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Cold War Test

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

At the Yalta Conference, Churchill, Stalin & FDR agreed to

a)

allow the Soviets to take over Eastern Europe

b)

to build the Berlin Wall

c)

divide Germany into four zones of occupation

d)

invade China & Korea

2.

What was the purpose of the Truman Doctrine?

a)

to raise funds for Communist activities in Europe

b)

to create a Communist party in the United States

c)

to judge political parties that favored communism

d)

to support countries that rejected communism

3.

All were goals of the Soviet Union after World War II EXCEPT

a)

encourage communism throughout the world

b)

hold free elections in Eastern Europe

c)

keep Germany divided & weak

d)

rebuild war ravaged economy

4.

The Marshall Plan was successful in

a)

spreading democracy throughout Eastern Europe

b)

rebuilding Western Europe after WWII

c)

establishing Strategic Arms Limitation Talks

d)

preventing Southeast Asia from falling to communism

5.

The thought or idea of one nation becoming communist would lead to the fall of its neighbors to communism was known as

a)

Vietnamization

b)

domino theory

c)

democratization

d)

nonaligned nations

6.

What was the name of the alliance established by European Communist nations in response to NATO?

a)

Iron Curtain

b)

Second World

c)

Warsaw Pact

d)

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

7.

What was the response to Stalin's Berlin Blockade?

a)

The Iron Curtain

b)

The Berlin Wall

c)

The Berlin Airlift

d)

Cuban Missile Crisis

8.

What was the Second Major military conflict between the West and the Communists?

a)

The Korean War

b)

The Vietnam War

c)

The Cuban Missile Crisis

d)

The Arms Race

9.

During the war in Korea, what did President Truman & Douglas MacArthur disagree strongly about?

a)

American involvement in the war

b)

the use of nuclear weapons

c)

whether to attempt to cross the 38th parallel

d)

whether China posed a threat to South Korea

10.

Who was the Communist leader of North Vietnam during the Vietnam War?

a)

Ngo Dinh Diem

b)

Ho Chi Minh

c)

Joseph Stalin

d)

Kim Jong Il

11.

Which of the following worked together to produce similar goals?

a)

Truman Doctrine & containment

b)

Marshall Plan & the iron curtain

c)

détente & brinkmanship

12.

The lessening of Cold War tensions is known as

a)

brinkmanship

b)

perestroika

c)

détente

d)

containment

13.

The reforms that led to democratization of the Soviet Union were begun by

a)

Joseph Stalin

b)

Nikita Khruschev

c)

Leonid Brezhnev

d)

Mikhail Gorbachev

14.

The purpose of perestroika was to

a)

reduce criminal activity

b)

revive the Soviet economy

c)

allow a free exchange of ideas

d)

open up the Soviet political system

15.

All of the following occurred in response to glasnost EXCEPT

a)

the release of imprisoned dissidents

b)

the privatization of small businesses

c)

criticism of the government by the media

16.

What are the border nations between the USSR & the West serving as a buffer zone called?

a)

Soviet States

b)

Satellite Nations

c)

 Iron Nations

d)

Stalinist States

17.

The destruction of the Berlin Wall & breakup of the Soviet Union signify the

a)

 end of the Cold War

b)

worldwide collapse of Communism

c)

 strength of the warsaw Pact

d)

power of anti-communist organizations

18.

Which Cold War event occurred last?

a)

the Cuban Missile Crisis

b)

the fall of the Berlin Wall

c)

the Vietnam War

d)

the Korean War

19.

Who lead a revolution in Cuba & became dictator, key player in Cuban Missile Crisis

a)

Fidel Castro

b)

Ho Chi Minh

c)

Daniel Ortega

20.

The division of North & South Korea was known as

a)

the 38th Parallel

b)

the Berlin Wall

c)

the Iron Curtain

d)

the 18th Parallel