WorksheetsCold War Quiz
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
What does the acronym for the doctrine of MAD mean?
Missiles and Defense
Mutually assured distruction
Massachusetts Air Defense
Moscow Air Defense
What does "Detente" mean?
Easing hostililities
Spreading of communist ideology
French for defense against communism
another word used to describe the growing hostilities between democracy and communism
The Soviet Union moving missiles into Cuba was a violation of what long-standing U.S. policy?
Vienna Accords
Monroe Doctrine
Gettysburg Address
5 Year Plan
Since a "blockade" would be looked at as an act of war, what did President Kennedy call his military blockade of Cuba?
protective order
military exercise
humanitarian action
quarantine
The failed United States’ 1961 operation in Cuba was called
The Bay of Pigs
The Bay of Sheep
The Bay of Cows
The Bay of Havana
Who was president during the invasion of Cuba attempt?
Eisenhower
Truman
Kennedy
Obama
The 1972 agreement between the United States & the Soviet Union that limited nuclear weapons was called________.
The P.E.P.P.E.R. Pact
The N.A.T.O. Agreement
The S.A.L.T. Agreement
None of the above
What is a proxy war?
a war between two states
a war where no lives are lost
a war where the powers in conflict use third parties as substitutes instead of fighting each other directly
a war where women are not allowed to fight
Why did the United States get involved in the Korean War between North and South Korea?
The United States has always disliked Kim Jong-Un.
The United States did not want communism from North Korea to spread into South Korea.
The United States wanted land and resources for itself and took the opportunity to invade North Korea.
The United States was tricked into joining the war because it received a credible threat to Pearl Harbor.
The idea that when one country falls to communism in a region others are likely to also fall to communism is known as ________________.
The Slinky Effect
The Monopoly Effect
The Kennedy Doctrine
The Domino Effect
