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The cold war era

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Cold War means

a)

Hot War

b)

Direct War

c)

Superpower rivalry

d)

Tension between superpowers

2.

United Nations conference on Trade and Development by the United Nations was held in which year ?

a)

1970

b)

1977

c)

1975

d)

1972

3.

Which one of the counties were not the member of Warsaw Pact?

a)

Bulgaria

b)

Poland

c)

Greece

d)

Czechoslovakia

4.

Which one of the countries was not the member of NATO?

a)

Britain

b)

Hungary

c)

Belgium

d)

Netherlands

5.

Which of the following statements about the NIEO is not false ?

a)

Obtain access to western markets

b)

Provide the developed countries with a greater role in international economic institutions

6.

Which of the following was more likely to provoke a direct military confrontation between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R.?

a)

The Cuban missile crisis of 1962

b)

The construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961

c)

The Korean War of 1950-1953

d)

The Berlin Airlift of 1948

7.

Kwame Nkrumah, one of the founding members of NAM belonged to

a)

Egypt

b)

Yugoslavia

c)

Ghana

d)

Indonesia

8.

Gamal Abdel Nasser, founding member of NAM belonged to

a)

Egypt

b)

Yugoslavia

c)

Ghana

d)

Indonesia

9.

India is a ________ world country.

a)

First

b)

Second

c)

Third

d)

Fourth

10.

Russia is a _________ world country.

a)

First

b)

Second

c)

Third

d)

Fourth

11.

India's perspective for signing 'Treaty of Peace and friendship' with USSR was that it needed military & diplomatic support during Bangladesh crisis.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

12.
Who was the leader of the Cuban Communists?
a)
Mao Zedong
b)
Phillipe Alegante
c)
Fidel Castro
d)
Nikita Krushchev
13.
To hold back the spread of communism, the United States adopted which policy?
a)
Estrangement! 
b)
Isolationism! 
c)
Appeasement!
d)
Containment!
14.
The Purpose of the Marshall Plan was to:
a)
Destroy Western Europe.
b)
Rebuild Western Europe.
c)
Create the Warsaw Pact.
d)
Defend against the Soviets!
15.
What is a satellite state?
a)
A communist state meant to create a buffer zone for the USSR
b)
A communist state that fought against the USSR
c)
A colony in outer space circling the planet
d)
A capitalist state that was part of NATO
16.

What was the Great Leap Forward?

a)

Radical program in the Soviet Union to speed up the country's economic growth and reach the final stages of communism

b)

Radical program in China to speed up the country's economic growth and reach the final stages of communism

c)

U.S. foreign policy aimed at resisting the spread of Communism around the globe

d)

Chinese foreign policy aimed at resisting the spread of Communism around the globe

17.

In what year did China become a communist country?

a)

1948

b)

1949

c)

1950

d)

1951

18.

Who coined the term Iron Curtain?

a)

Franklin Roosevelt

b)

Joseph Stalin

c)

Harry Truman

d)

Winston Churchill

19.
The ideology that if one country in Southeast Asia fell to Communism, others would follow--
a)
Domino Theory
b)
Berlin Arilift
c)
Eisenhower Doctrine
d)
Warsaw Pact
20.

Following a policy of neutrality on global issues was one of the objectives of NAM

a)

True

b)

False

21.

India led the world protest against US when the latter attacked Egypt over Suez canal issue in 1956.

a)

True

b)

False

22.

The first NAM Summit was held at Belgrade in the year

a)

1962

b)

1964

c)

1961

d)

1960

23.

In June of 1950, North Korean forces crossed the _____________ and invaded the South.

a)

38th parallel

b)

36th parallel

c)

34th parallel

d)

31st parallel

24.

On January 1, 1959, Fidel Castro’s forces overthrew the government led by:

a)

Vicente Fox

b)

Gabriela Mistral

c)

José López Portillo

d)

Fulgencio Batista

25.

U.S. fears about the spread of communism were increased when ____ became a Communist nation in 1949.

a)

Yugoslavia

b)

China

c)

South Korea

d)

Vietnam

26.

Which two ideologies were involved in a conflict during the Cold War era?

a)

Communism and Capitalism

b)

Monarchism and Capitalism

c)

Communalism and Capitalism

d)

None of them

27.

Which organisation came into existence in April 1949?

a)

CENTO

b)

NATO

c)

Warsaw Pact

d)

SEATO

28.

Which of the following countries was not a NATO member?

a)

Germany

b)

Czech Republic

c)

France

d)

India

29.

Which one of the following is an agreement signed between the two superpowers starting in the 1960s?

a)

Berlin Pact

b)

Limited Test Ban Treaty

c)

Moscow Agreement

d)

Warsaw Pact

30.

The event that took place in 1961 was

a)

The construction of the Berlin wall

b)

Soviet intervention in Afghanistan

c)

Vietnamese Intervention in Cambodia

d)

The unification of Germany