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WorksheetsThe Cold War
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 24mins
I wanted to find Communists in the US.
My work was part of the Red Scare.
My ideas became unpopular.
Who am I?
The period after WWII of rivalry and tension between the US and the Soviet Union was called the ___.
NATO
WWII
Cold War
Russian Revolution
The Berlin Wall, which became a physical representation of the Iron Curtain & a symbol of the Cold War, was constructed to stop the movement of people between East & West Germany. What was the main difference between the two countries?
East Germany was communist and West Germany was democratic and capitalist
East Germany was a free state and West Germany was occupied by Europe
East Germany was domcractice and West Germany was a dictatorship
East Germany was Christian and West Germany was Muslim
What did the destruction of the Berlin Wall symbolize?
1st step in the fall of communism
the defeat of capitalism
the end of the Vietnam War
the end of the Cuban Missile Crisis
What 1991 event is considered the end of the Cold War?
the rule of Gorbechev
the creation of Russia
the collapse of the Soviet Union
the destruction of the Berlin Wall
The US policy during the Cold War of keeping communism where it was and not letting it spread was called...
containment
domino theory
appeasement
manifest destiny
During the Cold War you were either aligned with the US or the Soviets. The alliance in blue was/is called...
NATO
Warsaw Pact
Axis Powers
Central Powers
The image above matches with which headline below?
The Marshall Plan was designed to help _________________ recover from World War II and prevent a communist take over in that region.
Asia
South America
Africa
Western Europe
What was the name of President Truman's foreign policy during the Cold War that aimed to stop the spread of communism?
Open Door Policy
Dollar Imperialism
Roll-back Policy
Containment policy
How was the Cold War fought?
only in the Arctic and Antarctic regions
direct conventional fighting using weapons and troops between the US and USSR
detonating of nuclear bombs on civilians
Through spy agencies & the spreading of influence throughout the world
In 1957, what caused the U.S. to fear that the USSR was ahead in the space race?
Sputnik satellite
a monkey in space
a dog in space
a man on the moon!
What were the results of the Korean War, 1950-53?
Essentially a stalemate. The two Korean governments were separated again along the 38th parallel after a Chinese counterattack pushed U.S. troops out of North Korea
Korea was reunified by the UN/South Korean forces
North Korea and China took over the whole peninsula
Korea was put under the rule of the UN
