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Introduction to the Cold War

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the Cold War?

a)

ending of relations between the United States and Europe

b)

short period of arctic temperatures

c)

a struggle for world power between the United States and Soviet Union

d)

removal of Asian countries from NATO

2.

What were the conditions set forth by the Yalta Conference?

a)

Germany was to be divided into four occupation zones

b)

Poland's borders were redrawn

c)

self-government and free elections in Eastern Europe

d)

all of the above

3.

What is the Iron Curtain?

a)

dissolution of the Soviet Union

b)

the establishment of the United States as an economic power

c)

the imaginary barrier between the East and the West

d)

a trade blockade created between the United States and Europe

4.

What was the name of the legislation created by President Truman to provide aid to countries resisting communist threats?

a)

Marshall Plan

b)

Truman Mandate

c)

Truman Doctrine

d)

Potsdam Accords

5.

What was the Marshall Plan?

a)

a financial aid plan meant to degrade the Soviet economy.

b)

a financial aid plan to assist post-war recovery in Europe

c)

a war strategy on the invasion of the Soviet Union

d)

all of the above

6.

What was the Berlin airlift?

a)

parachute troops landing in Berlin to install a government

b)

the training of Berlin citizens to be pilots

c)

the removal of people from Berlin by the Soviets.

d)

an effort by the Allies to fly resources into Berlin.

7.

How did the Marshall Plan help Europe rebuild?

a)

it provided manpower to help rebuild cities.

b)

it created a series of alliances between major world powers

c)

it provided funding to European countries to rebuild the economy

d)

it dissolved the German government

8.

What was the United Nations?

a)

An assistance program to provide food, machinery, and other materials to rebuild Western Europe

b)

An international organization intended to protect members from aggression

c)

An organization to promote Soviet Policies

d)

An organization that prepares really good food.

9.

Following the war, Germany was

a)

Divided into occupied zones, the east to the Soviets and the west to the democracies.

b)

restored to the Kaiser under the supervision of the U.S.S.R.

c)

ceded to the Republic of Poland.

d)

Allowed to keep Berlin autonomous without allied supervision.

10.

The work for the week has been

a)

Difficult

b)

Easy

c)

Just Right