WorksheetsTHE COLD WAR
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
During the 1950s what did the region described as "behind the iron curtain" described?
Soviet Union only
Soviet Union and its satellite nations
democratic nations of Western Europe
German Democratic Republic or East Germany
What was the purpose of the Truman Doctrine?
Raise funds for Communist activities in Europe
Create a Communist Party in the United States
to judge political parties that favored Communism
to support countries that rejected Communism
What was the alliance established by European Communist nations in response to NATO?
Iron Curtain
Warsaw Pact
Second World
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
What were Third World countries?
Countries alligned with the United States and its allies
Countries alligned with the Soviet Union and its allies
Developing countries not alligned with the Soviet Union or the United States
Countries with a gross national product higher than First and Second World countries
Bay of Pigs was a failed attempt to overthrow?
Fidel Castro
Fulgencio Batista
Anastasio Somoza
Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
The United States and the Soviet Union had a dangerous standoff over the presence of Soviet missiles in?
Iran
Iraq
Afghanistan
Cuba
Islamic revolutionaries held more than 60 americans hostage for over a year in?
Turkey
Iraq
Iran
Afghanistan
Which European countries could receive aid through the Marshall Plan?
any European country that needed it
any European country that shared borders with iron curtain countries
any European country that politically opposed the Soviet Union
any European country that modeled its government after U.S. democracy
Daniel Ortega was?
a U.S. supported Nicaraguan dictator
a U.S. supported Salvadorian dictator
leader of Contra forces in El Salvador
Sandinista leader in Nicaragua
Which exiled leader led the religious opposition to Western influences in Iran?
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadeq
Fidel Castro
