WorksheetsThe Cold War
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 18mins
Strong and influential countries are called...?
Superpowers
GOATED
Elite Nations
Imperialist
How was the Cold War different from usual wars?
True or False: the Soviet Union was a democracy, with an economy based on free enterprise.
True
False
True or False: in Communist countries, individual freedoms are limited, and leaders exert strict control over the political system and the economy,
True
False
What does NATO stand for?
Not America, Texas or Oklahoma
North Arctic Trout Organization
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
North American Trade Alliance
What is an arms race?
a race between countries to win the most gold medals
a 100 meter sprint between two pairs of arms
a race to build the Berlin Wall
a competition between countries to build superior weapons
What year did the Berlin Wall fall?
1988
1989
1992
2024
Which of the following countries once belonged to the Soviet Union?
Italy
Greece
France
Ukraine
The extremely tense standoff between the USA and the Soviet Union, in 1962, when the Soviet Union placed nuclear weapons in a country near the coast of Florida was called...?
The Dominican Missile Crisis
The Treay of Versaille
The Cuban Missile Crisis
The Russian Missile Crisis
What was the name of the first satellite launched into orbit?
Sputnik
October Sky
Star Wars
Apollo 11
Which country launched the first satellite into orbit?
USA
Soviet Union
China
North Korea
Who won the Space Race by putting a man on the moon?
USA
Soviet Union
China
Brazil
Relating to the Cold War, what does the acronym MAD stand for?
Many Apples Drop
Meet Animals Downstairs
Mutually Assured Destruction
Many Are Dangerous
What was the name of the failed invasion to overthrow Fidel Castro and the Cuban government during President Kennedy's term?
Operation Overlord
Pigs of Bay
Bay of Pigs
Proxy War
The Cold War was a ideological struggle between two systems: communism/dictatorship of the Soviet Union versus capitalism/democracy of the West (USA, Western Europe). In the end, the Soviet Union collapsed, and the United States remained a superpower. In your opinion, what lesson(s) can be learned from the Cold War?
True or False: Economic aid to Western European countries was known as The Marshall PLan
True
False
True or False: The United States' goal during the Korean War was to keep South Korea democratic?
True
False
What is a coup?
A place for chickens
To sign a treaty
To declare war
To overthrow the government
What is considered by many historians to be the start of the Cold War?
The end of WW II
The launch of Sputnik
Truman Doctrine
The fall of the Berlin Wall
Who was the leader of the Soviet Union at the start of the Cold War?
Vladimir Putin
Joseph Stalin
Vladimir Lenin
Joe Biden
What was the nickname of President Ronald Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative?
Space Force
Ronnie Reagan's Super Blast Space Time & Emporium
Star Trek
Star Wars
What was the Berlin Airlift?
US and its Allies dropped supplies and food to West Berlin
Soviet Union and its Allies dropped supplies and food to West Berlin
Soviet Union established an Air Force
Berlin's famous shoes, the Airlift Ones
What was the Warsaw Pact?
This is the wrong answer
Alliance between the Soviet Union and the US
Alliance between the US and Western Europe
Alliance between the Soviet Union and the countries it occupied
What was the US trying to "contain"?
The spread of peanut butter
The spread of democracy
The spread of communism
The spread of capitalism
Which countries did the US invade during the Cold War to stop the spread of communism?
Korea and Japan
Korea and Vietnam
Canada and Mexico
Italy and Somalia
