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Cold War Review

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

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Class
Date
1.

The most powerful nations after WW2 were ________________ and_______________________.

a)

The United States and China

b)

The United States and The Soviet Union

c)

The United States and Great Britain

d)

The United States and Australia

2.

Winston Churchill used the term Iron Curtain to describe _________________________.

a)

the division of Eastern and Western Europe

b)

the division of Eastern and Western United States

c)

the division of Eastern and Western Poland

3.

The Cold War Begins: Choose all of the following that are true about this war.

a)

fought with words

b)

fought with many weapons

c)

fought with money

d)

fought with the threat of weapons

4.

In 1948, the Soviets blocked ALL supplies from getting into West Berlin. How did the U.S. and the other Allies manage to still get supplies into West Berlin?

a)

train

b)

boat

c)

plane

d)

bicycles

5.

In 1949 the United States and European countries worked together to form an alliance for protection against Communist aggression called N.A.T.O. What does N.A.T.O stand for?

a)

National Alliance Traffic Organization

b)

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

c)

North American Traffic Organization

d)

National Airlift Traffic Organization

6.

In response to NATO, the Soviet Union and its allies formed a defense known as the _______________ _____________.

a)

Warsaw Pact

b)

Soviet Treaty

c)

Warsaw Treaty

d)

Soviet Pact

7.

What was the name of the war where the northern country remained communist and the southern country remained non-communist (hint: 38th parallel)

a)

Cold War

b)

Korean War

c)

Vietnam War

d)

Communist War

8.

Protests and propaganda posters were used by Americans to show that they were unhappy about this war (hint: this country fell to communism)

a)

Vietnam War

b)

Communist War

c)

Korean War

d)

Cold War

9.

What was the name of the event in 1962 when the U.S. discovered that the Soviet Union had missiles in Cuba?

a)

Space Missile Crisis

b)

Berlin Missile Crisis

c)

Cuban Missile Crisis

d)

U.S. Missile Crisis

10.

What was the United States goal during the Cold War?

a)

divide East and West Europe

b)

spread communism

c)

stop the spread of capitalism

d)

stop the spread of communism