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THE COLD WAR

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

During the 1950s what did the region described as "behind the iron curtain" described?

a)

Soviet Union only

b)

Soviet Union and its satellite nations

c)

democratic nations of Western Europe

d)

German Democratic Republic or East Germany

2.

What was the purpose of the Truman Doctrine?

a)

Raise funds for Communist activities in Europe

b)

Create a Communist Party in the United States

c)

to judge political parties that favored Communism

d)

to support countries that rejected Communism

3.

What was the alliance established by European Communist nations in response to NATO?

a)

Iron Curtain

b)

Warsaw Pact

c)

Second World

d)

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

4.

What were Third World countries?

a)

Countries alligned with the United States and its allies

b)

Countries alligned with the Soviet Union and its allies

c)

Developing countries not alligned with the Soviet Union or the United States

d)

Countries with a gross national product higher than First and Second World countries

5.

Bay of Pigs was a failed attempt to overthrow?

a)

Fidel Castro

b)

Fulgencio Batista

c)

Anastasio Somoza

d)

Mohammed Reza Pahlavi

6.

The United States and the Soviet Union had a dangerous standoff over the presence of Soviet missiles in?

a)

Iran

b)

Iraq

c)

Afghanistan

d)

Cuba

7.

Islamic revolutionaries held more than 60 americans hostage for over a year in?

a)

Turkey

b)

Iraq

c)

Iran

d)

Afghanistan

8.

Which European countries could receive aid through the Marshall Plan?

a)

any European country that needed it

b)

any European country that shared borders with iron curtain countries

c)

any European country that politically opposed the Soviet Union

d)

any European country that modeled its government after U.S. democracy

9.

Daniel Ortega was?

a)

a U.S. supported Nicaraguan dictator

b)

a U.S. supported Salvadorian dictator

c)

leader of Contra forces in El Salvador

d)

Sandinista leader in Nicaragua

10.

Which exiled leader led the religious opposition to Western influences in Iran?

a)

Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini

b)

Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi

c)

Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadeq

d)

Fidel Castro