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AP Euro - The Cold War

Total questions: 31

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

All of the following were accomplishments of Mikhail Gorbachev EXCEPT

a)

INF Treaty with President Reagan

b)

repudiation of the Brezhnev Treaty

c)

reinforced the Soviet Troops occupying Afghanistan

d)

passage of glasnost to open media opportunities in the USSR

2.

Which Soviet leader launched the consumer economy in Russia and a failed attempt at thawing the Cold War in Hungary ('57)?

a)

Brezhnev

b)

Stalin

c)

Khrushchev

d)

Gorbachev

3.

What is the term used to describe the invisible line that separated communist Eastern Europe from democratic Western Europe?

a)

Berlin Wall

b)

Iron Curtain

c)

No Man's Land

d)

Iron Wall

4.

What wars were fought during the Cold War as a result of containment and the Domino Theory?

a)

Korean & Vietnam War

b)

WWI & WWII

c)

Civil War & Spanish American War

d)

Persian Gulf & War on Terror

5.

During the Cold War, what bill did the U.S. Congress pass to provide financial assistance to western European countries?

a)

Truman Doctrine

b)

Open Door Policy

c)

Marshall Plan

d)

Domino Theory

6.

What policy implemented in the Cold War said the U.S. would give military aid to a country that needed to resist communism?

a)

Marshall Plan

b)

Truman Doctrine

c)

Domino Theory

d)

Open Door Policy

7.

Korea was divided along the __________ Parallel after World War II.

a)

35th

b)

36th

c)

37th

d)

38th

8.

Gorbachev's glasnost policy included all of the following EXCEPT

a)

release of dissident from prison

b)

allowance of criticism of the government

c)

allowance of national minority demonstrations

d)

the end of the Cold War

e)

freedom of expression

9.

The figurative curtain expressed in the source above refers to

a)

The division between communist countries from democratic counties in Asia

b)

The division between communist countries from democratic counties in Africa

c)

The division between communist countries from democratic counties in Europe

d)

The division between communist countries from democratic counties China

10.
Which of the following foreign policies gave financial aid to European nations to rebuild after WWII?
a)
Truman Doctrine
b)
Marshall Plan
c)
Warsaw Pact
d)
Domino Theory
11.

What was the political and military alliance of Western, non communist nations?

a)

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

b)

Warsaw Pact

c)

United Nations

d)

League of Nations

12.

What was the for the alliance organization of Soviet-dominated countries of Eastern Europe?

a)

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

b)

Warsaw Pact

c)

Triple Alliance

d)

United Soviet Socialist Republics

13.

US President Harry Truman's policy of preventing the spread and expansion of communism was -

a)

Containment

b)

Deterrence

c)

Militarism

d)

Diplomacy

14.
There is central control of the economy
a)
Communism
b)
Capitalism
15.
Governments should not interfere with the rights of individuals to make their own living
a)
Communism
b)
Capitalism
16.
Which side of the wall was under the control of the Soviets?
a)
West
b)
East
c)
Both
d)
Neither
17.

What ended the Cuban Missile Crisis?

a)

The USSR removes missiles from Cuba, and the US leaves Cuba alone.

b)

The US sends secret operatives to Cuba, unbeknownst to the USSR

c)

Cuba sides with US, revoking alliance with USSR

d)

US President John F. Kennedy and Premier Nikita Khrushchev made a de-escalation treaty

18.
The Cold War 
a)
The United States and the Soviet Union cut all diplomatic ties.
b)
An new kind of war with great casualties on both the US and USSR sides.
c)
Never really happened, it was simply a conspiracy invented by President Truman's administration. 
d)
The United States and the USSR formed competing military alliances. 
19.
Military aid to Greece and Turkey following attempts at communist overthrows. 
a)
Marshall Plan
b)
Domino Theory
c)
NATO
d)
Truman Doctrine
20.

Which of the following helped cause the Cold War?

a)

The US and the Soviet Union competed for global power and influence

b)

The US and the Soviet Union had differing political and economic systems

c)

The US and the Soviet Union distrusted each other

d)

all of these

21.

Churchill's speech in 1946 speech stated that

a)

British troops had preemptively seized the Iranian oil fields

b)

Britain was on the verge of financial collapse

c)

an "iron curtain" had "descended across the Continent"

d)

Mao Zedong could not be trusted to keep the peace

22.

How did the East German government stop the steady stream of discontented East Germans into West Germany through Berlin?

a)

elimination of day passes for workers

b)

increase in domestic wages for laborers

c)

invasion of West Berlin

d)

construction of the Berlin Wall

23.

During the Cuban Missile Crisis,

a)

President Kennedy worked quietly through diplomatic channels to resolve the problem

b)

Khrushchev used television to alert the world to the crisis

c)

The United States and the Soviet Union went on full military alert

d)

Khrushchev ordered a quarantine of American shipping headed for Cuba

24.

In 1985, which Soviet leader began implementing reforms designed to increase openness in the Soviet Union?

a)

Mikhail Gorbachev

b)

Andrei Gromyko

c)

Yuri Andropov

d)

Boris Yeltson

25.

What was glasnost?

a)

new Soviet policy that granted new measures of free speech

b)

conservative backlash against reform movements in the Soviet Union

c)

renewed military buildup in the Soviet Union

d)

Agricultural restructuring in the Soviet Union

26.

Perestroika

a)

established free elections in the Soviet Union

b)

extended a measure of independence to Soviet satellite states

c)

was a program initiated by Gorbachev for political and economic restructuring

d)

called for increased opennes in Soviet society

27.

How was the Cold War different from previous wars involving the United States?

a)

Previous wars were fought between the United States and European countries, and the Cold War was fought between the United States and the Soviet Union.

b)

The Cold War refers to the political and economic tension between the United States and the Soviet Union-not an actual war.

c)

The Cold War was fought in the cold climate region of the Soviet Union, whereas previous wars were fought in warmer climate regions.

d)

The Cold War battles were fought with more modern weaponry since it took place in the 1960s.

28.
What began the space race?
a)
Sputnik
b)
the Berlin Wall
c)
the Berlin Blockade
d)
the Cuban Missile Crisis
29.

Which title best fits the message of the political cartoon?

a)

Alliances Again: United States and Soviet Union

b)

Reunification: United States and Soviet Union are One Again

c)

It's a Showdown: Soviet Union vs. United States

30.

After World War II, how many sections was Germany divided into?

a)

6

b)

5

c)

4

d)

3

31.
Why is the Cold War called a "cold" war?
a)
The areas affected were in the polar regions of the world
b)
The war was fought during winter months only
c)
Leaders of the superpowers were sick with coughs and fevers
d)
There was never direct fighting between the two superpowers