WorksheetsCold War Test
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 40mins
At the Yalta Conference, Churchill, Stalin & FDR agreed to
allow the Soviets to take over Eastern Europe
to build the Berlin Wall
divide Germany into four zones of occupation
invade China & Korea
What was the purpose of the Truman Doctrine?
to raise funds for Communist activities in Europe
to create a Communist party in the United States
to judge political parties that favored communism
to support countries that rejected communism
All were goals of the Soviet Union after World War II EXCEPT
encourage communism throughout the world
hold free elections in Eastern Europe
keep Germany divided & weak
rebuild war ravaged economy
The Marshall Plan was successful in
spreading democracy throughout Eastern Europe
rebuilding Western Europe after WWII
establishing Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
preventing Southeast Asia from falling to communism
The thought or idea of one nation becoming communist would lead to the fall of its neighbors to communism was known as
Vietnamization
domino theory
democratization
nonaligned nations
What was the name of the alliance established by European Communist nations in response to NATO?
Iron Curtain
Second World
Warsaw Pact
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
What was the response to Stalin's Berlin Blockade?
The Iron Curtain
The Berlin Wall
The Berlin Airlift
Cuban Missile Crisis
What was the Second Major military conflict between the West and the Communists?
The Korean War
The Vietnam War
The Cuban Missile Crisis
The Arms Race
During the war in Korea, what did President Truman & Douglas MacArthur disagree strongly about?
American involvement in the war
the use of nuclear weapons
whether to attempt to cross the 38th parallel
whether China posed a threat to South Korea
Who was the Communist leader of North Vietnam during the Vietnam War?
Ngo Dinh Diem
Ho Chi Minh
Joseph Stalin
Kim Jong Il
Which of the following worked together to produce similar goals?
Truman Doctrine & containment
Marshall Plan & the iron curtain
détente & brinkmanship
The lessening of Cold War tensions is known as
brinkmanship
perestroika
détente
containment
The reforms that led to democratization of the Soviet Union were begun by
Joseph Stalin
Nikita Khruschev
Leonid Brezhnev
Mikhail Gorbachev
The purpose of perestroika was to
reduce criminal activity
revive the Soviet economy
allow a free exchange of ideas
open up the Soviet political system
All of the following occurred in response to glasnost EXCEPT
the release of imprisoned dissidents
the privatization of small businesses
criticism of the government by the media
What are the border nations between the USSR & the West serving as a buffer zone called?
Soviet States
Satellite Nations
Iron Nations
Stalinist States
The destruction of the Berlin Wall & breakup of the Soviet Union signify the
end of the Cold War
worldwide collapse of Communism
strength of the warsaw Pact
power of anti-communist organizations
Which Cold War event occurred last?
the Cuban Missile Crisis
the fall of the Berlin Wall
the Vietnam War
the Korean War
Who lead a revolution in Cuba & became dictator, key player in Cuban Missile Crisis
Fidel Castro
Ho Chi Minh
Daniel Ortega
The division of North & South Korea was known as
the 38th Parallel
the Berlin Wall
the Iron Curtain
the 18th Parallel
