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Origins of the Cold War

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

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Class
Date
1.

What did the USSR intend to do to Eastern Europe?

a)

Impose democratic governments

b)

Impose communist governments

c)

Leave them alone

d)

Burn the big cities down and rebuild them to look like the USSR

2.

What did Stalin promise to hold to please Western nations?

a)

He didn't promise them anything

b)

Communism

c)

Free Elections

d)

a bake sale

3.

Why did the US decide to use atomic weapons in Japan rather than allow Stalin's Red Army to aid them?

a)

Truman hated Stalin

b)

Stalin's Red Army was too weak

c)

The US was afraid Stalin would attack them next

d)

They didn't want Stalin setting up a communist government in Japan

4.

What was the "iron curtain"?

a)

A division between Eastern (communism) and Western Europe (democracy)

b)

A wall of tanks

c)

a division between America and Britain

d)

a legitimate iron curtain in Stalin's house

5.

"Puppet" governments set up by the Soviet Union in Eastern Europe were also known as

a)

Soviet spy nations

b)

Soviet Satellites

c)

Stalin's Puppets

d)

Communism

6.

Define NATO

a)

National Atlantic Treaty Organization

b)

No Allies Tolerated Operation

c)

National Alliance Trust Organization

d)

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

7.

Which country was NOT a part of NATO?

a)

United States

b)

Britain

c)

Canada

d)

USSR

8.

Define the Warsaw Pact?

a)

defensive military alliance between Great Britain and the United States

b)

defensive military alliance between the US and USSR

c)

defensive military alliance between Stalin and FDR

d)

defensive military alliance between the USSR and 7 other Eastern European countries

9.

What was the goal of the United States' policy of containment?

a)

contain the spread of communism

b)

contain all Americans in the United States

c)

keep all of Europe in Europe

d)

contain the spread of Russians

10.

What was included in the Marshall plan?

a)

Free financial aid to any communist country

b)

Free financial aid to any Eastern European country

c)

Free financial aid to any European nation rebuilding after WWII

d)

Free financial aid to any one with the first or last name Marshall

11.

What is the Truman doctrine?

a)

Economic/Military aid to any free country rebuilding after WWII

b)

Economic/Military aid to any free country fighting communist forces

c)

Economic/Military aid to any communist country fighting democratic forces

d)

Economic/Military aid to any country fighting socialist forces