WorksheetsReview for Cold War Quiz #2
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What was the name of the organization formed by Joseph Stalin to direct communist activity in the satellite countries in Eastern Europe?
a)
NATO
b)
Warsaw Pact
c)
Cominform
d)
Truman Doctrine
2.
The idea that economic aid would create strong European allies which sent billions of dollars to help rebuild war-torn countries was called what?
a)
Marshall Plan
b)
Warsaw Pact
c)
Cominform
d)
Cold War
3.
The real physical barrier between a part of Eastern and Western Europe, that stood as a symbol of the division between democracy and communism.
a)
Berlin Wall
b)
Containment
c)
United Nations
d)
Iron Curtain
4.
The US policy to officially prevent the spread of communism while not attempting to overturn it where it already existed.
a)
Berlin Wall
b)
Containment
c)
United Nations
d)
Iron Curtain
5.
After Soviets closed all links to West Berlin attempting to starve out the 2.3 million people living in West Berlin, how did the Americans and British respond?
a)
They built the Berlin Wall to protect the democratic people of West Berlin from communism
b)
They built nuclear missile silos in Cuba leading to the Cuban Missile Crisis
c)
They created the United Nations, a strong multi national organization that works toward world peace.
d)
They organized and performed the Berlin Airlift flying 2.3 million tons of supplies into Berlin
6.
What multinational organization was formed at the Yalta and Potsdam conferences as a place for all nations to come and discuss foreign relations rather than go to war?
a)
League of Nations
b)
United Nations
c)
NATO
d)
Warsaw Pact
7.
What multinational organization was formed as a defensive security agreement between democracies that were allied with the United States?
a)
League of Nations
b)
United Nations
c)
NATO
d)
Warsaw Pact
8.
What multinational organization was formed as a a response by the Soviet Union to other groups, and included their satellite nations in Eastern Europe
a)
League of Nations
b)
United Nations
c)
NATO
d)
Warsaw Pact
9.
Which of the following things are associated with the Soviet ideologies during the cold war?
a)
Communism
b)
Capitalism
c)
Elections
d)
Economic equality
e)
Authoritarian Power
10.
Which two of these events showed the increase in tensions between the United States and Soviet Union that is normally called the Arms Race?
a)
Development of the Hydrogen bomb
b)
The creation of the United Nations
c)
The launch of Sputnik
d)
Both nations building ICBM's
e)
The new policy of détente
11.
What event marked the beginning of the Space Race between the United States and Soviet Union
a)
The launching of the International Space Station
b)
The creation of the earths first hydrogen bomb
c)
The United States landing on the moon
d)
The Soviet Union launching Sputnik
12.
What two nations were examples of the Soviet Union stopping democracies from gaining more land in Europe through military actions?
a)
Greece and Turkey
b)
Hungary and Czechoslovakia
c)
West Germany and Poland
d)
Cuba and Spain
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