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Cold War

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a Cold War?

a)

A war without fighting.

b)

An economic plan to rebuild Europe.

c)

To keep communism where it already is.

d)

A divide in Europe between the communists and non-communists

2.

What is the Marshall Plan?

a)

A war without fighting.

b)

An economic plan to rebuild Europe.

c)

To keep communism where it already is.

d)

A divide in Europe between the communists and non-communists

3.

What is containment?

a)

A war without fighting.

b)

An economic plan to rebuild Europe.

c)

To keep communism where it already is.

d)

A divide in Europe between the communists and non-communists

4.

What was the iron curtain

a)

A war without fighting.

b)

An economic plan to rebuild Europe.

c)

To keep communism where it already is.

d)

A divide in Europe between the communists and non-communists

5.

Who was Joseph Stalin?

a)

British Prime Minister

b)

Communist Leader of Cuba

c)

Dictator of North Korea

d)

Leader of Soviet Union

6.

Who was Kim Jong Un?

a)

British Prime Minister

b)

Communist Leader of Cuba

c)

Dictator of North Korea

d)

Leader of Soviet Union

7.

Who was Winston Churchill?

a)

British Prime Minister

b)

Communist Leader of Cuba

c)

Dictator of North Korea

d)

Leader of Soviet Union

8.

Who was Harry Truman?

a)

Led America during the Cuban Missile Crisis

b)

Led America during the Berlin Airlift

c)

Communist Leader of China

d)

Head of American forces in the Korean War.

9.

Who was Douglas MacArthur?

a)

Led America during the Cuban Missile Crisis

b)

Led America during the Berlin Airlift

c)

Communist Leader of China

d)

Head of American forces in the Korean War.

10.

Who was Julius Rosenberg?

a)

Led America during the Cuban Missile Crisis

b)

Leader of the Soviet Union after Stalin dies.

c)

Communist Leader of China

d)

Sold secrets of the atomic bomb to the Soviet Union.

11.

Who was Nikita Khrushchev?

a)

Led America during the Cuban Missile Crisis

b)

Leader of the Soviet Union after Stalin dies.

c)

Communist Leader of China

d)

Sold secrets of the atomic bomb to the Soviet Union.

12.

Which country controlled North Korea?

a)

US

b)

Soviet Union

13.

Which country controlled South Korea?

a)

US

b)

Soviet Union

14.

How was Korea divided?

a)

38th Parallell

b)

48th Parallell

c)

58th Parallell

d)

Equator

15.

What is an armistice?

a)

An agreement to stop fighting.

b)

A fear of communism spreading.

c)

Government agency who investigated communism.

d)

A divide of Europe.

16.

What is a Red Scare?

a)

An agreement to stop fighting.

b)

A fear of communism spreading.

c)

Government agency who investigated communism.

d)

A divide of Europe.

17.

What was HUAC?

a)

An agreement to stop fighting.

b)

A fear of communism spreading.

c)

Government agency who investigated communism.

d)

A divide of Europe.

18.

After WWII, what was done with Germany?

a)

Split into 3 parts between US, Soviet Union, and Britain

b)

Split into 3 parts between US, Soviet Union, France

c)

Split into 4 parts between US, Soviet Union, Britain, France

d)

Split into 4 parts between US, Soviet Union, Britain, Japan

19.

Which country's section of Germany contains Berlin?

a)

US

b)

Soviet Union

c)

Britain

d)

France

20.

Who is the senator who led investigations into communists?

a)

Douglas MacArthur

b)

Dwight Eisenhower

c)

Julius Rosenberg

d)

Joseph McCarthy

21.

Why is the US so concerned with Cuba?

a)

They are in the middle of a civil war.

b)

They are a capitalist country near our border.

c)

They are a communist country near our border.

d)

None of the above.

22.

How does the US respond to the Cuban Missile Crisis?

a)

Bombing Cuba

b)

Blockade of Cuba

c)

Declaring war on Cuba.

d)

None of the above.

23.

Cuba was a communist country.

a)

True

b)

False

24.

The Marshall Plan was ineffective.

a)

True

b)

False

25.

Capitalism is all about the individual.

a)

True

b)

False

26.

Communism is all about the individual.

a)

True

b)

False

27.

Communism is all about the the community.

a)

True

b)

False

28.

Capitalism is all about the the community.

a)

True

b)

False

29.

In capitalism, the state owns everything.

a)

True

b)

False

30.

In communism, the state owns everything.

a)

True

b)

False

31.

In communism, everyone is equal.

a)

True

b)

False

32.

In capitalism, everyone is equal.

a)

True

b)

False

33.

In capitalism, ownership is private.

a)

True

b)

False

34.

In communism, ownership is private.

a)

True

b)

False

35.

A blockade is using your military to prevent anyone from getting in or out.

a)

True

b)

False

36.

One of the reasons for the Baby Boom was the couples put off having children during World War I.

a)

True

b)

False

37.

One of the reasons for the Baby Boom was the couples put off having children during World War II.

a)

True

b)

False

38.

One of the reasons for the Baby Boom was the couples put off having children during the Great Depression.

a)

True

b)

False

39.

One of the reasons for the Baby Boom was because of decreased wealth.

a)

True

b)

False

40.

One of the reasons for the Baby Boom was because of medical improvements.

a)

True

b)

False

41.

One of the reasons for the Baby Boom was because of increased wealth.

a)

True

b)

False

42.

Which was the American alliance?

a)

Warsaw Pact

b)

NATO

c)

HUAC

d)

None of the above

43.

Which was the Soviet Union alliance?

a)

Warsaw Pact

b)

NATO

c)

HUAC

d)

None of the above

44.

The US won the Korean War.

a)

True

b)

False

45.

Red symbolizes communism.

a)

True

b)

False

46.

Douglas MacArthur was fired during the Korean War

a)

True

b)

False

47.

McCarthy accused the army of being capitalist.

a)

True

b)

False

48.

The US is a capitalist country.

a)

True

b)

False

49.

The US is a communist country.

a)

True

b)

False

50.

The Soviet Union is a communist country.

a)

True

b)

False