WorksheetsCold War - Iron Curtain to Cuban Missile Crisis
Total questions: 36
Worksheet time: 27mins
After being Allies during WWII, the U.S. and U.S.S.R. soon viewed each other with suspicion. Their political differences created a climate of "icy" tension known as the _____.
Cuban Missile Crisis
Cold War
Bay of Pigs
Truman Doctrine
Winston Churchill's term for the Cold War division between Soviet-dominated Eastern Europe and the U.S.-dominated Western Europe
(a)
British politician who predicted an "iron curtain" that would separate Communist Europe from the rest of the West.
George Kennan
Harry Truman
Winston Churchill
George Marshall
An international military alliance created in 1949 by the West (led by the U.S.) for purposes of defense, especially against the Soviets.
(a)
This plan proposed massive American economic aid ($$$) to Europe to rebuild the their economies after WWII and help prevent the spread of Communism.
Marshall Plan
Truman Doctrine
Proxy Wars
Iron Curtain
First established in 1947 by our president, the (a) Doctrine pledged to provide U.S. military and economic aid to any nation threatened by communism.
Soviet Union and countries of eastern Europe in a military alliance against the West known as the ________ ____.
(a)
Built to surround West Berlin, the ______ ____ both kept in people trying to escape and was a symbol of tyranny to the free world.
(a)
Successful effort by the United States and Britain to send by air 2.3 million tons of supplies to the residents of the Western-controlled sectors of Berlin in response to a Soviet blockade.
Space Race
Warsaw Pact
NATO
Berlin Airlift
Thought up by U.S. diplomat George Kennan, it's the American policy of resisting further expansion of communism around the world
(a)
American diplomat best known as the author of the "containment" policy
John F. Kennedy
George Kennan
Joseph Stalin
Yuri Gagarin
Became president when FDR died and led us in the start of the Cold War, was the first to apply "containment" ideas, including during the Korean War.
Richard Nixon
Dwight Eisenhower
Harry Truman
Lyndon Johnson
A (a) war is when the superpowers used other states as substitutes for fighting each other. This indirect type of fighting common in the Cold War.
The U.S. spy agency during the Cold War.
(a)
The old spy organization of the Soviets, it was their version of the CIA.
(a)
Soviet dictator at the start of the Cold War. He was the one who dropped the iron curtain to kick of this era of rivalry
(a)
Conflict that began with a sneak attack in 1950 and resulted in a stalemate & with U.S. troops still stationed in this Asian country to help out our allies.
Korean War
Vietnam War
Berlin Airlift
Space Race
Communist leader of North Korea; his attack on South Korea in 1950 started the Korean War. He remained in power until 1994.
Kim Il Sung
Kim Jong Un
Kim Jong Il
Syngman Rhee
Son of Kim Il Sung, ___________ became ruler of North Korea after his father's death. He developed nuclear weapons before passing away in 2011 when his son took over, who rules there to this day.
Kim Il Sung
Kim Jong Il
Kim Jong Un
Syngman Rhee
Current leader of North Korea who continues to build their nuclear capabilities.
Kim Il Sung
Kim Jong Il
Kim Jong Un
Syngman Rhee
Stretch between North and South Korea where both countries agreed to place no soldiers or weapons - runs along the 38th parallel and is heavily defended on either side
Sputnik
Apollo 11 moon landing
Berlin Wall
DMZ (demilitarized zone)
Line of latitude that roughly separates North and South Korea, it's the location of the infamous DMZ where the Korean War stalemated
38th Parallel
Iron Curtain
37th Parallel
Cuban Missile Crisis
Chinese Communist leader from 1949 to 1976, won the Civil War to take over control of the country and we fought against him in the Korean War
Deng Xiaoping
Mao Zedong
Chiang Kai-shek
Xi Jinping
U.S. general in charge of UN forces in Korea 1950-51, before being forced to give up command by President Truman.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy
George Kennan
Douglas MacArthur
George Marshall
Organization of nations formed in 1945 to promote international peace and security. Led the military team that fought against North Korea's invasion of the South
League of Nations
NATO
CIA
United Nations (UN)
1962 event that first started as a result of Fidel Castro's decision to allow the Soviet Union to base nuclear missiles in his country
Space Race
Launch of Sputnik
Cuban Missile Crisis
Berlin Airlift
In April 1961, a group of Cubans helped by the CiA tried to overthrow Fidel Castro in this event:
Bay of Pigs
Marshall Plan in Greece
Marshall Plan in Turkey
Warsaw Pact
This was the Soviet leader during the 1950s through the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Vladimir Putin
Joseph Stalin
Nikita Khrushchev
Leonid Brezhnev
_____ ____ ruled Cuba as a one-party state for almost half a century. He was the Cuban dictator during the crisis with the USA & USSR.
(a)
President during part of the Cold War and especially during the superpower rivalry and the Cuban Missile Crisis.
(a)
Many scientists and military leaders believed that control of space would be very important. Consequently, the USA and USSR competed in the ______ ____
(a)
First person to walk on the moon; U.S. Apollo 11; July, 1969; his famous words - "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."
(a)
First American in space (1961) and the 5th astronaut on the moon in 1971...and don't forget about his famous golf club, too!!!!
(a)
Soviet cosmonaut who in 1961 was the first person to travel in space
(a)
______ was when the U.S. sent a manned mission to the moon in 1969
Apollo 1
Apollo 8
Apollo 11
Apollo 13
First artificial Earth satellite, it was launched by Moscow in 1957 and sparked U.S. fears of Soviet dominance in technology and outer space. It led to the creation of NASA and the space race.
(a)
