WorksheetsWHII - Topic 19: Cold War Conflicts
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which is a U.S. program of economic aid to European countries to help them rebuild after World War II?
a)
Cold War
b)
Cultural Revolution
c)
Marshall Plan
d)
Truman Doctrine
2.
Which is a U.S. policy of giving eonomic and military aid to free nations threatened by internal or external opponents?
a)
Cold War
b)
Cultural Revolution
c)
Marshall Plan
d)
Truman Doctrine
3.
Which is the state of diplomatic hostility between the United States and the Soviet Union in the decades following WWII?
a)
Cold War
b)
Cultural Revolution
c)
Marshall Plan
d)
Truman Doctrine
4.
Which was a uprising in China led by Red Guards with the goal of establishing a society of peasants & workers were equal?
a)
Cold War
b)
Cultural Revolution
c)
Marshall Plan
d)
Truman Doctrine
5.
Which is the idea that if a nation falls under Communist control, nearby nations will also fall under Communist control?
a)
brinkmanship
b)
domino theory
c)
Vietcong
d)
iron curtain
6.
Which is the boundary seperating the Communists nations of Eastern Europe from the democratic nations of West Europe?
a)
brinkmanship
b)
domino theory
c)
Vietcong
d)
iron curtain
7.
Which is a group of Communist guerrillas who fought against the South Vietnamese government in the Vietnam War?
a)
brinkmanship
b)
domino theory
c)
Vietcong
d)
iron curtain
8.
Which is a policy of threatening to go to war in response to any enemy aggression?
a)
brinkmanship
b)
domino theory
c)
Vietcong
d)
iron curtain
9.
Which is a defensive military alliance formed in 1949 by ten Western European nations, the United States, and Canada?
a)
Khmer Rouge
b)
NATO
c)
United Nations
d)
Red Guards
10.
Which is an international peacekeeping organization formed in 1945 to provide security to the nations of the world?
a)
Khmer Rouge
b)
NATO
c)
United Nations
d)
Red Guards
11.
Which are militia units formed by young Chinese in response to Mao Zedong's call for a social and cultural revolution?
a)
Khmer Rouge
b)
NATO
c)
United Nations
d)
Red Guards
12.
Which is a group of Communist rebels who seized power in Cambodia in 1975?
a)
Khmer Rouge
b)
NATO
c)
United Nations
d)
Red Guards
13.
What is one way in which Stalin broke a promise that was made at the Yalta Conference?
a)
He wouldn’t allow Germany to rebuild its urban areas.
b)
He wouldn’t allow Germany to be divided into zones of occupation.
c)
He wouldn't allow Eastern European countries to have free elections.
d)
He wouldn't allow Eastern European countries to house Allied forces.
14.
What allowed the UN to intervene when North Korea invaded South Korea?
a)
The Chinese had entered the war to support North Korea.
b)
The North Koreans had moved all the way to the 38th parallel.
c)
The countries had decided to place Douglas MacArthur in charge.
d)
The Soviet Union was purposely absent when the vote was taken.
15.
The Great Leap Forward was a program designed to
a)
spread Chinese communism throughout Asia.
b)
increase farm and industrial output in China.
c)
purge China of bourgeois tendencies.
d)
protect North Korea from South Korea.
16.
Containment was the strategy America used to
a)
offer financial incentives to communist countries to adopt democracy.
b)
impose sanctions on communist countries until they adopted democracy.
c)
limit communism to the areas already under Soviet control.
d)
ensure that communism did not gain a foothold in the United States.
17.
Why did the Vietnames fight the French in Indochina?
a)
Ho Chi Minh's forces were backed by China.
b)
Ngo Dinh Diem had American support.
c)
The Viet Minh wanted independence.
d)
The Viet Minh wanted to be ruled by the Soviet Union.
18.
Which of the following was characeristic of "carpet bombing" during the Vietnam War?
a)
Chemical warfare was used.
b)
Beaches and ports were avoided.
c)
Guerilla warfare was a key component.
d)
Bases and supply routes were off-limits.
19.
The United States was alarmed by Soviet control of Eastern Europe at the end of WWII because
a)
the Soviets had installed missiles in many of those countries.
b)
officials believed Germany should control the area.
c)
officials believed Soviet expansion would not stop at Eastern Europe.
d)
U.S. officials had wanted to control the natural resources located there.
20.
Soviets blocked land, rail, and water routes into West Berlin in 1948 in order to
a)
force the West to leave Berlin.
b)
topple Hitler from power.
c)
put down a dangerous uprising in East Berlin.
d)
keep Nazis from escaping the city.
21.
Which of the following did Winston Churchill use as an image to describe the division of Europe?
a)
a closed door
b)
a steel fist
c)
an iron curtain
d)
the Grand Canyon
22.
The Cultural Revolution in China led to
a)
a flowering of art, architecture, and literature.
b)
the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people.
c)
a Communist revolution.
d)
the overthrow of Mao Zedong.
23.
What strategy did Pol Pot use to take control in Cambodia?
a)
He set up free elections.
b)
He carried out mass killings.
c)
He utilized reeducation camps.
d)
He worked with international peacekeepers.
24.
What U.S. president was the first to visit China?
a)
John F. Kennedy
b)
Richard Nixon
c)
Jimmy Carter
d)
Ronald Reagan
25.
What caused the Chinese to send 300,000 troops to North Korea?
a)
The UN regained control of South Korea.
b)
The UN troops pushed North Koreans to the Yalu River.
c)
The UN voted to support South Korea in the conflict with North Korea.
d)
The UN decided to place the troops under the command of Douglas MacArthur.
26.
The 1954 peace talks that resulted in dividing Vietnam into northern and southern halves reflected
a)
lessons learned from World War II.
b)
Cold War tensions.
c)
hopes for a permanent division of Vietnam.
d)
the impact of events in the Gulf of Tonkin.
27.
How did the West respond to the Soviet Union's blockade of West Berlin?
a)
the Berlin car drive
b)
the Berlin air lift
c)
the Berlin submarine drive
d)
the Berlin invasion
28.
What did the Soviet Union form in repsonse to NATO?
a)
SALT
b)
START
c)
SEATO
d)
Warsaw Pact
29.
Who led a rebellion in Cuba in the 1950s?
a)
Raul Castro
b)
Joseph Stalin
c)
Fidel Castro
d)
John Kennedy
30.
Why did Eisenhower order an embargo against Cuba?
a)
Castro shut down the Bay of Pigs.
b)
Castro set up a naval blockade of Cuba.
c)
Castro allowed the Soviets to build missile sites.
d)
Castro took over all of the U.S. owned sugar mills.
31.
What did the U.S. naval blockade of Cuba become known as?
a)
Bay of Pigs incident
b)
perestroika
c)
Iran-Contra Affair
d)
Cuban Missile Crisis
32.
Which leader of the Soviet Union introduced perestroika that eventually led to the country's disbanding?
a)
Joseph Stalin
b)
Nikita Khrushchev
c)
Leonid Brezhnev
d)
Mikhail Gorbachev
33.
What was the name of the revolution to purge China of their intellectual and artistic activity?
a)
Great Leap Forward
b)
Great Wall of China
c)
the Cultural Revolution
d)
the Red Book Revolution
34.
Which parallel divides North and South Korea?
a)
30th parallel
b)
34th parallel
c)
38th parallel
d)
48th parallel
35.
Who came to North Korea's aid during the Korean War?
a)
Great Britain
b)
the United States
c)
Cuba
d)
China
36.
Who became the first female Prime Minister of Great Britain and was a supporter of U.S. President Ronald Reagan?
a)
Elizabeth I
b)
Margaret Thatcher
c)
Liz Truss
d)
Angela Merkel
37.
The piece of legislation allowed President Johnson to send U.S. troops to Vietnam?
a)
Tet Offensive
b)
Ho Chi Minh Trail
c)
Treaty of Paris
d)
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
38.
The Cold War ended when
a)
the Berlin Wall fell.
b)
Mikhail Gorbachev was deposed by a military coup.
c)
the Soviet Union collapsed.
d)
Mikhail Gorbachev won the Nobel Peace Prize.
39.
The Truman Doctrine was a pledge to provide funds for rebuilding Europe.
a)
True
b)
False
40.
The Soviet Union prevented a UN takeover of North Korea by sending soldiers and massive military aid to the region.
a)
True
b)
False
41.
The Vietcong set up a brutal Communist government in Cambodia.
a)
True
b)
False
42.
The United States used the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan as part of a policy of containment.
a)
True
b)
False
43.
Without U.S. military support, the South Vietnamese government fell to North Vietnam.
a)
True
b)
False
44.
China was closely allied with the Soviet Union throughtout the 1960s.
a)
True
b)
False
45.
The United States launched the first unmanned satellite named Sputnik into space.
a)
True
b)
False
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