WorksheetsThe Cold War
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 37mins
What wars were fought during the Cold War as a result of containment and the Domino Theory?
Korean & Vietnam War
WWI & WWII
Civil War & Spanish American War
Persian Gulf & War on Terror
The Cold War was a period of competition between which two countries?
the U.S. and Korea
The Soviet Union and Afghanistan
the U.S. and Afghanistan
the U.S and the Soviet Union
What theory caused the U.S. to enter the Vietnam War in order to stop the expansion of communism across Southeast Asia?
Marshall Plan
Domino Theory
Open Door Policy
Dollar Diplomacy
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
NATO
the United Nations
the satellite nations
the Warsaw Pact
The organization that was formed to combat communism and protect member nations from a communist attack was the
United Nations
Warsaw Pact
NATO
CIA
The Soviet Union place missiles in Cuba that were pointed toward the U.S. Why did this worry the United States?
The U.S. worried that Cuba would become communist
The U.S. worried that Nikita Khrushchev would get hurt
The U.S. worried that they would lose the territories that they gained during the Spanish American War
The U.S. worried that a nuclear war might start
What happened as an effect of the end of the Korean War in 1953?
The U.S. gained South Korea as a territory
North Korea and South Korea reunited
North Korea and South Korea remained divided
South Korea dropped an atomic bomb on North Korea
True or False: After World War II Germany was divided into East Germany and West Germany.
True
False
When Germany was divided between the Allied Powers and the Soviet Union after World War II, Germany's capital city of _______________ was also divided.
Prussia
Berlin
Austria
Bismark
How did the Korean War end for the United States?
It was considered a defeat for the United States
It ended in a stalemate (the border did not change; neither side gained any territory)
The Korean War caused the U.S. to win the Cold War
The Korean War ended with all of Korea becoming a democracy.
How did the Vietnam War end for the United States?
It was considered a loss because all of Vietnam became communist
It was a much-needed victory for the U.S. military
It ended in a stalemate, where neither side actually won
All of Vietnam became a democracy
After WII, the United States had which type of government?
democracy
communism
monarchy
dictatorship
What two superpowers immerged after World War II?
United States and Germany
Soviet Union and Germany
Soviet Union and Russia
United States and Soviet Union
