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WorksheetsCold War Practice Test
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 26mins
What is the term used to describe the invisible line that separated communist Eastern Europe from democratic Western Europe?
Berlin Wall
Iron Curtain
No Man's Land
Iron Wall
What wars were fought during the Cold War as a result of containment and the Domino Theory?
Korean & Vietnam War
WWI & WWII
Civil War & Spanish American War
Persian Gulf & War on Terror
The Cold War was a period of competition between which two countries?
the U.S. and Korea
The Soviet Union and Afghanistan
the U.S. and Afghanistan
the U.S and the Soviet Union
What policy implemented in the Cold War said the U.S. would give military aid to a country that needed to resist communism?
Marshall Plan
Truman Doctrine
Domino Theory
Open Door Policy
During the Cold War, what bill did the U.S. Congress pass to provide financial assistance to western European countries?
Truman Doctrine
Open Door Policy
Marshall Plan
Domino Theory
The first country in Asia to become communist in 1949 was
Japan
North Korea
South Korea
China
What was one of the major goals of the Cultural Revolution in China 1966-1976?
Purge capitalism; restore Chinese culture
Purge communism; bring back Chinese culture
modernize the country with McDonald's and other business
create a larger army
When Richard Nixon opened the door to China he also brought the US and USSR closer together.
True
False
The House Un-American Activities Committee was in charge of what?
Investigating immigrants and undesirables
Investigating WWII and what could be improved
Investigating un-American propaganda and finding subversives
Investigating Stagflation and improving the economy
Under President Eisenhower, US foreign policy shifted from one of containing the spread of communism to --
one of isolationism and withdrawing from Cold War competition.
one of brinkmanship bringing the US to the edge of another world war.
one of pacifism seeking to avoid a global conflict by promising to de-arm.
Which country was 1st to successfully launch a satellite - Sputnik I - into space during the Cold War?
the United States
the Soviet Union
The ICBM was an innovative new technology that allowed countries to launch satellites are target country's from around the world. ICBM's stand for?
Intercontinental champions of Ball Math
Intercontinental ballistic missiles
In case you bomb the exam
Intertechnical computer with bug math
Why did the USSR want to put missiles on Cuba?
To have more missiles because they couldn't match the nuclear power of the US
To counter the Warsaw Pact countries that were overthrowing communism
To counter the US missiles in Italy and Turkey
To counter the power of NATO
Who was the United States President during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Harry Truman
Dwight Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
Robert Kennedy
James Gregory
What ended the Cuban Missile Crisis?
The USSR removes missiles and the US leaves Cuba alone.
The US uses all of their missiles and destroys Cuba
Cuba forfiets
JFK got tired of fighting and just made a treaty
What two countries supported opposing sides in proxy wars during the Cold War?
Italy and Switzerland
France and Great Britain
Germany and Austria-Hungary
United States and Soviet Union
Which of the following best describes a proxy war?
Two superpowers directly fighting
Two countries fight without any assistance
Competing in sports instead of military force
Using another country’s soldiers to fight a war
Which of these events led to the breakup of the Soviet Union?
The arms race & government overspending
An attempt to overthrow the government by pro-democratic forces
Democratic reforms brought on by Mikhail Gorbachev
All of these
the fall of communism/ end of Cold War
the fall of capitalism/ end of Cold War
Informal relationship between the military and the defense industry to promote greater military spending and influence
government spending
military-industrial complex
conformity
appeasement
satellite nations are...
is a country that is formally independent in the world, but under heavy political, economic, and military influence
countries on the moon
symbolic boundary between eastern and western countries
aerospace organizations like NASA and Northrup Grumman
Historians argue that this conflict drained the Soviet Union of important resources and helped end the Cold War?
Invasion of Afghanistan
Vietnam War
Korean War
Iran-Contra
The birth of the largest generation of Americans born between 1946 & 1955 was called the
Hippie Generation
Gen X
Millenials
Baby Boom
The main style of music in the 1950's was
jazz
hip-hop
country
rock n roll
After the war, the ___?___ replaced radio and movies as the main entertainment for American families.
television
YouTube
internet
community swimming pool
People who perform professional, managerial, or Administrative type work, these people usually wear suits or business attire.
White Collar Jobs
Blue Collar Jobs
What is a Cold War?
War fought in below 0* temperatures
A war where no weapons are actually fired
Any wars fought in Russia
It's just another name for a war
Why would Russia want to send a dog into space before a person?
They wanted to see if dogs could live in space to be the astronaut’s pet.
They wanted to make sure living things could survive before risking a person’s life.
Dogs are smaller so they were cheaper to send into space.
Dogs weigh less so it takes less space and less fuel to space.
