WorksheetsCold War Review (5th Grade)
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 7mins
The Cold War was mostly a competition between the United States and
Great Britain
Germany
Soviet Union
Poland
Americans' fear of communism following World War II led to ...
a hunt for communist led by
Nikita Khrushchev
a Cold War
the Civil Rights movement
a hunt for communist by Joseph McCarthy
Why did the United States send troops to Vietnam?
In response to the Cuban Missile Crisis.
To stop the spread of socialism.
To stop the spread of communism.
To establish a military base.
Which countries airlifted supplies to Berlin during the Berlin Blockade?
Britain and the United States
United States and the Soviet Union
France and the United States
Korea and the United States
The ____________ cut off Eastern Europe from the West metaphorically speaking.
The Marshall Plan
The Berlin Airlift
WWII
The Iron Curtain
What event in the 1960s brought the world close to a nuclear war?
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cold War
The Vietnam War
The bombing of Pearl Harbor
Which term is most closely related to capitalism?
dictatorship
facism
democratic
communist
An alliance called the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was formed in 1949 by the leaders of several non-communist countries. Why was NATO formed?
to drop supplies to the people of East Berlin by the Berlin Airlift
to turn the Cold War hot
to keep the USSR from forcing communism on other countries
to encourage all of Western Europe that they should have a democratic government and a capitalist economy
Who is the Soviet leader that helped Fidel Castro set up a communist government in Cuba and hid nuclear missiles in Cuba?
Joseph McCarthy
John F. Kennedy
Nikita Kruschev
Joseph Stalin
Which of the following events does the image most likely depict?
the metaphorical "Iron Curtain"
the actual Berlin Wall
the Cuban Missile Crisis
the territories that the U.S. gained near the Gulf of Mexico
Which country placed the first man in space and orbited the Earth?
The United States
The Soviet Union
England
France
Did the United States launch their first satellite into space before or after the Soviet Union?
Before
After
