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SS8 T3 Cold War

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Cold War was fought as an ideological battle between the United States and the Soviet Union

a)

True

b)

False

2.

The conflicts that were fought in Korea, Vietnam and Afghanistan are examples of.....

a)

Propaganda

b)

Proxy Wars

c)

Mutually Assured Destruction

d)

Espionage

3.

Which of the following events does not belong to the Cold War that happened in Asia?

a)

Korean War

b)

Chinese Civil War

c)

Cuban Missile Crisis

d)

Vietnam War

4.

Both the US and the Soviet Union used TV, print and films to portray each other as evil. This is an example of....

a)

Arms Race

b)

Espionage

c)

Propaganda

d)

Proxy Wars

5.

Should the US launch nukes towards the Soviets, they will retaliate by launching nukes back at Americans. What is this principle called?

a)

Arms Race

b)

Espionage

c)

Mutually Assured Destruction

d)

Space Race

6.

Vietnam War: United States - _______: Soviet Union

a)

Invasion of Afghanistan

b)

Chinese Civil War

c)

Sino-Soviet Split

d)

Korean War

7.

Why did the split between the Soviet Union and Communist China happen?

a)

Racism

b)

Major differences in ideology

c)

The growing might of the Soviet military

8.

After World War 2, West Germany, Italy and Japan were rebuilt and became Communist allies against the United States.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

The CIA, KGB and MI6 sent spies to areas in order to gather secret information about their opponents. This is an example of....

a)

Arms Race

b)

Space Race

c)

Propaganda

d)

Espionage

10.

The Berlin Wall symbolized the world that was divided between the United States and the Soviet Union

a)

True

b)

False

11.

Scientists from this former Axis power were recruited by both the United States and the Soviet Union to work on rocket technologies

a)

Nazi Germany

b)

Imperial Japan

c)

Fascist Italy

12.

The last Soviet leader who witnessed over the fall of the Soviet Union

a)

Joseph Stalin

b)

Yuri Gagarin

c)

Mikhail Gorbachev

d)

Vladimir Putin