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The End of the World War II and The Cold War Review

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What did Americans fear after the end of WWII?

a)

The spread of democracy

b)

The spread of NATO

c)

The spread of communism

d)

The spread of capitalism

2.

Why did the United States send troops to Vietnam?

a)

To stop the spread of NATO

b)

To stop the spread of communism

c)

To stop the spread of capitalism

d)

To stop the spread of democracy

3.

The Cold War was a war between the United States and the Soviet Union, but there was not actual combat involved. The war between these two countries was a rivalry between which of the following?

a)

capitalism vs. facism

b)

communism vs. dictatorship

c)

socialism vs. communism

d)

communism vs. democracy

4.

Which of the following events brought the world close to a nuclear war in the 1960s?

a)

Space Race

b)

Dropping of the atomic bomb

c)

Cuban Missile Crisis

d)

Construction of the Berlin Wall

5.

In a speech regarding the divide in Europe over communism, Winston Churchill stated that a(n) ___________ descended over the continent.

a)

steel wall

b)

iron wall

c)

steel curtain

d)

iron curtain

6.

The nation created after World War II as a homeland for displaced Jews was

a)

Palestine

b)

the Soviet Union

c)

Czechoslovakia

d)

Israel

7.

The organization that the Soviet Union created in response to the defense alliance created by the United States consisting of communist allies to the USSR was

a)

NATO

b)

the United Nations

c)

the satellite nations

d)

the Warsaw Pact

8.
Which of the following was the most important international organization formed after WWII to maintain peace and avoid another world war?
a)
United Nations 
b)
League of Nations 
c)
World Bank 
d)
Triple Alliance 
9.
What did the United States do after WWII to rebuild Europe?
a)
Marshall Plan 
b)
NATO 
c)
Containment
d)
Arms Race
10.
Which U.S. President during the 1980s aided in the collapse of the Soviet Union?
a)
John F. Kennedy
b)
Franklin Roosevelt 
c)
Ronald Reagan 
d)
George Bush
11.
Which of the following best describes the outcome of the Korean War?
a)
the South Koreans won the war and controlled all of Korea
b)
the North Koreans won the war and controlled all of Korea
c)
neither side won the war and Korea remains divided today
d)
the U.S. and Soviet Union took over the area
12.

When Germany was divided between the Allied Powers and the Soviet Union after World War II, Germany's capital city of _______________ was also divided.

a)

Prussia

b)

Berlin

c)

Austria

d)

Bismark

13.

In 1948, the Soviets blocked ALL supplies from getting into West Berlin. How did the U.S. and the other Allies manage to still get supplies into West Berlin?

a)

train

b)

boat

c)

plane

d)

bicycles

14.

U.S. and Allied airplanes delivered supplies into West Berlin for 321 days! This was known as the _____________ ________________.

a)

Iron Airlift

b)

Great Planes

c)

Operation Airplane

d)

Berlin Airlift

15.

What was the Berlin Wall?

a)

An imaginary wall between East and West Berlin

b)

An imaginary wall between North and South Berlin

c)

A concrete wall that separated East and West Berlin

d)

A concrete wall that separated North and South Berlin

16.

Who was the first man to walk on the moon's surface on July 20, 1969?

a)

John Glenn

b)

Alan Shepard

c)

Neil Armstrong

d)

Yuri Gagarin

17.

In 1958, President Eisenhower created ________, a federal agency dedicated to space exploration.

a)

IAU

b)

FBI

c)

NASA

d)

CIA

18.

What happened in 1969 ending the Space Race?

a)

The US sent is own satellites into Space

b)

John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth

c)

The US sent the first robotic rover to Mars

d)

Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on The Moon

19.
During the Berlin Blockade, the U.S. flew supplies to west Berlin. This was called the __________________________.
a)
Berlin Rescue Mission
b)
NATO
c)
Berlin Airlift
d)
United Nations
20.

Following the war, Germany was

a)

Divided into occupied zones, the east to the Soviets and the west to the democracies.

b)

restored to the Kaiser under the supervision of the U.S.S.R.

c)

ceded to the Republic of Poland.

d)

Allowed to keep Berlin autonomous without allied supervision.

21.

Leading North Vietnamese figure, supporting the Communist party

a)

Ngo Dinh Diem

b)

Ho Chi Minh

c)

Viet Cong

d)

Kent State University

22.

What parallel line divides North and South Korea?

a)

17th

b)

48th

c)

15th

d)

38th

23.

What event started the Space Race?

a)

The Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1

b)

The United States created NASA

c)

The creation of the Apollo space program

d)

The 1st female astronaut is sent to space