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The Cold War

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Allied victory in World War II led to the emergence of TWO global superpowers. What were those TWO superpowers?

a)

Japan & China

b)

United States & Japan

c)

Great Britain & Soviet Union

d)

United States & Soviet Union

2.

When Germany was divided between the Allied Powers and the Soviet Union after World War II, Germany's capital city of _______________ was also divided.

a)

Prussia

b)

Berlin

c)

Austria

d)

Bismark

3.

U.S. and Allied airplanes delivered supplies into West Berlin for 321 days! This was known as the _____________ ________________.

a)

Iron Airlift

b)

Great Planes

c)

Operation Airplane

d)

Berlin Airlift

4.

What was the Berlin Wall?

a)

An imaginary wall between East and West Berlin

b)

An imaginary wall between North and South Berlin

c)

A concrete wall that separated East and West Berlin

d)

A concrete wall that separated North and South Berlin

5.

In response to NATO, the Soviet Union and its allies formed a defense known as the _______________ _____________.

a)

Warsaw Pact

b)

Soviet Treaty

c)

Warsaw Treaty

d)

Soviet Pact

6.

The United States and its allies were in favor of this government type:

a)

theocracy

b)

communism

c)

socialist

d)

democratic

7.

What did the "Iron Curtain" symbolize?

a)

The best areas for mining iron in Europe

b)

The divide between democracy and communism

c)

The border between North and South Korea

d)

The Ho Chi Minh Trail

8.

How did the Korean War end for the United States?

a)

It was considered a defeat for the United States

b)

It ended in a stalemate (the border did not change; neither side gained any territory)

c)

The Korean War caused the U.S. to win the Cold War

d)

The Korean War ended with all of Korea becoming a democracy.

9.

How did the Vietnam War end for the United States?

a)

It was considered a loss because all of Vietnam became communist

b)

It was a much-needed victory for the U.S. military

c)

It ended in a stalemate, where neither side actually won

d)

All of Vietnam became a democracy

10.

Type of government where the government owns everything and makes all the decisions.

a)

Constitutional monarchy

b)

Direct democracy

c)

Republic

d)

Communist

11.

How was the Soviet Union involved in U.S. wars in Korea and Vietnam?

a)

They sent troops to fight American soldiers

b)

They sent weapons and supplies to help communist forces

c)

The Soviets attacked the U.S. mainland while American soldiers fought in Asia

d)

The Soviets had no involvement in either war

12.

Who was the last Soviet premier (leader)?

a)

Boris Yeltsin

b)

Mikhail Gorbachev

c)

Leonid Brezhnev

d)

Nikita Khrushchev

e)

Borat Sagdiyev

13.

Which of these events led to the breakup of the Soviet Union?

a)

The arms race & government overspending

b)

An attempt to overthrow the government by pro-democratic forces

c)

Democratic reforms brought on by Mikhail Gorbachev

d)

All of these

14.

Why did the Cuban Missile Crisis "scare" Americans

a)

Communist Cuba was taking over American businesses

b)

The Bay of Pigs invasion almost failed

c)

Soviets were financing Cuba

d)

Cuba was within nuclear missile shooting range of American cities

15.

Why weren't nuclear weapons used during the Cold War?

a)

The Domino Theory

b)

The Marshall Plan

c)

Mutually assured destruction

d)

Strategic defensive initiative

16.

The US and the Soviet Union were stockpiling weapons in an effort to have more weapons than the other side. This was called...

a)

the Korean War

b)

the Manhattan Project

c)

the arms race

d)

disarmament talks

17.

What happened to many eastern European countries after WWII?

a)

They were dependent on the Marshall Plan

b)

They developed democratic governments

c)

They became economic world powers

d)

They became Soviet satellite states

18.

What happened at the Bay of Pigs?

a)

The Soviets attempted to install nuclear weapons in Haiti

b)

The Soviets invaded Hungary

c)

The US tried to overthrow the Cuban communist government

d)

A meeting in the Soviet Union to develop the Warsaw pact

19.

Why is the Cuban Missile Crisis so important?

a)

It was the closest we have come to total nuclear war

b)

It was a signal to the world that Cuba was vulnerable

c)

It helped create NATO and the Warsaw Pact

d)

It created an alliance between the Cubans and the Americans

20.

What was the US plan with regard to containment?

a)

To provide money to secure communist government around the world

b)

To try to reach a consensus policy toward the Soviet Union

c)

Appeasement

d)

To stop the spread of communism by aiding nations in danger

21.

The Marshall Plan

a)

provided money and food to help western European nations

b)

gave more power to the president to identify communist spies in the US

c)

was the plan to feed starving Berliners

d)

united the American armed forces

22.
 One reason for the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961 was to:
a)
a.   promote reunification of East Germany and West Germany
b)
b.   keep East Germans from fleeing to the Western sector of Berlin
c)
c.   complete the post–World War II rebuilding of Berlin
d)
d.   meet the requirements of the North Atlantic  Treaty Organization (NATO)
23.
What did the 38th parallel divide?
a)
Korea
b)
Vietnam
c)
China
d)
Japan
24.

Which foreign policy promised to aid countries resisting Communist takeover?

a)

Marshall Plan

b)

Iron Curtain

c)

Truman Doctrine

d)

Massive Retaliation

25.

The ideology that if one country in Southeast Asia fell to Communism, others would follow--

a)

Domino Theory

b)

Berlin Airlift

c)

Eisenhower Doctrine

d)

Warsaw Pact

26.
Why is the Cold War considered a “cold” war, compared to WWII, a “hot” war?
a)
Most of the fighting took place in the cooler Northern Hemisphere
b)
The Soviet Union is located in a fairly cold area
c)
The Soviets and Americans never actually fought against one another with weapons
d)
The United States believed a nuclear war would end the seasons and it would be cold on Earth
27.
During the 1980s, Gorbachev, the leader of the Soviet Union, initiated a series of reforms known as glasnost and perestroika which were meant to bolster the power of the Soviet Union. These reforms allowed for more freedom of speech, small businesses to control things, churches were opened, and journalists could investigate the government etc…” The outcome was much different than Gorbachev and others expected as they led to the eventual collapse of the Soviet Union.”
.
From the above reading, which categories did glasnost and perestroika seek to reform?
a)
military and foreign relations
b)
weapons and factories
c)
politics and economics
d)
alliances and international organizations
28.
What action does President Kennedy decide to take during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
a)
Invasion of Cuba
b)
Blockade/Quarantine of Cuba
c)
Nuclear attack on Cuba
d)
Nothing
29.
How did the Vietnamese fight against the U.S. Army?
a)
They used conventional warfare such as tanks and planes
b)
They used nuclear weapons on the U.S.
c)
They used guerrilla warfare such as hit and run tactics     
d)
They used Soviet soldiers to fight for them
30.
What was the name of the first satellite in space launched by the Soviet Union?
a)
Gagarin
b)
Apollo 11
c)
Sputnik
d)
Apollo 13
31.
Leader of communism in China
a)
Mao Zedong
b)
Hirohito Showa
c)
Xi Jinping
d)
Pu Yi
32.
Which country was the aggressor that started the Korean War?
a)
North Korea
b)
South Korea
c)
Neither - they were forced into war by Germany
d)
Japan
33.
Who was put in charge of the American forces in Korea and even wanted to use the atomic bomb against China?
a)
John Bassilone
b)
Douglas MacArthur
c)
Harry Truman
d)
Richard Nixon
34.
Who was the leader of the communist government in North Vietnam?
a)
Ho Chi Minh
b)
Joseph Stalin
c)
Mao Zedong
d)
Nikita Khrushchev
35.

Who was the first man in space

a)

Neil Armstrong

b)

Lance Armstrong

c)

Yuri Gagarin

d)

Yuri Dimitry

36.

What was the first successful space Mission to land a man on the moon?

a)

Apollo 1

b)

Apollo 8

c)

Apollo 11

d)

Apollo 13

37.

Who put the first woman into space?

a)

USA

b)

USSR

38.

The Soviets invaded which middle eastern country to support it's embattled communist regime?

a)

Iran

b)

Iraq

c)

Afghanistan

d)

Syria

39.

What happened at Chernobyl?

a)
A catastrophic nuclear accident occurred
b)

A natural disaster destroyed a Russian city

c)

The Soviets faced a major military defeat

d)

The Soviets successfully tested a Hydrogen Bomb

40.

Whose visit led the Polish people to support a democracy movement and challenge Soviet Rule?

a)

John F. Kennedy

b)

Ronald Reagan

c)

Pope John Paul II

d)

Mikael Gorbachev