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Cold War Test Review

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What 2 countries had an intense non-violent struggle that began after WWII and ended in 1991?

a)

Germany and the U.S.

b)

Turkey and Greece

c)

The U.S. and the Soviet Union

d)

Great Britain and France

2.

What post WWII Conference Divided Germany and Berlin into 4 occupational zones -increasing tension in the Cold War?

a)

Yalta Conference

b)

Versailles Conference

c)

Paris Peace Accord

d)

Geneva Accords

3.

What is the imaginary border between non-communist Western Europe and Communist Eastern Europe called?

a)

17th Parallel

b)

38th Parallel

c)

The Berlin Wall

d)

The Iron Curtain

4.

What U.S. foreign policy sent military and economic aid because of the fear that Greece and Turkey would fall to communism?

a)

Marshall Plan

b)

Domino Theory

c)

Truman Doctrine

d)

Space Race

5.

In response to the formation of NATO, the Soviet Union formed…

a)

Berlin Conference

b)

Axis Alliance

c)

NAFTA

d)

Warsaw Pact

6.

What is Sputnik?

a)

First artificial satellite launched in space

b)

First space mission around the moon

c)

Mission for the first moon landing

d)

First dog in space

7.

What country successfully launched Sputnik, starting the space race?

a)

The U.S.

b)

Soviet Union

c)

Korea

d)

China

8.

This was built to stop Eastern Europeans from fleeing to go west.

a)

Great Wall of China

b)

Silk Road

c)

The Iron Curtain

d)

The Berlin Wall

9.

What was the reason that the US launched the Bay of Pigs Invasion?

a)

Keep China out of Korea

b)

The U.S. was worried that the Cuba would become an ally of the Soviet Union

c)

North Korea attacked South Korea in order to make all of Korea communist.

d)

Cuba was under Soviet attack.

10.

What event began when the Soviet Union had placed Nuclear Missiles in Cuba? The US wanted them removed

a)

Bay of Pigs Invasion

b)

Korean War

c)

Vietnam War

d)

The Cuban Missile Crisis

11.

How did the Cuban Missile Crisis end?

a)

U.S. established a naval quarantine/blockade around Cuba.

b)

Air patrol covered larger area.

c)

The Soviet Union removed missiles from Cuba

d)

All of the answers are correct

12.

Who was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party during the early Cold War?

a)

Diem

b)

Mao Zedong

c)

Ho Chi Minh

d)

Al Yanukovych

13.

What two wars are considered proxy wars of the Cold War?

a)

Korea and China

b)

China and Cuban Missile Crisis

c)

Vietnam and Korea

d)

Vietnam and Bay of Pigs Invasion

14.

Who helped South Korea fight against communism?

a)

The United Nations

b)

Cuba

c)

France

d)

Vietnam

15.

True or False: Korea is still divided at the 38th parallel. North still communists/south non-communist.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

The U.S. belief that if one country in Southeast Asia fell to communism others around it would fall as well...

a)

Truman Doctrine

b)

Marshall Plan

c)

The Domino Theory

d)

NATO

17.

The US tried to help this country maintain Vietnam as a colony after WWII?

a)

France

b)

Japan

c)

Great Britain

d)

Germany

18.

Who was the leader of the communist rebels fighting against the colonizers in Vietnam?

a)

Buddhist Monks

b)

Mao Zedong

c)

Diem

d)

Ho Chi Minh

19.

What did the US use to clear the jungles in Vietnam?

a)

Atomic Bombs and Naval Blockades.

b)

Agent Orange and Naval Blockades

c)

Napalm and Atomic Bombs

d)

Napalm and Agent Orange

20.

In what way were the Korean and Vietnam wars similar?

a)

Both countries fell to communism.

b)

Both countries were liberated from communism.

c)

Both wars fought as a result of differing political ideologies during the Cold War

d)

Both wars were fought for China.

21.

What Soviet Leader made changes in the Soviet Union because people of the Soviet Union wanted democracy. Both the people and the country needed change.

a)

Vladimir Lenin

b)

Mikhail Gorbachev

c)

Joseph Stalin

d)

Putin