WorksheetsWorld History Cold War Review
Total questions: 41
Worksheet time: 23mins
What agreements were made in the 1970s to limit nuclear weapons?
SALT I & INF Treaty
INF Treaty & Yalta Agreement
Brezhnev Doctrine
& SALT II
Strategic Arms Limitation Treaties (SALT) 1 & 2,
& Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty
Who led the Communist Party in Vietnam?
Chiang Kai-shek
Ho Chi Minh
Mao Zedong
Nikita Khrushchev
How was the Cuban Missile Crisis resolved?
Kennedy sent troops to invade at the Bay of Pigs.
Soviets agreed to remove nuclear missiles from Cuba if the U.S. promised not to invade Cuba & remove missiles from Turkey.
A Moscow-Washington hotline was established.
Castro resigned his position as leader of Cuba.
What President made an official state visit to China in 1972 which resulted in the end of China’s isolation from western powers?
John F. Kennedy
Richard Nixon
Jimmy Carter
Ronald Reagan
Which best describes the results of the Great Leap Forward?
successful political uprising
failed political uprisng
successful change in economic policy
economic disaster
To where did Chiang Kai-shek and his Nationalist followers flee?
Korea
Japan
Taiwan
Hong Kong
What two governments existed in China at the end of WWII?
Nationalist & Capitalist
Communist & Soviet
Nationalist & Communist
Nationalist & Viet Cong
Who supported the Nationalist and the Communists in the civil war in China?
U.S. backed the Communists;
USSR backed the Nationalists
US backed the Nationalists; Communists were backed by People's Liberation Army
Communists backed by the USSR; Nationalists backed by the peasants and middle class of China
Neither had any substantial support
Which of the following were NOT ways Eastern European satellite states mimicked Stalin’s rule in their own countries?
secret police and military force as tools of repression
all non-Communist parties eliminated & collectivized agriculture
instituted Soviet-type 5 year plans
held free and fair elections
What was created by the Soviet Union in response to NATO?
Berlin Wall
Warsaw Pact
Eastern Bloc
The Kremlin
Who ruled China after its civil war?
Chiang Kai-shek
Ho Chi Minh
Nikita Khrushchev
Mao Zedong
How did Soviets respond to the plan of other Allied powers to economically unite their zones in Germany and Berlin?
The Soviets called for a meeting between leaders, called the Yalta Conference.
The Soviets built the Berlin Wall.
The Soviets started a blockade of Berlin, cutting off supplies.
The Soviets established the Warsaw Pact to balance the power of the unification of Allied zones.
After WWII, Germany was divided in ________ zones.
Two
Three
Four
Five
Which statement describes the Marshall Plan?
An alliance designed to combine the forces of all democratic nations in Western Europe
A peace treaty with the Soviet Union that was ultimately rejected
A failed military plan to cripple communist influence in Western Europe
An economic plan to spend $13 billion on reconstructing countries damaged in WWII
Which country was the first to put a man on the moon?
United Kingdom
Canada
USSR
United States
Which country was the first to successfully put a man in space?
USSR
US
UK
France
What year is typically marked as the end of the Cold War?
1985
1989
1991
1995
In the Korean War and the Vietnam War, which sides did the US and USSR align themselves with?
USSR: North Vietnam & South Korea
US: South Vietnam & North Korea
USSR: North Vietnam & neutral in Korea
US: South Vietnam & North Korea
USSR: North Vietnam & South Korea
US: South Vietnam & neutral in Korea
USSR: North Vietnam & North Korea
US: South Vietnam & South Korea
The economic system in which individual citizens own the resources and wealth and make financial decisions largely based on profit motive is:
Authoritarian
Democracy
Capitalism
Communism
The economic system in which the government owns all production resources such as businesses and farms and the government distribute the resources and wealth according to individual need is:
Authoritarian
Democracy
Capitalism
Communism
The division between Eastern & Western Europe was described as a ________ Curtain by Churchill.
Glass
Iron
Gold
Steel
What motivated Khrushchev to build the Berlin wall?
East Germans were fleeing to West Germany, tired of of Communist repression
West Germans were fleeing to East Germany, tired of of Communist repression
In order to make the “Iron Curtain” more of a reality.
To show Soviet strength and advanced science of architecture.
US policy to stop the spread of communism
detente
dissident
containment
perestroika
What was the Little Red Book in the Cultural Revolution?
A collection of Karl Marx’s thoughts on how communism would be best achieved worldwide.
A list of rules that had to be followed in the Soviet Union
A collection of Mao Zedong’s thoughts that was hailed as the most important source of knowledge in all areas.
A list of banned books, music, physical art that were viewed as being pro-Western culture.
What line was used to divide Korea at the end of WWII and ultimately again at the end of the Korean War?
8th Parallel
18th Parallel
28th Parallel
38th Parallel
How was the Cuban Missile Crisis resolved?
Kennedy sent troops to invade at the Bay of Pigs.
A Moscow-Washington hotline was established.
Soviets agreed to remove nuclear missiles from Cuba if the U.S. promised not to invade Cuba.
Castro resigned his position as leader of Cuba.
Which of the following traits/actions were NOT criticisms Khrushchev had of Stalin’s rule?
Use of terror
Establishment of communism & emphasis on heavy industry
Administrative violence
Mass repression
What was the Viet Cong?
A pacifist resistance movement active during the Vietnam War
Communist guerilla fighters that backed North Vietnam
Uniformed members of the North Vietnamese army
Guerilla fighters that backed South Vietnam
a country that is economically and politically dependent on another country
detente
satellite state
commune
glasnost
a person who speaks out against the regime in power
detente
dissident
domino theory
perestroika
a policy to keep communism within its existing geographical boundaries and prevent further aggressive moves
domino theory
containment
Marshall Plan
COMECON
policy of holding huge arsenals of nuclear weapons to prevent war; each nation believed that neither would launch a nuclear attack since both knew that the other side could strike back with devastating power
dissident
detente
proxy war
deterrence
a group of collective farms which contained more than 30,000 people who lived and worked together
commune
detente
perestroika
glasnost
What group won the Chinese civil war?
Nationalist
Communist
Viet Cong
Soviets
What did the countries of NATO agree to do?
defend each other if attacked
have exclusive trading agreements
international law regarding war crimes
send troops around the world to prevent the spread of communism
What does NATO stand for?
Nuclear Arms Treaty Organization
North American Treaty Organization
Nautical Alliance Treaty Organization
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
building up armies and stores of weapons to keep up with an enemy
arms race
deterrence
perestroika
glasnost
a war in which the powers in conflict use third parties as substitutes instead of fighting each other directly
proxy war
arms race
perestroika
glasnost
the idea that if one country falls to communism, neighboring countries will also fall
containment
Marshall Plan
domino theory
commune
the fundamental restructuring of the Soviet economy under Gorbachev to move towards more of a market economy with some private ownership of businesses
detente
mutually assured destruction
perestroika
glasnost
Soviet policy promoted by Gorbachev to permit open discussion of political and social issues
detente
mutually assured destruction
perestroika
glasnost
