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Cold War Chapter 13 Test

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This word refers to the act of spying.

a)

desegregate

b)

mercantilism

c)

containment

d)

espionage

2.

This is the name of the policy that aimed to prevent the spread of communism by blocking Soviet Union.

a)

brinkmanship

b)

containment

c)

domino theory

d)

imperialism

3.

This term was used by Winston Churchill to represent the division between a mostly democratic Western Europe and a Communist Eastern Europe.

a)

Berlin Wall

b)

Bamboo Curtain

c)

Great Wall

d)

Iron Curtain

4.

In the presidential election of 1948, Harry S Truman barely defeated this opponent by 2 million votes.

a)

John Wayne

b)

Thomas Dewey

c)

Douglas MacArthur

d)

Dwight Eisenhower

5.

This was an organization of nations which was set up after World War II.

a)

League of Nations

b)

Organization of American States

c)

United Nations

d)

World League

6.

Immediately following WWII, how many occupation zones was Germany divided into?

a)

one

b)

two

c)

three

d)

four

7.

What was/is the name of Communist China?

a)

Lone Star China

b)

Peoples Communist Theocracy of China

c)

USSR

d)

Peoples Republic of China

8.

This economic policy set up by the United States Secretary of State, was designed to give European nations the aid needed to rebuild after World War II.

a)

Truman Doctrine

b)

Treaty of Versailles

c)

Marshall Plan

d)

Fair Deal

9.

Name the American Senator who led the search for communists in the US during the early 1950’s.

a)

William Taft

b)

John Kennedy

c)

Joseph McCarthy

d)

Thomas Dewey

10.

The Democratic Republic of Germany was also called

a)

East Germany

b)

West Germany

11.

What was the purpose of the Truman Doctrine?

a)

to raise funds for Communist activities in Europe

b)

to create a Communist party in the United State

c)

to judge political parties that favored communism

d)

to support countries that rejected communism

12.

In early 1945, Stalin declared that communism and this economic system could not exist in the same world.

a)

feudalism

b)

merchantilism

c)

socialism

d)

capitalism

13.

In 1950, Congress passed this act which required all Communist groups to register with the government and to provide lists of its members.

a)

Taft-Hartley Act

b)

Sherman Anti-trust Act

c)

19th Amendment

d)

McCarran Act

14.

Which Germany was communist?

a)

West Germany

b)

East Germany

c)

North Germany

d)

South Germany

15.

For nearly 11 months, 227,000 flights were made, and 2.3 million tons of supplies were dropped in this divided Germany city to prevent it from being taken over by the Soviets.

a)

Hamburg

b)

Frankfurt

c)

Berlin

d)

Munich

16.

He was the first communist leader of China.

a)

Mao Zedong

b)

Ho Chi Mihn

c)

Joseph Stalin

d)

Winston Churchill

17.

Which person was the original commander of the United Nations forces in the Korean War?

a)

George S Patton

b)

Douglas MacArthur

c)

Mao Zedong

d)

Matthew Perry

18.

Approximately where was the border set between North Korea and South Korea at the time of the cease-fire in the Korean War?

a)

17 degree

b)

49 degree 40 minutes

c)

29 degrees

d)

38 degrees

19.

When did the Chinese troops enter the war in Korea?

a)

when the UN voted to intervene

b)

when the fighting neared China’s border

c)

when MacArthur’s troops landed at Inchon

d)

When North Korean troops crossed the 38th parallel

20.

President Eisenhower signed which law that would create a system of highways to connect the states?

a)

1956 Federal Highway Act

b)

1956 Interstate Act

c)

1956 Thruway Act

d)

1956 Safe Road Act

21.

Which two groups fought a civil war in China both before and after World War II?

a)

the peasants and the middle class

b)

the warlords and the emperor

c)

the nationalists and the Communists

d)

the socialists and the democrats?

22.

Name the pro-democracy/capitalism alliance that was created after World War II.

a)

Warsaw Pact

b)

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

c)

Triple Alliance

d)

Dual Entente

23.

After WWII, Americans became focused on accumulating money and possessions rather than personal and spiritual matters. What term describes this?

a)

infanticide

b)

materialism

c)

McCarthyism

d)

Spiritualism

24.

This act was passed in 1947, and put restrictions on labor unions. It basically prevented unions from going out on strike.

a)

Taft-Hartley Act

b)

McCarron Act

c)

Navigation Act

d)

Safe Food Act

25.

In 1957 the Soviets sent into space the world’s first artificial satellite. What was its name?

a)

Apollo

b)

Sputnik

c)

Soyuz

d)

Mercury