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WorksheetsCold War Quiz Review
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 14mins
Choose the two countries involved with the Cold War
France
United Kingdom
Soviet Union
Canada
United States
Choose the two words that would best describe the feelings during the Cold War.
Tense
Violent
Hostile
Peaceful
Calm
Choose the three world leaders who attended the Potsdam Conference in 1945:
Winston Churchill - UK
Neville Chamberlain - UK
Franklin Roosevelt - US
Harry Truman - US
Joseph Stalin - USSR
Choose the two years that mark the beginning of the Cold War until the end:
1944
1945
1946
1989
1991
The imaginary line that separated Non Communism from Communism in Europe was known as the:
Iron Maiden
Steel Curtain
Iron Curtain
Steel Maiden
This was the US foreign policy that did not attempt to completely destroy Communism but sought to keep it from spreading.
Prevention
The Slow Down
Classification
Containment
This was an alliance formed in 1949 made up of the US and other democratic countries...
The Warsaw Pact
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
United Nations
The European Union
This was an alliance formed in 1955 that included the USSR and other communist satellite countries.
The Warsaw Pact
The United Nations
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization
The European Union
What was the Truman Doctrine?
A speech given by Winston Churchill that kicked off the Cold War
A speech given by Harry Truman outlining the US foreign policy of containment
A speech given by Joseph Stalin marking the US as enemy #1
A speech given by FDR naming Harry Truman as the next president of the US
What was the name of the US program that would help Europe recover after WWII and help contain communism throughout the continent?
The Democratic Plan
The Truman Plan
The Containment Plan
The Marshall Plan
Choose three of these that are true about the Berlin Airlift:
The USSR brought supplies to East Berlin
The USA brought supplies to West Berlin
It lasted 327 days
It helped 10 million people
It helped 2 million people
What two countries were created at the 38th parallel line after WWII?
North and South Vietnam
North and South Korea
North and South Carolina
North and South America
Choose the correct two sides of the Korean War:
North Korea - Communist - Supported by the USSR
North Korea - Democratic - Supported by the USA
South Korea - Communist - Supported by the USSR
South Korea - Democratic - Supported by the USA
Which of these statements are true about the end of the Korean War?
South Korea/ USA won
North Korea/ USSR won
There was a stalemate
Which country launched the first artificial satellite known as Sputnik?
USA
USSR
China
Germany
How does US Senator Joe McCarthy relate to the Cold War?
He gave the speech that led to the Truman Doctrine being developed
He debated JFK on television during the election of 1960
He created a climate of suspension and fear when he claimed he had a list of undercover communist
He coined the phrase "Iron Curtain"
What was unique about the election of 1960?
First televised election
First election to be heard on the radio
First election campaigned online
First election with a woman candidate
Which statement is true about the Berlin Wall?
East Berlin built it to stop it's citizens from escaping to West Berlin
West Berlin built it to stop it's citizens from escaping to East Berlin
Choose the two communist leaders that JFK faced tension and hostility from during his presidential administration:
Fidel Castro (Cuba)
Kim Jong Un (North Korea)
Nikita Khrushchev (USSR)
Mikael Gorbachev (USSR)
What was the Bay of Pigs Invasion?
A failed attempt to get into North Korea backed by the US
A failed attempt to form a coup against Fidel Castro's regime in Cuba backed by the US
A failed attempt to surprise attack North Vietnam backed by the US
A successful attempt to form a coup against Fidel Castro in Cuba backed by the US
Why did the US get involved with the Vietnam War?
North Vietnam attacked a US naval base
South Vietnam promised the US money in great amounts if the US helped
The US wanted to support anti-communist forces to stop the spread of communism
The US wanted revenge on the North Vietnamese
Choose the first US president to visit communist China:
President Kennedy
President Eisenhower
President Nixon
President Johnson
Choose which of these options was a symbol of the Cold War being close to an end:
The US landing on the moon in 1969
The end of the Vietnam War in 1975
The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989
The election of President George H.W. Bush in 1988
Which event marks the end of the Cold War?
The election of President Bill Clinton in 1992
The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989
The terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in 2001
The breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991
