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WorksheetsCold War Review
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 12mins
Mark all that are correct: Which is a similarity between the Soviet Union and the United States after WWII?
They are both a free enterprise economy
They were allies during World War II
The people of both countries have rights and freedoms
They were two of the world's most powerful nations
An invisible line that separated communist Eastern Europe from democratic Western Europe
The 38th Parallel
The Berlin Wall
Iron Curtain
The Equator
What was the goal of the United Nations?
Many nations wanted to form allies to prepare for war
Many nations wanted to promote global peace and encourage social justice
Many nations wanted to end world hunger
Many nations wanted to defeat the Soviet Union during The Cold War
The Marshall Plan: Select all that apply
The U.S provided food, shelter, and materials to help European countries stand up to communism
Strengthen relationships between the Soviet Union and the U.S
Cost $13,000,000,000
A strategy to push communism out of Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) was a military alliance between the nations of ______________
Western Europe
Eastern Europe
After World War II, North Korea had what type of government?
Democratic
Communist
What was President Truman's response to North Korea's attempted invasion of South Korea?
President Truman dropped an atomic bomb on North Korea
President Truman sent American Troops to help South Korea fight.
President Truman sent money to South Korea.
President Truman stationed a missile defense base in South Korea.
After the Korean War, South Korea fell to communism and is still communist today.
True
False
Which was NOT a threat of the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Cuba sent communist spies to the United States
Cuba is located 90 miles off the coast of Florida
The Soviet Union donated nuclear weapons to Cuba
The Soviet Union's missile bases were in close proximity to our naval bases
A very unpopular and protested war in America during the 1960's
The Korean War
The Cold War
The Vietnam War
The Cuban Missile Crisis
Select all that apply: Challenge(s) American soldiers faced fighting North Vietnamese soldiers
guerilla warfare
thick jungles
dangerous waters
Term used to describe the panic that Americans were feeling as the communist party grew
McCarthyism
duck and cover drills
blockade
The Red Scare
Select which two ways the Soviet Union tried to take over the city of Berlin
The Soviet Union created a blockade that prevented anything from coming into Berlin; they even cut off electricity
Chinese military occupied Berlin as a threat to citizens
A wall was built around West Berlin to prevent people from leaving the communist side.
The Soviet Union set up several nuclear weapon bases in Germany
During the Space Race, which country won the first round by launching Sputnik 1 in 1957
The Soviet Union
The United States
Germany
Cuba
United States President elected in 1981 who worked to form a better relationship with Mikhail Gorbachev to end the Cold War
President Truman
FDR
President Reagan
President Roosevelt
What event officially signified the end of the Cold War?
The US put man on the moon
The Berlin Wall was taken down
The Soviet Union dissolved into 15 independent countries.
South Vietnam surrendered to North Vietnam
