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Cold War

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 3mins

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1.

Which of the following best describes satellite nations?

a)

nations in debt to a World Bank

b)

nations that belonged to NATO

c)

nations west of the iron curtain

d)

nations dominated by the Soviet Union

2.

What did President Truman promise in the Truman Doctrine?

a)

to support nations trying to resist Soviet control

b)

to fight hunger everywhere in the World

c)

to enforce the American policy of brinkmanship

d)

to reject the former policy of containment

3.

The Berlin Airlift was President Truman's response to the

a)

reunification of East and West Germany

b)

German development of the atomic bomb

c)

Soviet blockade of West Berlin

d)

construction of the Berlin Wall

4.

What impact did Joseph McCarthy have on American society?

a)

He encouraged a widespread fear of communism

b)

He strengthened the U.S. Army

c)

He encouraged Americans to stand up for their civil rights.

d)

He created opposition to United States involvement in Latin American affairs.

5.

At the Yalta Conference, Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin decided to...

a)

keep the Soviet Union out of the war in Japan.

b)

divide the defeated Germany into 4 sectors - American, British, French, and Soviet.

c)

rearm Germany as soon as possible.

d)

set up a world organization that would share knowledge of atomic weapons.

6.

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was based on the principle of

a)

free trade.

b)

collective security.

c)

appeasement.

d)

isolationism

7.

After the war, the Soviet Union quickly took control of

a)

the Potsdam Conference.

b)

Germany and Japan.

c)

the United Nations.

d)

several Eastern European countries.

8.

What was the final resolution of the Korean War?

a)

The North gained control

b)

The South gained control

c)

The dividing line moved north.

d)

The dividing line stayed about the same.

9.

Which event added most Americans' shock and fear of attack by the Soviet Union?

a)

the U-2 incident

b)

Castro's rise to power in Cuba

c)

the "Sputnik" launch

d)

first test of Soviet atomic bomb

10.

Why did a number of nations join to form NATO in 1949?

a)

to solve postwar problems as an agency of the United Nations

b)

to create economic alliance against Germany and Japan

c)

to protect themselves from possible Soviet aggression

d)

to counter the military threat posed by the Warsaw Pact