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WorksheetsCold War Test
Total questions: 39
Worksheet time: 10hrs 45mins
Which of the following is the best definition of the Cold War?
Battle for control over the frozen tundra of Siberia
Competition for world influence between the U.S. and USSR.
Contest between scientists to be the first to use atomic power to create cold fusion.
Collegiate rivalry between Minnesota and Michigan hockey.
Which of the following best describes the differences between the United States and the USSR as they transitioned from World War II allies to Cold War enemies and superpowers?
The United States was committed to limiting all development of nuclear weapons home and abroad, whereas the USSR was committed to helping European nations build nuclear weapons.
The United States was committed to a democratic government and an economy based on capitalism, whereas the USSR was founded on communist theories.
The United States was committed to enforcing the provisions outlined within the Warsaw Pact, whereas the USSR was committed to enforcing provisions within the League of Nations.
The United States was committed to a state-run economy and one-part rule, whereas the USSR was committed to individual freedom and equality for all.
The blockade of Berlin by the Soviet Union during the years of 1948-1949, in which the citizens of Berlin were not allowed outside aid, led to which of the following events?
The Yalta Conference
Domino Theory
The Marshall Plan
The Berlin Airlift
Which of the following best describes one of the main causes for both the Korean and Vietnam Wars?
The nuclear arsenals within both Vietnam and Korea were a direct threat to the United States and the Soviet Union, leading to a joint military operation.
Trade tariffs in Southeast Asia led to military intervention by the United States and Canada in the Korean Peninsula and Vietnam.
The Cold War policy of containing communism led to military intervention by the United States in both the Korean Peninsula and Vietnam.
After the conclusion of World War II, the United States and Soviet Union worked together to remove Chinese military operations in Korea and Vietnam.
Based on the photographs shown, what impact did the Cold War have on American society?
Fear over nuclear destruction led most Americans to demand all nuclear weapons be eliminated.
Many felt that nuclear weapons should be used to destroy nations at fault for World War II.
There was a reduction in nuclear weapons as Americans invested in the space program.
Increased competition to create nuclear weapons caused Americans to prepare for disaster.
One reason for the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961 was to:
keep East Germans from fleeing to the Western sector of Berlin
promote reunification of East Germany and West Germany
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
Many see the Cold War as ending when which of the following was destroyed?
The Berlin Wall
The Great Wall
The Vietcong
Iraq
The launch of the Soviet Union satellite "sputnik" made the US react in what way?
Decrease defense spending to calm the american people
increase the housing boom market spending
Establish an armistice in Korea
Increase defense depending on these such as NASA and education in Science & Math
The 12 nation pact created a mutual defense alliance between the United States and Western European Countries
NATO
WARSAW Pact
Treaty of Versailles
United Nations
_______ was launched in China to renew the people's loyalty to communism and create a better society.
The Five Pillars
The Great Leap Forward
The Red Wave
The Cultural Revolution
This event triggered the space race between the United States and the Soviet Union?
Vietnam War
Creation of NASA
Sputnik
Apollo 13
This event brought the United States and the Soviet Union to the brink of war and was the height of cold war tension?
Vietnam War
Korean War
The Cuban Missile Crisis
Bay of Pigs Invasion
What year did the Soviet Union officially collapse?
1991
1988
1996
1993
Who was the communist leader of North Vietnam?
Ho Chi Minh
Mao Zedong
Ngo Dien Diem
Hideki Tojo
What did the United States fear would happen if all of Vietnam became communist?
Domino Theory
Communism would not spread
The Iron Curtain Theory
Soviet Scare
What was the chemical used to kill the vegetation in Vietnam?
Agent Orange
Agent Yellow
Agent Napalm
Agent Magenta
Who was Pol Pot?
Prime Minister of Cambodia
Leader of Vietnamese Military
Coach of the Chicago Bulls
Communist leader of the Khmer Rouge
What was the common name for the of the Cambodian communists who took over Cambodia in the Cold War?
Khmer Rubles
Karen Rogers
Kissinger Richards
Khmer Rouge
How many people died in the Cambodian Genocide?
2 million
7.7 billion
4 million
100,000
This leader took over Iran after the Shah was removed in 1979
Ayatollah Khomeini
Shah Pahlevi
Mohammed Mossadeq
Jimmy Fallon
Which of these describes the "Arms Race?"
The United States and Soviet Union competing to make superior sattelites
The US and Soviet Union fighting over space technology
The US and Soviet Union competing to make more powerful nuclear weapons
The population boom competition between the US and Soviet Union
Why couldn't the US and Soviet Union get into a major war after the 1950s?
They would have no support from NATO or the Warsaw Pact if they did
The United Nations would kick these founding members out for going to war
It would cause mutually assured destruction (M.A.D.) killing everyone
It would cause the rest of the world to declare war on both sides
What happened in 1969 ending the Space Race?
The US sent is own satellites into Space
John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth
The US sent the first robotic rover to Mars
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on The Moon
Which Chinese leader is most closely associated
with leading the Great Leap Forward and the
Cultural Revolution?
Sun Yixian (Sun Yat-sen)
Jiang Jieshi (Chiang Kai-shek)
Mao Zedong
Deng Xiaoping
Acts of violence directed at any specific group with the intention to eliminate that group are known as what?
Conflict
Crisis
Genocide
Power Struggle
This is a type of government where the government has complete control of the country.
Communism
Socialism
Democracy
Government
This type of government is ran by the people.
Democracy
Communism
Who was the 1st directly elected president of the Russian Federation?
Mikhail Gorbachev
Joseph Stalin
Boris Yeltsin
Vladimir Putin
The Warsaw Pact can be defined as...
the international military alliance between countries in North America and Europe created after World War II
military alliance formed by the Soviet Union and its satellite states in Eastern Europe
What happened to many eastern European countries after WWII?
They were dependent on the Marshall Plan
They developed democratic governments
They became economic world powers
They became Soviet satellite states
