WorksheetsCold War and Space Race
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
Which term means the idea that when one nation falls to communism, then another one will and so on, and so on?
Containment
Stalemate
Blockade
Domino Theory
Which term means the stockpiling of nuclear weapons to prevent a war?
Containment
Arms Race
Blockade
Cease-Fire
The U.S. policy to stop the spread of communism is known as...?
Containment
Stalemate
Blockade
Cease-Fire
Which defense alliance was between the U.S. and their allies?
Warsaw Pact
N.A.T.O.
Which of the following was built to separate the capital of Germany?
Iron Curtain
Berlin Wall
This event lasted for 13 tense days when the world came close to nuclear war.
Korean War
Berlin Airlift
Cuban Missile Crisis
Space Race
Vietnam War
This war from 1964-1973 ended when the U.S. signed a cease-fire.
Korean War
Berlin Airlift
Cuban Missile Crisis
Space Race
Vietnam War
This event saw the U.S. send airplanes to deliver much needed supplies to a German city for over a year.
Korean War
Berlin Airlift
Cuban Missile Crisis
Space Race
Vietnam War
This war was fought from 1950-1953 and it ended in a stalemate.
Korean War
Berlin Airlift
Cuban Missile Crisis
Space Race
Vietnam War
Which of the following was a contest between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. to gain technological superiority and the goal was to reach the moon?
Korean War
Berlin Airlift
Cuban Missile Crisis
Space Race
Vietnam War
Which event officially ends the Cold War in 1991?
The Cuban Missile Crisis
The Reunification of Germany
The Berlin Wall was destroyed
The collapse of the Soviet Union
The Space Race was a part of what war?
Vietnam war
World War I
World War II
Cold War
What was the name of the first satellite launched into orbit?
Sputnik I
Apollo 11
Gemini
Explorer I
Which country first put a manned spacecraft into orbit?
United States
Germany
Japan
Soviet Union
Which Country successfully sent a satellite into space first?
U.S.S.R.
US
China
Britain
What type of power did the Space Race demonstrate?
Economic Power
Technological Power
Military Power
All of these
True or False: The Space race and the Arms race developed independently from each other.
True
False
Which US space mission made the first landing on the moon?
Apollo 8
Apollo 11
Apollo 12
Apollo 5
The Cold War was a struggle between these two ideas:
Democracy and Communism
Federalism and Socialism
Dictatorships and Monarchy
This capital city was divided in two during the Cold War
Washington DC
Cairo
Bejing
Berlin
Both the US and Soviets ____ that the other would destroy their way of life
hoped
feared
needed
wanted
East Berlin was a _____ place to live than West Berlin
Better
Worse
People could move back and forth across the Berlin Wall freely
True
False
Who was the President who resolved the Cuban Missile Crisis and pushed for the Space Race
JFK
FDR
LBJ
Type of economic system where businesses are privately owne and run by the people, rather than by the government; US economy
capitalism
communism
arms race
space race
Who was the communist leader of Vietnam?
Mikhail Gorbachev
Deng Xiaoping
Ho-Chi-Minh
Cold War
A conflict that was between the US and the Soviet Union. The nations never directly confronted each other on the battlefield but deadly threats went on for years.
A country that is dominated politically and economically by another nation.
A 1956 term used by Secretary of State John Dulles to describe a policy of risking war in order to protect national interests
First artificial Earth satellite, it was launched by Moscow in 1957 and sparked U.S. fears of Soviet dominance in technology and outer space. It led to the creation of NASA and the space race.
U.S. president ___ promised to "Beat the Russian to the___."
Kennedy, Moon
Nixon, Mars
Johnson, Moon
Eisenhower, Mars
The Soviets arguably won the Space Race because of their many "firsts" which included; first man made object in space, ___, first manmade object on the moon, first man in space and ___.
first animal in space, first woman in space
first space station, first man on the moon
first man to orbit earth, first woman in space
first telescope in space, first chimpanzee in space
What type of leader was Joseph Stalin?
A dictator
A king
The president
A line leader
