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Cold War Review

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When was the Potsdam Conference?

a)

Summer 1999

b)

Winter 1945

c)

Summer 1945

d)

Winter 1999

2.

What was the purpose of the Potsdam Conference?

a)

Plans for postwar Europe and division of Germany

b)

Because

c)

To negotiate prewar Europe

d)

To hold the Nazis accountable for their actions

3.

Where do Soviets block access to in 1948?

a)

Berlin

b)

Italy

c)

France

d)

Spain

4.

When was the Berlin wall started?

a)

1978

b)

1959

c)

1962

d)

1961

5.

What was Containment?

a)

Policy that said the US will give economic & military aid to stop spread of communism

b)

Policy that would make places really tense and almost at war

c)

None of the above

d)

Russian reforms

6.

Theory that said communism would spread?

a)

Dinosaur Theory

b)

Jam Theory

c)

Glasnost Theory

d)

Domino Theory

7.

There were three main policies during the Cold War

a)

True

b)

False

8.

Similar to Germany, Korea left divided after ________?

a)

WWI

b)

WW2

c)

Cold War

d)

None

9.

North Korea invades the ______ in 1950

a)

North

b)

East

c)

South

d)

West

10.

US leads UN forces to support ________ during the Korean War

a)

South Korea

b)

North Korea

c)

Germany

d)

Italy

11.

Which was a long, slow building guerrilla war from 1950s to 1973?

a)

WWI

b)

WW2

c)

Cold War

d)

Vietnam War

12.

What war tactic was used during the Vietnam War?

a)

Blitzkreig

b)

Guerrilla

c)

None

d)

There wasn't a Vietnam War

13.

The 1968 ___ Offensive turned many against the war in the US

a)

Tet

b)

Tut

c)

Tat

d)

Tot

14.

What was Brinkmanship?

a)

Hovering very close to war that people are afraid to do it. Scare tactic.

b)

People on a ship

c)

People protesting wars

d)

None

15.

President Kennedy made Brinkmanship a part of his "________ __________"

a)

Flexible War

b)

Flexible Retort

c)

Flexible Response

d)

Flexible Man

16.

What was the name of the conflict where the US discovers Soviet missile buildup in Cuba?

a)

Cuban Missile Crisis

b)

Missile Man

c)

Spanish Missile Crisis

d)

It never happened

17.

When was the Cuban Missile Crisis?

a)

October 1962

b)

It's fake

c)

Never

d)

2022

18.

What was the name of the hotline made after the Cuban Missile Crisis?

a)

US-Russia

b)

Soviet-American

c)

Russian-German

d)

Moscow-Washington

19.

Policy of Detente meaning?

a)

An easing of tensions after years of both nations on edge

b)

Strategic Arms Limitation Talks

c)

Getting really close to war as to stop it

d)

Containing the spread of communism

20.

SALT stands for?

a)

Strategic Arms Limitation Talks

b)

Strategic Army Legion Talks

c)

Seaweed and Licorice Team

d)

Social Art Literature Team

21.

What were the SALT agreements?

a)

Russia and America going to war

b)

America and Soviet Union agreeing to limit arms build up

c)

Talking about salt deposits

d)

They are government propaganda

22.

Glasnost promoted greater transparency

a)

True

b)

False

23.

What allowed for some private businesses?

a)

Perestroika

b)

Pests

c)

Mia Francis

d)

Ukraine

24.

Revolutions: Protests begin the _____ Republics

a)

American

b)

German

c)

Austrian

d)

Baltic

25.

When was the Berlin Wall torn down?

a)

1919

b)

1945

c)

1989

d)

1999

26.

What was the Red Scare?

a)

A 3rd wave of anti-communism in the 1990s

b)

A 2nd wave of anti-communism in the 1950s

c)

Communism

d)

nothing

27.

What did the Red Scare lead to?

a)

McCarthyism

b)

McDonaldism

c)

McKennaism

d)

McCantryism

28.

What started the Space Race?

a)

Soviet launch of Sputnik satellite

b)

American Launch of Apollo 11

c)

The 1980's

d)

Rain

29.

Who sends first person to space?

a)

Americans

b)

United States

c)

Soviets

d)

Germans

30.

How did the US catch up to the Soviets during the Space Race?

a)

Sending Apollo 11 w/ people to the moon

b)

Sending Apollo 12 w/ people to Jupiter

c)

Sending Apollo 13 w/ people to Neptune

d)

Sending Apollo 10 w/ people to Mars