WorksheetsThe Cold War
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
President Truman adopted a new foreign policy during the Cold War known as the Truman Doctrine. What was the main goal of the Truman Doctrine?
To expand trade with Europe
To limit the build up of nuclear weapons
To send financial aid to Europe
To stop the spread of communism
The U.S. got involved in conflicts like Korea and Vietnam because they were afraid of the domino theory. What is teh domino theory?
If one country fell to democracy, others would follow.
If one country started a civil war, others would follow.
If one country fell to communism, others would follow.
This individual was the communist leader of China following a civil war ending in 1949.
(a)
Nationalist forces had all of the following advantages in the Civil War except: (check all that apply)
U.S. financial aid
Larger military
Popular support
Soviet support
This "imaginary" wall divided communist countries in the east to democratic countries in the west.
Wall of Democracy
Berlin wall
Iron Curtain
Churchill's Wall
This organization was created in response to Cold War tensions.
(a)
At Yalta, leaders agreed to divide Germany into 4 zones. What country did not receive a zone of Germany.
Italy
England
Russia
France
What is the dividing line between North Korea and South Korea is called?
The 36th parallel
The 37th parallel
The 38th parallel
The 39th parallel
Brinkmanship is best defined as...
When the U.S. and the Soviet Union were on the brink of peace.
Brinkmanship was the ideology of Cold War protesters.
A policy of threatening to go to war in response to any enemy aggression.
The Cold War was mostly a competition between the United States and
Great Britain
Soviet Union
Korea
Germany
During the Berlin Blockade, the U.S. flew supplies to west Berlin. What was this called?
(a)
Who was the communist leader of Vietnam who led the war against the U.S.?
Mao Zedgon
Ho Chi Minh
Ngo Dinh Diem
Diem Bien Phu
What happened after the U.S. withdrew troops from Vietnam?
Southern forces captured North Vietnam.
Saigon was captured and renamed Ho Chi Minh City
NATO forces took over following the U.S. withdraw
Communism spread throughout the rest of Southeast Asia
What boat was allegedly shot at in the Gulf of Tonkin which led to U.S. intervention in Vietnam?
U.S.S. Tonkin
U.S.S. Roosevelt
U.S.S. Kennedy
U.S.S. Maddox
Why were third world countries sought after by the U.S. and the Soviet Union?
They had economic influence that would prove to be useful as an ally
Strong military capabilities
Economic and political instability
They were not sought after by the U.S. and the Soviet Union.
What were the major strategies of the Cold War? (check all that apply)
Foreign Aid
Espionage
Multinational Alliances
Propaganda
Surrogate Wars
The failed Bay of Pigs invasion convinced Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev that the U.S. would not resist Soviet expansion in Latin America. So, in July 1962, Khrushchev secretly began to build 42 missile sites in Cuba. In October, an American spy plan discovered the sites. JFK declared that missiles so close to the U.S. mainland were a threat. He demanded their removal and also announced a naval blockade of Cuba. What was this event called?
The U.S. Cuban War
The U.S. Missile Crisis
The Soviet Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis
Why were the world superpowers attracted to the Middle East?
Economic expansion
Military allies
Resources
Nuclear capabilities
After the death of Stalin, who replaced him?
Nikita Lenin
Joseph Khrushchev
Nikita Khrushchev
Mikhail Gorbachev
The policy of lessening Cold War tensions is known as what?
(a)
In China, Mao thought China's new economic policies weakened the Communist goal of social equality. He was determined to revive the revolution. In 1966, he urged China's young people to "learn revolution by making revolution." Millions of high school and college students responded. They left their classrooms and formed militia units. What were they called?
Black Guards
Blue Guards
Red Guards
Yellow Guards
What island did Jiang Jieshi use to set up a Nationalist China?
Taiwan
Okinawa
Saipan
Saigon
In response to the formation of NATO, what did the Soviet Union create?
United Nations
League of Nations
Warsaw Pact
Satellite Pact
When the blockade of Berlin started, what was the only way to get food and supplies into the city?
By cars
By boats
By trains
By airplanes
At what conference did the leaders of the U.S., Britain, and the Soviet Union meet to divide Germany?
Berlin Conference
Yalta Conference
Munich Conference
Cold War Conference
