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Chapter 18 the Cold War 10th grade

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

To label someone's activities as ___ would be to suggest that the person is making unsupported accusations.

a)

A. brinkmanship

b)

B. Containment

c)

C. Infiltration

d)

D. McCarthyism

2.

In a capitalist system,

a)

A. the state controls economic activity.

b)

B. dictators control economic activity.

c)

C. elected officials control economic activity.

d)

D. private citizens control economic activity

3.

The main goal of the Truman Doctrine was to

a)

A. promote free elections in Europe.

b)

B. restrict the spread of communism.

c)

C. force Germany to pay war reparations.

d)

D. maintain international peace through the UN.

4.

The Soviet blockade of West Berlin was a response to

a)

A. the Marshall Plan.

b)

B. the formation of NATO.

c)

C. efforts by Western nations to divide Germany.

d)

D. efforts by Western nations to reunify Germany.

5.

Between 1944 and 1947, Chinese Nationalists

a)

A. relied heavily on financial aid from the United States.

b)

B. ruled in the southern and eastern regions of China.

c)

C. attracted overwhelming support from the nation's peasants.

d)

D. were led by Mao Zedong.

6.

When an armistice was signed ending the Korean War,

a)

A. North and South Korea were still divided along the 38th parallel.

b)

B. a communist government was established in South Korea.

c)

C. communist fears in the United States were lifted

7.

The main goal of the ___ was to stop the spread of communism.

a)

A. Iron Curtain

b)

B. Marshall Plan

c)

C. Truman Doctrine

d)

D. Warsaw Pact

8.

The Soviet Union set up the ___ in response to efforts from the West to reunify Germany.

a)

A. iron curtain

b)

B. Berlin airlift

c)

C. Berlin blockade

d)

D. German Democratic Republic

9.

11. ___ is best known for investigating communism in the film industry.

a)

A. HUAC (House of Un-American Activities Committee)

b)

B. The UN (United Nations)

c)

C. FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigations)

d)

D. NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)

10.

The ___ were defeated in the civil war in China despite 2 billion dollars in aid sent to them from the United States.

a)

A. Peasants

b)

B. Communists

c)

C. Soviets

d)

D. Nationalists

11.

___ was the leader of the Communists in China.

a)

A. Chiang Kai-shek

b)

B. Kim Il Sung

c)

C. Syngman Rhee

d)

D. Mao Zedong

12.

General Douglas MacArthur commanded U.S. forces in ___.

a)

A. Guatemala

b)

B. Korea

c)

C. the Middle East

d)

D. Hungary

13.

The ___ appeared to be winning the Korean War until China actively entered the conflict.

a)

A. Communists

b)

B. Nationalists

c)

C. North Koreans

d)

D. South Koreans

14.

The United States responded to fear of Soviet military action in the Middle East by issuing the ___.

a)

A. Roosevelt Doctrine

b)

B. Truman Doctrine

c)

C. Eisenhower Doctrine

15.

Accusations that communism was widely present in the U.S. government and military were made by

a)

Alger Hiss

b)

John Foster Dulles

c)

Joseph McCarthy

16.

American interest in developing a hydrogen bomb (H-bomb) intensified when

a)

A. the policy of containment failed in China.

b)

B. the Soviet Union launched a space satellite.

c)

C. the Soviet Union exploded an atomic bomb.

d)

D. the Soviet Union exploded a hydrogen bomb.

17.

The Eisenhower Doctrine was a warning to the Soviet Union against military intervention in

a)

A. Latin America.

b)

B. Middle East

c)

C. Western Europe

d)

D. Central America

18.

When the Soviet Union exploded an atomic bomb, the United States responded by intensifying efforts to develop

a)

A. an atomic bomb

b)

B. NATO

c)

C. a space satellite

d)

D. a hydrogen bomb (H-bomb)

19.

Billions of dollars in economic aid was provided to many foreign nations as part of the Truman Doctrine.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

The policy of brinkmanship threatened retaliation to the edge of all-out war against acts of aggression toward the United States.

a)

True

b)

False

21.

Francis Gary Powers was convicted of perjury after being accused of spying for the Soviet Union.

a)

True

b)

False

22.

Satellite nations of the Soviet Union joined the military alliance known as the NATO.

a)

True

b)

False

23.

President Truman fired General MacArthur because of MacArthur's insistence that the United States should blockade and bomb North Korea.

a)

True

b)

False

24.

China's Communist leader Chang Kai-Shek used strategic tactics to lure Chinese peasants to the Communist Red Army.

a)

True

b)

False

25.

In general, blacklisting is the unfair tactic of accusing people of disloyalty without providing evidence.

a)

True

b)

False

26.

The U-2 incident involved the use of airplanes to bring food and supplies to the people of West Berlin.

a)

True

b)

False

27.

Troops from North Korea first crossed the 38th parallel and began the Korean War.

a)

True

b)

False

28.

The massive development of nuclear weapons between the United States and the Soviet Union was called the…?

a)

Space Race

b)

Arms Race

c)

Communism

d)

Armistice

29.

In 1949, China supported what government?

a)

a. Capitalism

b)

b. Democracy

c)

c. Communism

d)

d. Monarchy

30.

The USSR was the first to do what in the space race?

a)

A. Put an artificial satellite into orbit

b)

B. Put a human in space

c)

C. Have a human orbit the Earth

d)

D. All of the above

31.

Since 1941 what has America spent more money on than any other system?

a)

A. Education

b)

B. Infrastructure

c)

C. Defense

d)

D. Poverty

32.

What did the Soviet Union want at the end of WWII?

a)

A. Complete control of the Japanese mainland

b)

B. Satellite nations to be a buffer between themselves and capitalist Europe

c)

C. A launching pad in the west to invade the U.S.

d)

D. Unification of East and West Germany

33.

Who was the first human to orbit the earth?

a)

A. John Glenn

b)

B. Yuri Gargarin

c)

C. Neil Armstrong

34.

What country was part of the Warsaw Pact?

a)

East Germany

b)

England

c)

United States

35.

In response to 3 million East Berliners escaping to West Berlin the Soviet Union constructed the:

a)

A. Atomic Bomb

b)

B. Berlin Wall

c)

C. Iron Curtain

d)

D. Hydrogen Bomb

36.

What country was NOT a part of NATO?

a)

A. United States

b)

B. France

c)

C. Italy

d)

D. Poland

37.

Sputnik I was the first:

a)

A. Soviet created bomb

b)

B. Satellite in orbit

c)

C. Hydrogen bomb

d)

D. Missile defense system

38.

After the U-2 incident, all of the following events occurred except

a)

A. the Soviet Union rejected Eisenhower's "open skies" proposal at Geneva.

b)

B. Khrushchev called off a summit conference on the arms race.

c)

C. Khrushchev withdrew his invitation for Eisenhower to visit the Soviet Union.

d)

D. Francis Gary Powers was released from prison after 18 months.

39.

Who was President during the Cuban Missile Crisis

a)

Kennedy

b)

Lincoln

c)

FDR

40.

Who was trying to put missiles in Cuba?

a)

The United States

b)

Turkey

c)

China

d)

The Soviet Union