WorksheetsUnit 11: Cold War - Part 2 - USSR
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
SALT (Strategic Arms Limitations Treaty) I, SALT II, and the START treaties were all examples of the United States
trying to diffuse tensions in Western Europe.
trying to diffuse tensions in the Middle East.
failing to address military issues during the era of the Cold War.
working with the Soviet Union to reduce the levels of nuclear weapons.
The original purpose of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) was to
prevent another world war.
create free trade between all nations.
limit pollution and the exploitation of natural resources.
provide for a defense pact against possible Soviet aggression.
The Truman Doctrine of the late 1940s was
a plan for the peaceful use of atomic energy.
aimed at a peaceful settlement in the Middle East.
a plan for general disarmament following World War II.
the U.S. policy of offering aid to countries threatened by communism.
In order to break the Soviet blockade against West Berlin in 1948, the United States and Great Britain
blockaded Cuba in retaliation to Soviet actions.
broke off all diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union.
instituted an economic boycott of all imported Soviet goods.
began an airlift designed to keep West Berlin supplied with goods.
Which statement BEST describes the goals of Mikhail Gorbechev's policies of perestroika and glasnost?
create greater openness within Soviet society and restructure the economy to increase the flow of ideas and goods
strengthen the military through a nuclear missile program and take stronger steps to control the media
brutally suppress political opposition and create a modern economic system based on socialist ideals
end hostilities with the United States and permit freedom for the Baltic republics
Which leader is MOST closely associated with the end of communism within the Soviet Union?
Vladimir Lenin
Leonid Brezhnev
Nikita Khrushcev
Mikhail Gorbachev
The Tiananmen Square protests, the anti-Apartheid movement, and the fall of the Berlin Wall all represent efforts
in the pursuit of freer governments.
to resist Western influence during the Cold War.
of an uneducated majority against minority rule.
of a bureaucratic elite to stop foreign intervention.
· Czechoslovakia
· East Germany
· Hungary
· Poland
Which of these was a common theme amongst the countries listed following World War II?
They all joined N.A.T.O.
They all came under Soviet control.
They refused to make peace with Germany.
They refused to make peace with the Soviets.
When Winston Churchill said "an iron curtain has descended across the Continent" of Europe in 1946, what did he mean?
Nations of Europe were unable to defeat Hitler.
Part of Europe was being isolated from democracy.
European nations were falling victim to environmental pollution.
Europe was industrially and economically behind the rest of the world.
Which political organization was MOST associated with the "iron curtain" countries?
OPEC
NATO
Warsaw Pact
United Nations
· created October 24, 1945
· created to foster international unity
· 51 nations joined in 1945
· 192 member nations in 2012
What international organization is being described here?
The Red Cross
The Warsaw Pact
The United Nations
The Atlantic Charter
Which of these events is often considered the height of the nuclear arms race that brought the United States and the Soviet Union to the brink of war in 1963
the U-2 incident
Cuban Missile Crisis
Bay of Pigs invasion
the Berlin Air Lift
