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WorksheetsCold War Study Guide. Mrs. Krapf
Total questions: 27
Worksheet time: 17mins
Which of the following describes the differences between the Soviet Union and the United States?
The Soviet Union had a democratic government while the United States was communist.
Both countries had a democratic government, but the Soviet Union controlled all the businesses.
The United States had a democratic government while the Soviet Union was communist.
The Soviet Union believed in the rights and freedoms of all its citizens.
Which of the following occurred during the Red Scare?
Many democrats were arrested.
Many communists in the Soviet Union were arrested.
People who refused to cooperate with investigations were sent back to work.
Many innocent people were investigated and sometimes arrested.
Why was the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) formed?
To stop funds from reaching communist countries.
To form a military alliance between non-communist countries.
To promote peace in Europe through documents like Human Rights Declaration.
To stop democracy from spreading.
What role did the United States play in the Korean War?
The United States helped defend North Korea.
The United States helped defend South Korea.
The United States fought the Soviet Union Communists.
The United States did not participate in the Korean War.
Describe George C. Marshall's plan to stop communism from spreading.
Which organization replaced the League of Nations after World War 2 and worked to promote peace?
The United Nations.
NATO
The Red Cross
Nations United
In a 1946 speech, Winston Churchill used the term "Iron Curtain" to describe:
Nations of Europe after World War 2.
The building of the Berlin Wall.
Part of Europe that was being isolated through a communist government.
The division between West Germany and East Germany.
What was the purpose of the Berlin Wall?
To divide East Germany from West Germany.
To isolate democratic Berlin from Communist Berlin.
To provide food and supplies to Berlin.
To build a physical iron curtain that separated communist from democrats.
Elected President in 1981
Believed in building better weapons & technology
Worked on building a better relationship with Mikhail Gorbachev and eventually helped to end the Cold War
Richard Nixon
John F. Kennedy
Ronald Reagan
Lyndon B. Johnson
He wanted to find communists in the United States
He was a senator during the 1950s
His work was part of the Red Scare
Richard Nixon
Joseph McCarthy
Nikita Khrushchev
Winston Churchill
The Red Iceberg Propaganda poster represents communist since its red and the graves represent all the countries that have fallen to communism. The US ship heading towards the iceberg will soon be taken over by communist. What is the message in this propaganda poster?
(a)
Which statement BEST explains the reason the United States became involved in the Vietnam Conflict?
The US wanted to prevent the spread of Communism.
The US wanted to convince North Vietnam to join NATO.
The American military was already training forces to fight communist troops.
The United States was already training soldiers in North Vietnam.
How did the conclusion of the Vietnam Conflict differ from the Korean War?
South Korea became communist, but South Vietnam remained democratic.
South Korea remained democratic, but South Vietnam became communist.
Both South Korea and South Vietnam became communist.
The United States continued to help South Vietnam, but stopped helping South Korea.
Who WON the Space Race?
The USSR
Vietnam
Korea
The United States
Many historians believe that the threat of nuclear weapons during the Cold War PREVENTED World War 3. Do you agree or disagree?
Agree
Disagree
Neutral
I don't know
The Marshall Plan tried to stop the spread of communism by...
(a)
What was the Berlin Airlift?
Led by United States after World War 2 that delivered food and supplies to residents of West Berlin.
The battle of international influence that arose between communist and democratic nations.
An airplane that lifted parts of the Berlin Wall.
A United States senator who led investigations of his peers.
What was the Korean War?
A conflict between East and West Germany.
A conflict between Eastern and Western Europe.
A conflict between the United States and USSR.
A conflict between North Korea & Chinese and South Korea & the United States.
"It shall be the policy of this nation to regard any nuclear missile launched from Cuba against any nation in the Western Hemisphere as an attack by the Soviet Union on the United States, requiring a full retaliatory response upon the Soviet Union.
Joe Biden
Putin's War
John F. Kennedy
Cuban Missile Crisis
Eleanor Roosevelt
Human Rights Commission
Winston Churchill
Iron Curtain Speech
An alliance of Western Democratic nations formed after World War 2 to defend themselves against communism.
United Nations
NATO
Human Rights Commission
Cold War Propoganda
A military operation led by the United States to help residents of West Berlin by delivering food and supplies to them.
Berlin Wall
Berlin Airlift
NATO
Communism
Organization formed to promote global cooperation to try and avoid wars in the future.
United Nations
NATO
Human Rights Commission
Bill of Rights
The battle of international influence that arose between communist and democratic nations following the end of World War 2.
Cold War
Iron Curtain
NATO
United Nations
A political and economic system in which the government owns all businesses and land and people have very little individual freedoms.
Democracy
Communism
Monopoly
The Cold War
A name given to the physical and political division and isolation of communist countries and democratic countries during the Cold War.
Cuban Missile Crisis
Iron Curtain
NATO
United Nations
A dispute during the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union had built missile sites in Cuba. President John F. Kennedy set up a naval blockade of the island until Nikita Krushchev ordered the missiles to be removed.
Berlin Airlift
Red Scare
NATO
Cuban Missile Crisis
The physical division that was built to keep people from communist Berlin from escaping to the democratic side of Berlin.
United Nations
Propoganda
Berlin Wall
NATO
