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Communism/Korean War

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Communism is....

a)

A form of government that puts power into the hands of a few

b)

A city

c)

A form of government that puts power into the hands of the people

d)

A state

2.

Communists' attempts failed in which countries?

a)

Turkey

b)

Italy

c)

Turkey and Italy

d)

Turkey and Greece

3.

Who were the "Reds"?

a)

Actors

b)

American spies

c)

Soviet military troops

d)

Singers

4.

What was the Berlin Crisis?

a)

An earthquake

b)

Soviet attempts to force Germans out of Italy's capital

c)

A movie

d)

Soviet attempts to force Americans out of Germany's captial

5.

After WW2, Japanese-occupied territory was divided between which two nations?

a)

The United States and Great Britain

b)

The United States and the Soviet Union

c)

The Soviet Union and Japan

d)

The Soviet Union and Italy

6.

Which statement describes who had control over which parts of Korea?

a)

The Soviet Union controlled the south part of Korea and the United States controlled the northern part.

b)

Italy controlled the northern part of Korea and the Soviet Union controlled the south.

c)

The Soviet Union controlled the northern part of Korea and the US controlled the southern part.

d)

Italy controlled the southern part and the Soviet Union controlled the north.

7.

Which 1950 event sparked the beginning of the Korean War?

a)

South Korea sent thier powerful army into North Korea.

b)

North Korea, sent their powerful army into South Korea.

c)

Harry Truman ordered American and naval air forces to support Korean ground troops.

d)

None of these happened

8.

Who's television appearances infected the nation with anticommunist hysteria ruining numerous lives from politicians to actors and writers?

a)

Nikita Khrushchev

b)

Joseph McCarthy

c)

Douglas McArthur

d)

Josef Stalin

9.

What does NATO stand for?

a)

North Atlantic Trade Organization

b)

North American Tournament Organization

c)

North American Telecommunications Organization

d)

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

10.

On April 4, 1949, leaders of the US, Canada, Britain and most of the noncommunist countries formed an alliance called.....?

a)

NATO

b)

KATO

c)

The Berlin Wall

d)

Cold War

11.

NATO countries hoped that the alliance would stop

a)

communism from spreading

b)

democracy from spreading

12.

A system of carrying supplies into Berlin by plane day and night. British and American pilots flew in tons of food, fuel, and raw materials.

a)

Berlin

b)

Airlift

c)

Germany

d)

Blockade

13.

The line dividing North and South Korea

a)

The Berlin Wall

b)

The Iron Curtain

c)

The 38th Parallel

14.
This type of government is ran by the people.
a)
Socialism
b)
Communism
c)
Democracy
d)
Government
15.

What was the Iron Curtain

a)

it was a imaginary boundary that separated Europe

b)

it was a wall that separated eastern and western Europe