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WorksheetsThe Cold War
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 14mins
The Allied victory in World War II led to the emergence of TWO global superpowers. What were those TWO superpowers?
Japan & China
United States & Japan
Great Britain & Soviet Union
United States & Soviet Union
When Germany was divided between the Allied Powers and the Soviet Union after World War II, Germany's capital city of _______________ was also divided.
Prussia
Berlin
Austria
Bismark
U.S. and Allied airplanes delivered supplies into West Berlin for 321 days! This was known as the _____________ ________________.
Iron Airlift
Great Planes
Operation Airplane
Berlin Airlift
What was the Berlin Wall?
An imaginary wall between East and West Berlin
An imaginary wall between North and South Berlin
A concrete wall that separated East and West Berlin
A concrete wall that separated North and South Berlin
In response to NATO, the Soviet Union and its allies formed a defense known as the _______________ _____________.
Warsaw Pact
Soviet Treaty
Warsaw Treaty
Soviet Pact
The United States and its allies were in favor of this government type:
theocracy
communism
socialist
democratic
What did the "Iron Curtain" symbolize?
The best areas for mining iron in Europe
The divide between democracy and communism
The border between North and South Korea
The Ho Chi Minh Trail
How did the Korean War end for the United States?
It was considered a defeat for the United States
It ended in a stalemate (the border did not change; neither side gained any territory)
The Korean War caused the U.S. to win the Cold War
The Korean War ended with all of Korea becoming a democracy.
How did the Vietnam War end for the United States?
It was considered a loss because all of Vietnam became communist
It was a much-needed victory for the U.S. military
It ended in a stalemate, where neither side actually won
All of Vietnam became a democracy
Type of government where the government owns everything and makes all the decisions.
Constitutional monarchy
Direct democracy
Republic
Communist
How was the Soviet Union involved in U.S. wars in Korea and Vietnam?
They sent troops to fight American soldiers
They sent weapons and supplies to help communist forces
The Soviets attacked the U.S. mainland while American soldiers fought in Asia
The Soviets had no involvement in either war
Who was the last Soviet premier (leader)?
Boris Yeltsin
Mikhail Gorbachev
Leonid Brezhnev
Nikita Khrushchev
Borat Sagdiyev
Which of these events led to the breakup of the Soviet Union?
The arms race & government overspending
An attempt to overthrow the government by pro-democratic forces
Democratic reforms brought on by Mikhail Gorbachev
All of these
Why did the Cuban Missile Crisis "scare" Americans
Communist Cuba was taking over American businesses
The Bay of Pigs invasion almost failed
Soviets were financing Cuba
Cuba was within nuclear missile shooting range of American cities
Why weren't nuclear weapons used during the Cold War?
The Domino Theory
The Marshall Plan
Mutually assured destruction
Strategic defensive initiative
The US and the Soviet Union were stockpiling weapons in an effort to have more weapons than the other side. This was called...
the Korean War
the Manhattan Project
the arms race
disarmament talks
What happened to many eastern European countries after WWII?
They were dependent on the Marshall Plan
They developed democratic governments
They became economic world powers
They became Soviet satellite states
What happened at the Bay of Pigs?
The Soviets attempted to install nuclear weapons in Haiti
The Soviets invaded Hungary
The US tried to overthrow the Cuban communist government
A meeting in the Soviet Union to develop the Warsaw pact
Why is the Cuban Missile Crisis so important?
It was the closest we have come to total nuclear war
It was a signal to the world that Cuba was vulnerable
It helped create NATO and the Warsaw Pact
It created an alliance between the Cubans and the Americans
What was the US plan with regard to containment?
To provide money to secure communist government around the world
To try to reach a consensus policy toward the Soviet Union
Appeasement
To stop the spread of communism by aiding nations in danger
The Marshall Plan
provided money and food to help western European nations
gave more power to the president to identify communist spies in the US
was the plan to feed starving Berliners
united the American armed forces
Which foreign policy promised to aid countries resisting Communist takeover?
Marshall Plan
Iron Curtain
Truman Doctrine
Massive Retaliation
The ideology that if one country in Southeast Asia fell to Communism, others would follow--
Domino Theory
Berlin Airlift
Eisenhower Doctrine
Warsaw Pact
.
From the above reading, which categories did glasnost and perestroika seek to reform?
Who was the first man in space
Neil Armstrong
Lance Armstrong
Yuri Gagarin
Yuri Dimitry
What was the first successful space Mission to land a man on the moon?
Apollo 1
Apollo 8
Apollo 11
Apollo 13
Who put the first woman into space?
USA
USSR
The Soviets invaded which middle eastern country to support it's embattled communist regime?
Iran
Iraq
Afghanistan
Syria
What happened at Chernobyl?
A natural disaster destroyed a Russian city
The Soviets faced a major military defeat
The Soviets successfully tested a Hydrogen Bomb
Whose visit led the Polish people to support a democracy movement and challenge Soviet Rule?
John F. Kennedy
Ronald Reagan
Pope John Paul II
Mikael Gorbachev
