained army than the South Koreans.
c)
The North Koreans had better diplomacy than the South.
d)
They had a better air force and navy compared to the South.
56.
Which group did the United States accept as the true China after the Chinese civil war?
a)
The Nationalists, who fled to Taiwan
b)
The Nationalists, who occupied China
c)
The Communists, who occupied China
d)
The followers of Mao Zedong
57.
What caused China to intervene in the Korean War?
a)
General MacArthur pushing close to Chinese territory
b)
President Truman threatening to use nuclear weapons against them
c)
North Korea calling for China’s aid
d)
China’s opposition to communism
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