WorksheetsChallenge 3
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Which of the following is NOT a way in which the US and USSR competed during the Cold War Era?
On the battlefield: US vs. USSR
Through supporting proxy wars and coups
Through nuclear arms (weapons) build-ups
Through scientific advancement such as the Space race and Kitchen Debates.
Which of the following is NOT a reason that the US supported a coup in Guatemala in 1954?
The US viewed President Armas' land reform measures as Communist acts.
The US wanted to support the financial interests of The United Fruit Company
The US feared a Communist state being so close location-wise to the US.
The US wanted to make Guatemala into a US territory like Puerto Rico.
M.A.D. stands for...
Mutually Assured Desecration
Mutual Apathy Disease
Mutually Assured Destruction
Mutual Armistice Deal
From an ideological standpoint, it is difficult for pure Capitalism and Communism to exist in the same economy because...
Capitalism is completely good and Communism is completely evil: Good and evil cannot co-exist.
They can co-exist in their pure forms, but the US and USSR just didn't want them to.
In Capitalism, individual people own the means of production, but in Communism, everything is state-owned or shared amongst the people.
Who was the Communist leader of Cuba starting in 1959?
Raul Castro
Fidel Castro
Fe Castro
Fuego Castro
Who truly won the "Space Race"?
The US
The USSR
It's debatable
Both the US & the USSR
Senator ______ _______ claimed to have a list of Communists who were members of the US Government.
Joseph Munster
Joseph Mariano
Joseph Stalin
Joseph McCarthy
House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) was a tool that the US Government used to accuse citizens of...
Being affiliated with Communism or being a Communist spy
Cheating on their income tax returns
Being Nazi sympathizers
Trying to dodge the Vietnam War draft
A proxy war is...
A war in which a ruler is overthrown and replaced
A war fought between two world superpowers over differences in ideology
A war fought between less powerful countries that each represent the interests of other more powerful countries
A war in which a democracy is replaced by a dictatorship
Which of the following was not a US President during the Cold War era?
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Theodore Roosevelt
Has true Marxist or Utopian Communism ever been carried out by any real governments?
No, true Communism has never been implemented because most humans are too greedy to share everything equally.
Yes, true Communism has been implemented in China, the USSR, and North Korea.
What group of people were LEAST impacted by a fear of Communism during the Second Red Scare?
People affiliated with the Communist party or who associated with people who were
Hollywood writers, producers, directors, and actors
Extremely "patriotic" citizens who were willing to do anything to prove their loyalty, even take an oath
Government officials who were accused of being on McCarthy's list of Communists
This political cartoon is saying that ______ (or mass panic and fear) during the Cold War Era caused many freedoms and liberties to be destroyed like a flame after water is poured on it.
McCarthyism
Liberty
Hysteria
Wisteria
In order to punish Cuba, JFK enacted a(n) _______ to ban trade with Cuba that lasted long after his death.
embargo
travel ban
treaty
tariff
The Kitchen Debates were meant to show...
The way in which technological advancement under Capitalism or Communism had improved the daily lives of Americans or Soviets
How idiotic many of the competitions that the US and USSR participated in were
Whether VP Nixon or PM Khrushchev was a better lawyer
