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WorksheetsCold War Heats Up
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 17mins
The goal of the Bay of Pigs invasion was to get rid of which communist leader?
(a)
The Soviet leader at the time of the Bay of Pigs was___________.
Joseph Stalin
Mikhail Gorbachev
Leonid Brezhnev
Nikita Khrushchev
Korea was divided along the __________ Parallel after World War II.
35th
36th
37th
38th
What was an immediate result of Mao's "Great Leap
Forward" (1958)?
increased famine in China
the relocation of Bosnian refugees
the breakup of the Soviet Union
independence of Kenya from Great Britain
What is the name of the army of young students that Mao used to enforce policies in the 1960's?
The Red Guard
The Kuomintang
The great Collective
The Alliance for Progress
What was the Cultural Revolution?
Mao's attempt to regain control of China and get rid of anything "old" in the country
Introducing democracy to the Chinese people
Showing the rest of the world how powerful Mao was
Growing crops and producing steel at a very rapid rate
What started the space race?
Kennedy wanted to send a man to the moon
Project Mercury was created with the goal to orbit Earth
The Soviet Union launched Sputnik
Yuri Gagarin became the first man to orbit the Earth
Western European countries joined with the US & Canada in this alliance.
Warsaw Pact
NATO
The Space Race
Star Wars
Who was the first human in space?
John Kennedy
Yuri Gagarin
Francis Gary Powers
Neil Armstrong
How did President Kennedy respond to the Soviet threat of missiles in Cuba?
He ordered an economic boycott of Cuba.
He ordered a blockade of Cuba.
He ordered troops to invade Cuba
He ordered the bombing of Cuba
What was the name of the satellite the Soviet Union first sent into space?
Explorer
Sputnik
Russet
Apollo 11
What was the Cuban Missile Crisis?
This was when the United States hit Cuba with missiles and killed 2,000 of their soldiers.
This was when the Soviet Union shipped nuclear missiles to Cuba.
This was when the United States shipped nuclear missiles to Cuba.
It was when Cuba ran short on their supplies to build nuclear missiles.
What did the end of the Cuban Missile Crisis create?
The Arms Race
The Red Scare
McCarthyism and an intense fear of nuclear weapons being used.
A phone hot line that connected the Soviet Union and the United States - a way for US President & Soviet Premier to talk quickly.
Pres. Eisenhower believed in the idea that if one Asian nation falls to communism others will follow. What is this called?
Laws of Motion
Domino Theory
the Asian conspiracy
mutually assured destruction (MAD)
Why did North Vietnam invade South Vietnam?
to unify Vietnam under communist rule
to unify Korea under communist rule
to unify Vietnam under democratic rule
to unify Korea under democratic rule
What was the outcome of the Vietnam War?
Vietnam remains divided at the 17th parallel.
N. Vietnam won, and Vietnam was united under one communist rule.
Vietnam remains divided at the 38th parallel.
S. Vietnam won, and Vietnam was united under one democratic rule.
Who Controlled East Germany
France
U.S.A
Soviet Union
Britain
Why Was The Berlin Wall Built
To Keep The French Out
To Keep The East Germans Out Of The West
To Keep The Russians Out Of The East
To Keep The British Out Of The West
What Government Was East Germany?
Communism
Fascist
Democracy
Socialism
Atomic bombs end WW2
Truman states that the U.S. must contain communism
Mao Zedong takes over as ruler of China
Korean war ends in division at 38th Parallel
American troops enter Vietnam to help the South fight the North.
Select the region in which the Vietnam War was fought.
The jungle provided cover and a place to transport enemy supplies
All of these
