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WorksheetsDecathlon Cold War
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 13mins
When did the Cold War officially begin?
1922
1930
1946
1918
1928
Who started the Soviet Union?
Vladimir Lenin
Joseph Stalin
Mikhail Gorbachev
Nikita Khrushchev
What country made the first satellite and what was its name?
Soviet Union, Sputnik
United States, Landsat
China, TanSat
Germany, Azur
Vietnam, VNREDSat-1
What freedoms did FDR talk about in his speech in early 1941?
Freedom of speech
Freedom of want
Freedom of worship
Freedom of fear
Freedom of arms
The Big Three were at a conference in the Soviet Black Sea resort of Yalta in 1945.
TRUE
FALSE
Stalin signed a joint declaration that called for
open and democratic elections for all liberated nations and did do as the declaration said.
TRUE
FALSE
What leaders sparked the start of the Cold War?
American and China
Soviet and American
Russia and China
What national ideologies did the United States proudly hold during the Cold War?
Individual liberty and free-market capitalism
Dependent on the government
Individual liberty and expensive capitalism
Communism
What was the shared goal that fueled the Soviet-American partnership?
There was no goal! They had a horrible relationship!
Defeating Poland
Defeating Hitler
Having the same government views.
What empire collapsed during 1917?
Germany
China
Russian
South Korea
Vietnam
The name of the world's first socialist state is "the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics" or (U.S.S.R.)
TRUE
FALSE
When did the Soviet Union officially begin?
(a)
Who led the Soviet nation after Lenin's death?
Stalin
Gorbachev
Khrushchev
What was unique about Stalin's rise to power in the U.S.S.R?
All of his opponents mysteriously disappeared or got locked up.
He had considered becoming a priest instead a Soviet Union leader.
Stalin was not Lenin's chosen successor.
Would you be a ......
Communist
Capitalist
Why was NATO established?
To stop the Soviet Union.
To stop the spread of communism.
For security against the Soviet Union.
Who led the Peoples Liberation Army when they defeated the Republic of China?
(a)
Why did the Truman Doctrine start?
(a)
The (a) Plan was about giving money to Western Europe so they could make a economic recovery.
