Worksheets07.00 QUIZZIZ: The Cold War
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
Why was the Cold War considered “cold”?
War took place in Russia
Lack of communication between countries
No actual fighting took place
Spread of isolationism
America’s goal during the Cold War was to:
Colonize the Philippines
Return to isolationism
Stop the spread of communism
Limit investments to other countries to rebuild economy
During which event did the Soviet Union tried to starve out the democratic government in West Berlin in order to turn it communist?
Bay of Pigs
Berlin Crisis
Missile Crisis
U-2 Incident
The Soviet Response to NATO was:
NAFTA
Warsaw
Watergate
EU
All of the following embarrassed the US during the Cold War except:
Bay of Pigs
U-2 Incident
Iran Hostage Crisis
Fall of the Berlin Wall
The US achieved its goal of stopping the spread of communism during the Vietnam War?
True
False
The iron curtain was a metaphor for what?
Newly designed tanks
Berlin Wall splitting up communist East and democratic West Berlin
The might of the US military
Divide between communist and democratic countries in Europe
The Cuban Missile Crisis was the closest the world has ever been to:
Atomic War
The collapse of democracy
Ending communism
Creating a new United Nations
Joseph McCarthy used what to take out his political enemies?
Pentagon Papers
Watergate scandal
Red Scare
Political cartoons
The idea that if one country falls to communism then the countries neighboring that country are now at risk of falling to communism is known as:
Domino Theory
Red Scare
McCarthyism
Imperialism
One reason for the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961 was to:
promote reunification of East Germany and West Germany
keep East Germans from fleeing to the Western sector of Berlin
complete the post–World War II rebuilding of Berlin
meet the requirements of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
One reason Mikhail Gorbachev implemented the policies of glasnost and perestroika in the Soviet Union was to:
eliminate freedom of speech and press
destroy the power of the opposition party
dominate the governments of Eastern Europe
encourage political discussion and economic reform
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was initially formed to:
promote religious freedom
defend Western Europe from Soviet aggression and communism
isolate member nations from the rest of the world
spread communism to each member nation
The Marshall Plan was designed to stop the spread of communism by providing:
government housing to refugees
military assistance to Vietnam
funds for economic recovery in war-torn European nations
nuclear weapons to North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) members
One way in which the Korean War and the Vietnam War are similar is that both:
resulted in unification of two formerly independent nations
reflected the success of the Western policy of containment
attempted to remove French imperialists from power
developed from Cold War tensions
The primary purpose of the United Nations is to:
control world grain prices
promote democratic governments
resolve conflicts between nations
peacefully unite all nations militarily through alliances
The destruction of the Berlin Wall and the breakup of the Soviet Union signify the:
end of the Cold War
collapse of the Taliban
strength of the Warsaw Pact
power of the European Union
“Korea Divided at 38th Parallel”
"Hungarian Revolution Crushed”
“Missile Sites Spotted in Cuba”
The events in these headlines contributed to the:
development of peacetime alliances
collapse of the Soviet Union
rejection of imperialism by Western nations
tensions between the superpowers
(2018) An excerpt from Senator Joseph McCarthy’s speech in Wheeling, W.V. on February 9, 1950 is shown:
“Ladies and gentlemen, can there be anyone tonight who is so blind as to say that the war is not on? Can there be anyone who fails to realize that the Communist world has said the time is now?... that this is the time for the show-down between the democratic Christian world and the communist atheistic world?
Unless we face this fact, we shall pay the price that must be paid by those who wait too long…
… As one of our outstanding historical figures once said, “When a great democracy is destroyed, it will not be from the enemies from without, but rather from the enemies from within.”
What was the reaction that Senator McCarthy’s speech inspired among many Americans?
Fear of the spread of communism inside the United States
Support for existing policies to address communism in the United States
Satisfaction that Americans would continue to fight communism abroad
Anger over human rights violations that communists were committing in other countries
(2019) Who was in charge of investigating claims of communist activity in the government, armed forces, universities, and other areas of American life during the Second Red Scare in the late 1940s and early 1950s?
Ethel and Julius Rosenberg
Whittaker Chambers and Alger Hiss
House Un-American Activities Committee
Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
(2015) During the 1950s, increased incomes and easy credit led many Americans to embrace which phenomenon?
Consumerism
Feminism
Progressivism
Socialism
(2019) Before the 1950s, most immigrants to the United States came from Europe. What change in immigration policy was reflected in the 1965 Immigration Act?
It set large quotas to encourage European immigration.
It enforced a complete ban on immigration from China.
It imposed stricter quotas on immigration from every country.
It allowed more immigrants from Asia, Africa and Latin America.
(2015, 19) How did the Marshall Plan aim to contain the spread of Communism?
It built up the western European armed forces.
It helped to rebuild and strengthen European economies.
It forced Americans to take loyalty oaths to avoid losing their jobs.
It created a military alliance among western European and North American nations.
(2015,16,19) The United States was concerned about the spread of communism throughout most of the 20th century. Following World War I, suspected communists were persecuted in what was known as the Red Scare. A similar pattern of persecution resurfaced after World War II.
What was this development known as?
McCarthyism
Progressivism
The Marshall Plan
The counterculture movement
(2015) World War II ended after the United States dropped two atomic bombs on Japan. Four years later, the Soviet Union responded by successfully detonating an atomic bomb.
How did these developments affect the policy of the United States?
The United States mobilized all of its armed services
The United States drafted all young men into military service
The United States increased its efforts to construct nuclear weapons
The United States suspended all diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union
(2016,17) The Korean Peninsula was taken from Japan at the end of World War II. The Soviet Union and the United States clashed over how this territory should be governed.
How did the ideological conflict between the Soviet Union and the United States affect the division of the peninsula?
It increased religious tensions, leading to a Buddhist north and a Christian south.
It created political conflict, leading to a communist-controlled north and an anti-communist south
It intensified ethnic conflict, leading to a north controlled by China and a south controlled by Korea
It created tensions over natural resources, leading to a mineral-rich north and an agriculturally rich south.
Which international event led to the Second Red Scare in the United States?
Nazi Germany invaded and occupied Poland
Allied forces occupied Japan after World War II
China became a communist nation after a civil war
Palestine was divided into two states: one Arab and one Jewish
(2016,19) How did U.S. national security policy change at the end of the Cold War?
The United States withdrew from NATO.
The United States reduced defense spending.
The United States initiated containment policies.
The United States eliminated its nuclear program.
(2016,17) Which event directly contributed to the end of the Cold War?
Several Communist-based governments collapsed across Eastern Europe
The United States assisted the anti-Communist government of South Vietnam
President Nixon visited the People’s Republic of China to reopen diplomatic relations.
Senator McCarthy led investigations to uncover Communist actors working in Hollywood films.
(2016,17) Select two ways that the United States responded to the end of the Cold War?
The United States closed military bases throughout Asia
The United States supported wage reforms in Chinese industries
The United States provided economic assistance to new governments
The United States endorsed educational reforms in newly formed democracies
The United States passed stricter labor union regulations in the TV and film industry
