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F&C: The Cold War Vocabulary

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

During the Cold War, what policy did the U.S. follow to stop the spread of communism?

a)

Open Door Policy

b)

Big Stick Policy

c)

Containment Policy

d)

Dollar Diplomacy

2.

Policy of providing economic and military aid to any country threatened by communism, mainly to help Greece and Turkey.

a)

Truman Doctrine

b)

Marshal Plan

c)

Eisenhower Doctrine

d)

Domino Theory

3.

A competition between the United States and the Soviet Union on who can supply their arsenal with more weapons?

a)

Arms Race

b)

Domino Theory

c)

Massive Retaliation

d)

Cold War

4.

A military and defense alliance formed by 12 countries in Western Europe and North America designed to promote global justice and cooperation with member democratic nations.

a)

NATO

b)

WARSAW

c)

Marshall Plan

d)

Truman Doctrine

5.
What is Capitalism?
a)

A system where the government controls business

b)

An economic system where the means of production are privately owned and operated for profit! 

c)

A economic system in which the people have limited rights

d)

An economic system in which most property and resources, such as factories or farms, are publicly owned or controlled.

6.

a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs.

a)

Capitalism

b)

Imperialism 

c)

Socialism

d)

Communism 

7.

A political system where the government is run by a dictator who controls the nation with absolute power

a)

democracy

b)

totalitarian

c)

command economy

d)

oligarchy

8.

America provided economic assistance to bankrupt Western Europe and vowed to halt the spread communism

a)

Marshall Plan

b)

Truman Doctrine

c)

containment

d)

exacerbate

9.

communist state agreement meant to counteract NATO

a)

Warsaw Pact

b)

NATO

c)

Berlin Blockade and Airlift

d)

Marshall Plan

10.

the practice of pushing a dangerous situation to the limit of safety before stopping

a)

brinkmanship

b)

massive retaliation

c)

New Look Policy

d)

domino theory

11.

An imaginary line that separated Communist countries in the Soviet Bloc of Eastern Europe (USSR) from countries in Western Europe.

a)

Berlin Airlift

b)

Iron Curtain

c)

Czech Curtain

d)

Greenwich Mean Time

12.

the period of political, ideological and economic rivalry that occurred after World War II between the former USSR and its communist allies and the United States and its democratic allies.

a)

Cold War

b)

Fidel Castro

c)

Nikita Khrushchev

d)

Eastern Bloc

13.

Which are features of Democracy?

a)

Democracy is a form of government in which the rulers are elected by the people.

b)

Elections offer a choice and fair opportunity to the people to change the current rulers

c)

The choice and opportunity is available to all the people on an equal basis

d)

The government controls the economy and industry