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Cold War Quiz

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 9mins

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Class

Date

What was the main goal of the United States during the Cold War?

To spread communism

To strengthen ties with Vietnam and Korea

To destroy the Soviet Union and its allies

To contain communism and promote democracy

What was the main goal of the Soviet Union during the Cold War?

To eliminate the nation of Germany

To contain the spread of communism

To spread communism to other countries

To strengthen bonds with China and Germany

Why was the United States involved in the Berlin Airlift?

to airlift food to the people of West Berlin

to bomb East Berlin

to demolish the Berlin Wall

to transport people out of East Berlin

The purpose of "containment" was to-- (a)

Choose from the below words

stop the spread of democracy

stop the spread of hate

stop global warming

stop the spread of communism

Which of the following foreign policies gave financial aid to European nations to rebuild after WWII? (a)

Choose from the below words

Truman Doctrine

Marshall Plan

Warsaw Pact

Domino Theory

In 1946, the British Prime Minister said in a speech that an "Iron Curtain" had fallen across the European continent. This "Iron Curtain" was ______________.

the Soviet Union

an imaginary line separting democratice countries from communist ones

an acutal iron wall

a joke made by Churchill

Which country was split in two by the "iron curtain"? (a)

Choose from the below words

Poland

Germany

Hungary

Soviet Union

What is brinkmanship?

U.S. foreign policy of threatening to use all out military aggression against enemy

The purchasing of material goods

Designing of products to wear out or become outdated so consumers need to buy more

U.S. foreign policy of blocking spread of communism to other nations by the Soviets

The couple that was executed for spying and allegedly passing nuclear secrets to the Soviet Union were the...

(a)

10.

McCarthyism was what?

a system of government that is centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state.

an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state.

a political theory derived from Karl Marx, advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs.

Accusing someone of being communist &/or treason without proper regard for evidence.

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Cold War Quiz

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 9mins

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