WorksheetsUnit 3: Cold War and Conclusion
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 13mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who was North Vietnam's communist ruler?
a)
Hun Sen
b)
Norodom Sihanouk
c)
Ho Chi Minh
d)
Ngo Dinh Diem
2.
Why was the US opposed to Ho Chi Minh's leadership of North Vietnam?
a)
He was not democratically elected.
b)
He was the ruler of the communist government of N. Vietnam and was backed by the Soviet Union.
c)
He had supported Japan in WWII
d)
He wanted too much financial and military support from the US
3.
Why did the US support Ngo Dinh Diem in Vietnam event though he rigged elections?
a)
He was a friend of Eisenhower.
b)
He was not a communist
c)
He was a likeable leader who had been educated in the US
d)
He was young and could remain in power for a long time
4.
Which is a TRUE statement about US involvement in Vietnam?
a)
President Nixon announced a Vietnamization plan for withdrawal of US troops
b)
President Eisenhower avoided all involvement in Vietnam because of his military experience
c)
President Carter brought world leaders together to resolve conflicts in Vietnam
d)
President Johnson opposed passage of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
5.
Which are related to US involvement in Vietnam?
a)
Camp David Accords, Nikita Khrushchev, Dwight Eisenhower
b)
Tet Offensive, Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, antiwar protests
c)
Vietnamization plan, Harry Truman, homeland security
d)
Antiwar protests, all volunteer army, support for North Vietnam
6.
Soon after US troops pulled out of SE Asia, _______
a)
South Vietnam won its independence and became a democratic nation
b)
South Vietnam remained anti-communist but continued to be ruled by a dictator
c)
The communists had taken over South Vietnam, but Eisenhower's domino theory did not occur
d)
South Vietnam fell to North Vietnam and the two become a single communist nation
7.
What happened when the Soviets invaded Czechslovakia?
a)
The right to free speech was guaranteed after the invasion
b)
The Red Army occupied Prague and arrested the KSC leader
c)
The reforms of the Prague Spring were implemented
d)
The UN took immediate action to support the Czech people.
8.
What term describes the effort to ease tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union in the 1970s?
a)
negotiants
b)
accord
c)
coup d'etat
d)
détente
9.
As part of the effort to ease tensions, the US and USSR signed treaties that put limitations on the numbers and kinds of nuclear missiles each country was building. What were these treaties called?
a)
Warsaw Pact
b)
NATO
c)
SALT
d)
Helsinki Accords
10.
Which countries exercised tight controls over their citizens?
a)
Denmark, Italy, Romania
b)
France, West Germany, Czechoslovakia
c)
Poland, East Germany, Romania
d)
Hungary, Cuba, Canada
11.
Which is an INCORRECT match?
a)
East Germany: people lived in comfortable homes, shopped in busy stores, and drove the latest cars
b)
Moscow: long lines of people waited to buy food and clutched government coupons to buy clothes
c)
Poland: workers labored long hours in coal mines and shipyards and received modest ration cards
d)
Romania: the communist government exercised tight controls on the personal freedom of individuals
12.
Which statement describes Alexander Solzhenitsyn?
a)
Czech leader who tried to establish "socialism with a human face"
b)
Soviet dissident who campaigned for human rights in communist countries
c)
Russian novelist exiled for writing about oppression in the Soviet Union
d)
Polish leader of Solidarity, the first self-governing worker's union in the Soviet world
13.
Which statement best describes Karol Jozef Wojtyla?
a)
Polish Pope of the Roman Catholic Church from 1978 to 2005 who was instrumental in ending the Cold War; also known as Pope John Paul II
b)
Soviet dissident who campaigned for human rights in communist countries
c)
Russian novelist exiled for writing about oppression in the Soviet Union
d)
Czech leader who tried to establish "socialism with a human face"
14.
Which US president said "My idea of American policy toward the Soviet Union is simple: We win, they lose."
a)
Jimmy Carter
b)
Ronald Reagan
c)
Richard Nixon
d)
George Bush
15.
How did Ronald Reagan characterize his policy toward the Soviet Union?
a)
as a continuation of détente
b)
as unimportant to the global scene
c)
as a struggle between good and evil
d)
as an alliance beginning to work
16.
Who earned a nickname referring to an unbending opposition to communism?
a)
Margaret Thatcher
b)
Jimmy Carter
c)
Winston Churchill
d)
Gerald Ford
17.
Which communist leader initiated the reform policies of glasnost and perestroika?
a)
Mikhail Gorbachev
b)
Konstantin Chernenko
c)
Yuri Andropov
d)
Leonid Brezhnev
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