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Cold War Review

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A conflict without direct military action is known as…

a)

Interventionalist

b)

Cold War

c)

Hot War

2.

Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, and Hungary, as well as the Eastern portion of Germany are known as what types of states?

a)

Allied

b)

Satellite

c)

Aggressor

3.

An invisible line that divided Eastern and Western Europe

a)

Iron Curtain

b)

Berlin Wall

c)

DMZ

4.

This type of music became popular in the post-WW2 era

a)

Rock and roll

b)

Jazz

c)

Rap

5.

This was the name of the Soviet Union military treaty

a)

NATO

b)

Warsaw Pact

c)

Paris Accord

d)

Fallen Treaty

6.

Did the Soviets control Eastern or Western Europe?

a)

Eastern Europe

b)

Western Europe

7.

What is the primary reason that the Soviet’s space advances scared the United States

a)

Fear they could launch a missile

b)

Fear they could invade the US

c)

Fear they would win more funding from the UN

8.

How did the economy perform after WW2?

a)

Poorly

b)

Very well

9.

Keeping communism within its existing borders is known as…

a)

Appeasement

b)

Revival

c)

Containment

10.

This country fought back against Soviet Rule and fought the "blood in the water" water polo match

a)

Brazil

b)

France

c)

Hungary

11.

What types of weapons were being tested?

a)

Atomic bomb

b)

Hydrogen bomb

c)

Both

d)

Neither

12.

What was the name of the satellite the Soviet sent into Space?

a)

Sandy

b)

Rebel

c)

Sputnik

d)

Tiger