WorksheetsCold War
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 3mins
Which of the following best describes satellite nations?
nations in debt to a World Bank
nations that belonged to NATO
nations west of the iron curtain
nations dominated by the Soviet Union
What did President Truman promise in the Truman Doctrine?
to support nations trying to resist Soviet control
to fight hunger everywhere in the World
to enforce the American policy of brinkmanship
to reject the former policy of containment
The Berlin Airlift was President Truman's response to the
reunification of East and West Germany
German development of the atomic bomb
Soviet blockade of West Berlin
construction of the Berlin Wall
What impact did Joseph McCarthy have on American society?
He encouraged a widespread fear of communism
He strengthened the U.S. Army
He encouraged Americans to stand up for their civil rights.
He created opposition to United States involvement in Latin American affairs.
At the Yalta Conference, Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin decided to...
keep the Soviet Union out of the war in Japan.
divide the defeated Germany into 4 sectors - American, British, French, and Soviet.
rearm Germany as soon as possible.
set up a world organization that would share knowledge of atomic weapons.
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was based on the principle of
free trade.
collective security.
appeasement.
isolationism
After the war, the Soviet Union quickly took control of
the Potsdam Conference.
Germany and Japan.
the United Nations.
several Eastern European countries.
What was the final resolution of the Korean War?
The North gained control
The South gained control
The dividing line moved north.
The dividing line stayed about the same.
Which event added most Americans' shock and fear of attack by the Soviet Union?
the U-2 incident
Castro's rise to power in Cuba
the "Sputnik" launch
first test of Soviet atomic bomb
Why did a number of nations join to form NATO in 1949?
to solve postwar problems as an agency of the United Nations
to create economic alliance against Germany and Japan
to protect themselves from possible Soviet aggression
to counter the military threat posed by the Warsaw Pact
