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WorksheetsChapter 18 the Cold War 10th grade
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
To label someone's activities as ___ would be to suggest that the person is making unsupported accusations.
A. brinkmanship
B. Containment
C. Infiltration
D. McCarthyism
In a capitalist system,
A. the state controls economic activity.
B. dictators control economic activity.
C. elected officials control economic activity.
D. private citizens control economic activity
The main goal of the Truman Doctrine was to
A. promote free elections in Europe.
B. restrict the spread of communism.
C. force Germany to pay war reparations.
D. maintain international peace through the UN.
The Soviet blockade of West Berlin was a response to
A. the Marshall Plan.
B. the formation of NATO.
C. efforts by Western nations to divide Germany.
D. efforts by Western nations to reunify Germany.
Between 1944 and 1947, Chinese Nationalists
A. relied heavily on financial aid from the United States.
B. ruled in the southern and eastern regions of China.
C. attracted overwhelming support from the nation's peasants.
D. were led by Mao Zedong.
When an armistice was signed ending the Korean War,
A. North and South Korea were still divided along the 38th parallel.
B. a communist government was established in South Korea.
C. communist fears in the United States were lifted
The main goal of the ___ was to stop the spread of communism.
A. Iron Curtain
B. Marshall Plan
C. Truman Doctrine
D. Warsaw Pact
The Soviet Union set up the ___ in response to efforts from the West to reunify Germany.
A. iron curtain
B. Berlin airlift
C. Berlin blockade
D. German Democratic Republic
11. ___ is best known for investigating communism in the film industry.
A. HUAC (House of Un-American Activities Committee)
B. The UN (United Nations)
C. FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigations)
D. NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
The ___ were defeated in the civil war in China despite 2 billion dollars in aid sent to them from the United States.
A. Peasants
B. Communists
C. Soviets
D. Nationalists
___ was the leader of the Communists in China.
A. Chiang Kai-shek
B. Kim Il Sung
C. Syngman Rhee
D. Mao Zedong
General Douglas MacArthur commanded U.S. forces in ___.
A. Guatemala
B. Korea
C. the Middle East
D. Hungary
The ___ appeared to be winning the Korean War until China actively entered the conflict.
A. Communists
B. Nationalists
C. North Koreans
D. South Koreans
The United States responded to fear of Soviet military action in the Middle East by issuing the ___.
A. Roosevelt Doctrine
B. Truman Doctrine
C. Eisenhower Doctrine
Accusations that communism was widely present in the U.S. government and military were made by
Alger Hiss
John Foster Dulles
Joseph McCarthy
American interest in developing a hydrogen bomb (H-bomb) intensified when
A. the policy of containment failed in China.
B. the Soviet Union launched a space satellite.
C. the Soviet Union exploded an atomic bomb.
D. the Soviet Union exploded a hydrogen bomb.
The Eisenhower Doctrine was a warning to the Soviet Union against military intervention in
A. Latin America.
B. Middle East
C. Western Europe
D. Central America
When the Soviet Union exploded an atomic bomb, the United States responded by intensifying efforts to develop
A. an atomic bomb
B. NATO
C. a space satellite
D. a hydrogen bomb (H-bomb)
Billions of dollars in economic aid was provided to many foreign nations as part of the Truman Doctrine.
True
False
The policy of brinkmanship threatened retaliation to the edge of all-out war against acts of aggression toward the United States.
True
False
Francis Gary Powers was convicted of perjury after being accused of spying for the Soviet Union.
True
False
Satellite nations of the Soviet Union joined the military alliance known as the NATO.
True
False
President Truman fired General MacArthur because of MacArthur's insistence that the United States should blockade and bomb North Korea.
True
False
China's Communist leader Chang Kai-Shek used strategic tactics to lure Chinese peasants to the Communist Red Army.
True
False
In general, blacklisting is the unfair tactic of accusing people of disloyalty without providing evidence.
True
False
The U-2 incident involved the use of airplanes to bring food and supplies to the people of West Berlin.
True
False
Troops from North Korea first crossed the 38th parallel and began the Korean War.
True
False
The massive development of nuclear weapons between the United States and the Soviet Union was called the…?
Space Race
Arms Race
Communism
Armistice
In 1949, China supported what government?
a. Capitalism
b. Democracy
c. Communism
d. Monarchy
The USSR was the first to do what in the space race?
A. Put an artificial satellite into orbit
B. Put a human in space
C. Have a human orbit the Earth
D. All of the above
Since 1941 what has America spent more money on than any other system?
A. Education
B. Infrastructure
C. Defense
D. Poverty
What did the Soviet Union want at the end of WWII?
A. Complete control of the Japanese mainland
B. Satellite nations to be a buffer between themselves and capitalist Europe
C. A launching pad in the west to invade the U.S.
D. Unification of East and West Germany
Who was the first human to orbit the earth?
A. John Glenn
B. Yuri Gargarin
C. Neil Armstrong
What country was part of the Warsaw Pact?
East Germany
England
United States
In response to 3 million East Berliners escaping to West Berlin the Soviet Union constructed the:
A. Atomic Bomb
B. Berlin Wall
C. Iron Curtain
D. Hydrogen Bomb
What country was NOT a part of NATO?
A. United States
B. France
C. Italy
D. Poland
Sputnik I was the first:
A. Soviet created bomb
B. Satellite in orbit
C. Hydrogen bomb
D. Missile defense system
After the U-2 incident, all of the following events occurred except
A. the Soviet Union rejected Eisenhower's "open skies" proposal at Geneva.
B. Khrushchev called off a summit conference on the arms race.
C. Khrushchev withdrew his invitation for Eisenhower to visit the Soviet Union.
D. Francis Gary Powers was released from prison after 18 months.
Who was President during the Cuban Missile Crisis
Kennedy
Lincoln
FDR
Who was trying to put missiles in Cuba?
The United States
Turkey
China
The Soviet Union
