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U.S.: 13.1/13.2

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the term for the "tense relations" between nations following World War II?

a)

The Iron Curtain

b)

The Cold War

c)

The Big Three

d)

The Truman Doctrine

2.

What is the name of the dividing line between democratic governments and Communist governments in Europe?

a)

The Berlin Wall

b)

The Marshall Plan

c)

The Iron Curtain

d)

The Political Divide

3.

What is the name of the meeting with the "Big Three" following World War II?

a)

The Yalta Conference

b)

The Potsdam Conference

c)

The Warsaw Pact

d)

NATO

4.

What was the major agreement of the Yalta Conference?

a)

To allow Soviets to exert as much influence as desired in Europe

b)

To ban Communism in the world

c)

To allow countries to choose their form of government

d)

To create an agreement of peace in the world

5.

What organization was created post-WWII to facilitate "international peace-keeping"?

a)

The CIA

b)

NATO

c)

The UN

d)

The Warsaw Pact

6.

Which resolution provided the countries of Greece and Turkey with direct economic/military aid from the United States?

a)

The Truman Doctrine

b)

The Marshall Plan

c)

The Long Telegram

d)

The Berlin Airlift

7.

What was the major idea of the Marshall Plan?

a)

To allow the USSR to set up a government in Poland.

b)

To protect Iran from Soviet influence.

c)

Providing economic aid to devastated nations in Europe.

d)

To provide supplies to West Berlin.

8.

Which country was NOT a part of NATO?

a)

Canada

b)

France

c)

Belgium

d)

Bulgaria

9.

After the Korean War began, the United States embarked on a major

a)

military buildup.

b)

treaty negotiation.

c)

economic expansion.

d)

expansion of foreign aid.

10.

President Truman fired General Douglas MacArthur in 1951 when MacArthur

a)

failed to win the Korean War.

b)

refused to carry out an invasion of China.

c)

transmitted military secrets to the Soviet Union.

d)

publicly criticized the president’s policy of limited war.