WorksheetsUnit 11 Cold War CSA Review
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
How did Israel come to be?
The United States created it
The native people naturally created it
It formed from a British Mandate
It's always existed
The United States early in the Cold War had a large nuclear stockpile that never grew, while the USSR nuclear stockpile kept growing. Why might this be?
The US focused on accuracy, the USSR focused on numbers
The USSR focused on accuracy, the US already had the numbers
Nuclear weapons were too expensive for the US
The US kept exploding their weapons in tests
Much of the Cold War saw a slow move towards increased contact and treaties between the US and USSR, why might this be?
The Space Race began
Tensions were beginning to lessen
The US and USSR became friends
The development of the hydrogen bomb
How have some Palestinians attempted to change their situation?
By building a wall to seperate Israel from them
By suing the UN to force Israel to leave them alone
Building a massive army to take over Israel
Resorting to terrorism to 'strike back' against Israel
Why did the USSR collapse in the late 80s and early 90s?
Chronic mismanagement and lack of motivation amongst workers
The US trade embargo of the USSR
Droughts caused destructive famines
Chernobyl exploding
Unlike previous presidents who argued for containing the Soviet Union, Ronald Reagan wanted to...
Confront and push back the Soviet Union
Befriend and Work with the Soviet Union
Ignore the Soviet Union
Destroy the Soviet Union
How did the Cuban Missile Crisis come to an end?
The US destroyed all the missiles
The US invaded Cuba
Removal of weapons from Turkey and Cuba
The USSR took over Cuba
Which leader is considered to have potentially had a USSR backed assassination attempt in the 80s?
British PM Winston Churchill
Polish Labour Lech Walsea
Indian PM Mohandas Gandhi
Pope John Paul II
In 1979, Iranian students stormed a US embassy and held hundreds of Americans hostage. What was the biggest effect of this?
The suspension of diplomatic ties
The withdrawal of the US from the Middle East
The US invasion of Iran
The Iranian Revolution
What was a major failure of the USSR's command economy system that lead to its collapse?
It caused runaway inflation making money worthless
Free trade with its allies lead to widespread unemployment
Forced exports of food during faminine
Corruption and mismanagement with low wages
