WorksheetsCold War Standard 2
Total questions: 34
Worksheet time: 17mins
What is the name of the war of words and ideas between the U.S. and Soviet Union?
Winter War
Cold War
Nuclear War
Peaceful War
Who was the dictator leader of the Soviet Union during the beginning of the Cold War?
Dwight Eisenhower
Adolf Hitler
Harry Truman
Joseph Stalin
Who was the President of the United States during the beginning of the Cold War ?
Harry Truman
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Joseph Stalin
What is the name for a race between two nations to build bigger weapons?
economic race
arms race
peace race
space race
What was the race between nations to gain advantages in space research?
economic race
space race
arms race
territory race
What was the name of the alliance among noncommunist countries to stop the spread of communism?
Allies
UN
Sputnik
NATO
What city was the capital of Germany and was split between east and west powers after World War II?
Berlin
Warsaw
London
Paris
What was the name for the concrete wall that divided East and West Berlin beginning in 1961?
Iron Curtain
NATO Wall
Berlin Wall
German Wall
What is the term for the symbolic wall that showed the political and military differences between the Soviet Union and the U.S?
Iron Curtain
Berlin Curtain
Sputnik Curtain
Communist Curtain
Which of the following best describes communism?
A. Economic system where the government owns all land and businesses
B. Political system that limits many personal freedoms for citizens
C. Economic system where private citizens own most land and businesses
D. Both A and B
Which of the following best describes capitalism?
A. Political system that allows many personal freedoms for citizens
B. Economic system where the government owns all land and businesses
C. Economic system where private citizens own most land and businesses
D. Both A and C
What was the name of the war between communist North Korea and noncommunist South Korea?
Cold War
Korean War
Vietnam War
Communist War
What was the name of the war between communist North Vietnam and noncommunist South Vietnam?
Vietnam War
Communist War
Korean War
Cold War
What was the name of the event in 1962 when the U.S. discovered that the Soviet Union had missiles in Cuba?
Space Missile Crisis
Berlin Missile Crisis
Cuban Missile Crisis
U.S. Missile Crisis
Why did tension begin to develop among the Big Three Allied leaders immediately after WWII?
They did not have the same religious and cultural beliefs.
They did not share the same economic and political ideas.
They refused to learn one another's language and customs.
They did not want to use the same currency and trade practices.
How did the Cold War between the US and the USSR begin?
Each superpower formed a European military alliance of the nations it had occupied or protected during World War II
The Soviet Union developed nuclear weapons that were superior to those of the United States
The United States built a "Star Wars" defense system because the Soviet Union Invaded Afghanistan
The two superpowers went to war over Cuba in a conflict known as the Bay of Pigs
Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis
Fidel Castro
Nakita Kruschev
Mikhail Gorbachev
Joseph Stalin
Winston Churchill said that European countries living under Soviet domination were behind what?
The 8 Ball
Iron Curtain
In Math Scores
The corkscrew curve
What was the Berlin Wall?
An imaginary wall between East and West Berlin
An imaginary wall between North and South Berlin
A concrete wall that separated East and West Berlin
A concrete wall that separated North and South Berlin
In response to NATO, the Soviet Union and its allies formed a defense known as the _______________ _____________.
Warsaw Pact
Soviet Treaty
Warsaw Treaty
Soviet Pact
In 1949 the United States and European countries worked together to form an alliance for protection against Communist aggression called N.A.T.O. What does N.A.T.O stand for?
National Alliance Traffic Organization
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
North American Traffic Organization
National Airlift Traffic Organization
What organization belongs in the place of the question mark?
League of Nations
United Nations
European Union
Warsaw Pact
Which war ended with the country:
-being divided at the 38th parallel
-the northern part remaining communist
-the southern part becoming democratic
Korean War
Vietnam War
Chinese Civil War
Iraq War
Which war ended with the country being unified as one communist nation?
Korean War
Vietnam War
Cold War
Iraq War
He negotiated with Stalin's successor, Kruschev, to disarm Cuba of Soviet nuclear warheads in the Cuban Missile Crisis
Mao Zedong
Joseph Stalin
Winston Churchill
John F Kennedy
America and Western Europe, after World War II, did everything in their control to stop, or limit, the spread of Communist/Soviet influence in the world
Containment policy
Berlin Wall
Arms Race
Marshall Plan
This project, which consisted of American financial investments to help rebuild European countries after the war, was intended to help give people an alternative to Communism
Containment policy
Berlin Wall
Arms Race
Marshall Plan
After World War II, America and the Soviet Union did not engage in direct conflict, but stockpiled nuclear weapons and strengthened their militaries
Containment policy
Berlin Wall
Arms Race
Marshall Plan
After World War II, Germany and America divided Berlin into four sections, dividing East from West with the...
Containment policy
Berlin Wall
Arms Race
Marshall Plan
What was the term 'iron curtain' used to describe the division of?
Communist North Vietnam and Democratic South Vietnam
Communist East Berlin and Democratic West Berlin
Communist North Korea and Democratic South Korea
Communist Aligned East and the Democratic Aligned West
President Truman adopted a new foreign policy during the Cold War know as the Truman Doctrine. What was the main goal of the Truman Doctrine?
To expand trade with Europe
To limit the build up of nuclear weapons
To stop the spread of communism
to send financial aid to Europe
Who made the statement "An Iron Curtain has descended across the continent"?
President Roosevelt
Joseph Stalin
Winston Churchill
President Harry Truman
The purpose of "containment" was to--
stop the spread of democracy
stop the spread of hate
stop global warming
stop the spread of communism
Which of the following foreign policies gave financial aid to European nations to rebuild after WWII?
Truman Doctrine
Marshall Plan
Warsaw Pact
Domino Theory
