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The Cold War

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

These were the opposing superpowers during the Cold War years

a)

China and the Soviet Union

b)

Cuba and the Soviet Union

c)

USA and the Soviet Union

d)

Iran and the Soviet Union

2.

The purpose of "containment" was to--

a)

stop the spread of democracy

b)

stop the spread of hate

c)

stop global warming

d)

stop the spread of communism

3.

In this economic system, the government owns all property and means of production.

a)

communism

b)

capitalism

c)

socialism

d)

democracy

4.

Which of the following foreign policies gave financial aid to European nations to rebuild after WWII?

a)

Truman Doctrine

b)

Marshall Plan

c)

Warsaw Pact

d)

Domino Theory

5.

Which foreign policy promised to aid countries resisting Communist takeover?

a)

Marshall Plan

b)

Iron Curtain

c)

Truman Doctrine

d)

Massive Retaliation

6.

Which foreign policy aimed at preventing Communism from spreading?

a)

Containment

b)

NATO

c)

Cuban Missile Crisis

d)

Berlin Airlift

7.

The physical barrier separating Communist East Berlin and Democratic West Berlin--

a)

Berlin Blockade

b)

Berlin Base

c)

Berlin Wall

d)

Berlin Barrier

8.

Nations that were aligned with, but also under the influence and pressure of, the Soviet Union were called--

a)

European Nations

b)

NATO

c)

Warsaw Pact

d)

Satellite Nations

9.

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

10.

The organization whose members agreed to mutually defend other Communist nations is called--

a)

Korean Pact

b)

Warsaw Pact

c)

NATO

d)

Satellite Nations

11.

Which best describes communism?

a)

Government is not involved in economy

b)

Business owners sell shares of their companies to the government

c)

Government is involved in planning and production

d)

Investment is encouraged by government

12.

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

13.

How did Truman help the people of West Berlin?

a)

By airlifting supplies, such as fuel and food, into the city

b)

He didn't

c)

He sent American troops and tanks to break into the city

d)

He protested in the United Nations

14.

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

15.

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

16.

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

17.

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

18.

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

19.

Who won the space race?

a)

The Soviet Union

b)

The United States

20.

Churchill called the imaginary line between Soviet satellite states and western Europe.....

a)

NATO

b)

The Iron Curtain

c)

The Berlin Wall

d)

The Great Wall

21.

Before World War II, Korea was ruled by

a)

Russia

b)

China

c)

Japan

d)

USA

22.

Korea was divided along the __________ Parallel after World War II.

a)

35th

b)

36th

c)

37th

d)

38th

23.

How do we know that the Korean War was a proxy war?

a)

North Korea was fighting South Korea.

b)

The people in Korea were fighting one another.

c)

Foreign countries were fighting in the war.

d)

The UN tried to establish peace in Korea.

24.

The president of the USA during the Korean War was

a)

Franklin Roosevelt

b)

Woodrow Wilson

c)

Harry Truman

d)

Joseph Stalin

25.
Why did the United States become involved in the Korean War?
a)
to contain communism
b)
to colonize Korea
c)
to spread communism
d)
to Christianize Koreans
26.
1950's fear of Soviet Union communist totalitarian government coming to America led by a Republican senator. 
a)
McCarthyism
b)
Red Scare
c)
Polarization
d)
Tensions
27.
Who built the Berlin Wall?
a)
Soviet Union
b)
NATO
c)
The UN
d)
China
28.
What does NATO stand for? 
a)
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
b)
North American Treaty Organization
c)
North American Truce Organization
d)
North Asian Trust Order
29.
What were the results of the Korean War?
a)
The two sections of Korea reunited
b)
North Korea & South Korea remained divided
c)
The Soviet Union took control of both sections of Korea
d)
China set up a communist government
30.
Why is the Cold War called a "cold" war?
a)
The areas affected were in the polar regions of the world
b)
The war was fought during winter months only
c)
Leaders of the superpowers were sick with coughs and fevers
d)
There was never direct fighting between the two superpowers
31.
What contributed to the end of Cuban Missile Crisis?
a)
America's secret promise to remove missiles from Turkey.
b)
The discovery that the missles had been removed from Cuba
c)
Castor's promise to restore democracy
d)
Castro's promise to break with the Soviet Union
32.
What was the main reason for the construction of the Berlin Wall?
a)
To embarrass America
b)
To stop East Germans from fleeing to West Germany
c)
To reduce cold war tensions
d)
To demonstrate the success of Communism
33.
The ____ granted the president broad military powers in Vietnam
a)
Geneva Accords
b)
Tonkin Gulf Resolution
c)
Marshall Plan
d)
Operation Rolling Thunders
34.
Napalm
a)
A chemical herbicide used to clear out forests and tall grasses
b)
A type of lotion soldiers would use to get rid of the sent on their clothing
c)
Another name for a flamethrower
d)
An intensely burning explosive used to destroy jungle growth
35.
Agent Orange
a)
Nickname of a Soviet agent that would always wear orange while on important missions
b)
Term used to describe the South Vietnamese agents because they 
c)
A chemical herbicide used to clear out forests and tall grasses
d)
An intensely burning explosive used to destroy jungle growth
36.
Guerrilla Warfare
a)
Fighting by small groups using tactics such as the ambush
b)
Using gorillas to fight against enemy soldiers
c)
Dressing up as gorillas and fighting while hitting your chest
37.

Lyndon Johnson did which of the following in Vietnam?

a)

Decreased American Involvement

b)

Increased American Involvement

38.
Fidel Castro was the leader of which country?
a)
Sweden
b)
Hungary
c)
Cuba
d)
Czechoslavakia
39.
Perestroika was...
a)
 Khrushchev's policy of aggression w/ U.S. 
b)
Gorbachev' policy of reform and restructuring in the USSR
c)
Russian term for admiration of a comrade 
d)
Capital of Sudetenland
40.
What was Gorbachev's 1980s policy of glasnost in the USSR?
a)
Strict laws against speaking
b)
Encouraged freedom in speech and governnment
c)
Anarchy and chaos
d)
American Rule over Russia
41.
What happened to East and West Germany after the Fall of the Berlin Wall?
a)
They kept the same political system
b)
They unified into one democratic country
c)
They unified into one communist country
d)
They rebuilt the wall.
42.
During the Cold War, which event happened last?
a)
Launching of SPUTNIK
b)
Cuban Missile Crisis
c)
Berlin Airlift
d)
Destruction of Berlin Wall
43.
After World War II, many Germans left East Germany to live in the more productive, democratic West Germany. How did the government of East Berlin try to contain defections from East to West Berlin?
a)
Improve conditions in East Berlin
b)
Allowed people to work in the West
c)
Allow them to leave as they please
d)
Build a wall to keep people from moving to west Berlin
44.
What did the destruction of the Berlin Wall symbolize?
a)
the fall of communism
b)
the fall of capitalism
c)
the end of the Vietnam War
d)
the end of the Cuban Missile Crisis
45.
The Berlin Wall was constructed to stop movement of people between East & West Germany.  What was the main difference between the two countries?
a)
East Germany was communist and West Germany was democratic and capitalist
b)
East Germany was a free state and West Germany was occupied by Europe
c)
East Germany was democratic and West Germany was a dictatorship
d)
East Germany was Christian and West Germany was Muslim

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