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Unit 3: Cold War

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The alliance of Western Europe and other democratic countries is called...

a)

NATO

b)

Warsaw Pact

c)

Truman Doctrine

d)

Molotov Plan

2.

The alliance of the Soviet Union and Communist countries is called...

a)

Warsaw Pact

b)

NATO

c)

Molotov Plan

d)

Marshall Plan

3.

Who was Mao Zedong?

a)

Dictator of China

b)

Leader of North Vietnam

c)

Leader of South Vietnam

d)

Dictator of Cuba

4.

What was the purpose of the Marshall Plan?

a)

To help Europe recover after WWII

b)

To help Communist countries recover after WWII

c)

To help Asia recover after WWII

d)

All of these options

5.

Which policy was meant to contain Communism at any cost?

a)

Truman Doctrine

b)

Molotov Plan

c)

Marshall Plan

d)

Warsaw Pact

6.

What did the Molotov Plan do?

a)

Gave help to Communist countries

b)

Gave help to democratic countries

c)

Gave help to countries resisting Communism

d)

Gave help to Western Europe

7.

Which of the following is an effect of the Great Leap Forward?

a)

Millions of Chinese peasants dying from famine

b)

South Vietnam being invaded by the North

c)

An overthrow of "old" traditions

d)

Missiles being installed in Cuba

8.

What started the Space Race?

a)

The Soviet Union launching Sputnik

b)

The US putting a man on the moon

c)

The Soviet Union testing its own atomic bomb

d)

The US using atomic weapons on Japan

9.

What was the purpose of the Berlin Wall?

a)

To keep people in East Berlin

b)

To keep people in West Berlin

10.

The guarantee that if a country launches a nuke, it guarantees its destruction is called...

a)

Mutually Assured Destruction

b)

Nuclear Arms Race

c)

Containment

d)

Truman Doctrine

11.

Why were Americans involved in Korea after WWII?

a)

They wanted to contain Communism

b)

They wanted to spread Communism

c)

They were trying to support North Korea

d)

They were trying to defeat South Korea

12.

Which of the following is NOT a change that Gorbachev made to the Soviet Union?

a)

He allowed more freedom of speech

b)

He added a little capitalism to the economy

c)

He loosened control of the Eastern Bloc

d)

He brutally crushed all rebellions

13.

Where were the Nazis put on trial for their war crimes?

a)

Nuremberg

b)

Prague

c)

Hungary

d)

Berlin

14.

What's the purpose of the United Nations?

a)

To have countries cooperate to keep peace

b)

To invade other countries

c)

To prevent the Cold War from happening

15.

Why did the Berlin Blockade happen?

a)

The Soviet Union wanted all of Berlin

b)

The US wanted all of Berlin

c)

West Berlin wanted to become Communist

d)

East Berlin wanted to become democratic

16.

What was the end result of the Vietnam War?

a)

The US withdrew from the war

b)

North Vietnam invaded South Vietnam

c)

Vietnam became Communist

d)

All of these options

17.

Who's that superhero?

a)

It's Iron Man!

b)

It's Wonder Woman!

c)

It's Robin!

d)

It's BATMAN.