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Worksheets24-25 Cold War Test
Total questions: 31
Worksheet time: 16mins
The Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan were similar in that they were both
Part of the larger containment policy
Designed to assist an economic recovery program in Eastern Europe
Issued in response to the construction of the Berlin Wall
Articulated by diplomatic adviser George Kennan
The post-WWII policy designed to block the spread of communism was called
Containment
The Truman defense
Executive Order 9066
Domino Theory
That period of time after World War II in which the United States and Soviet Union engaged in a war of ideologies was known as…
The Cold War
World War III
The U.S./Soviet Conflict
The Red Scare
What is the first significant crisis of the Cold War?
The construction of the Berlin Wall
The Korean War
The Vietnam War
The Berlin Blockade
The Cuban Missile Crisis was ultimately caused by which of the following?
The discovery of Soviet troops in Cuba
The discovery of Japanese missiles in Cuba
American blockade of Cuba
The discovery of offensive Soviet missiles in Cuba
Who was the first person to set foot on the moon?
Alan Shepard
Buzz Aldrin
Yuri Gagarin
Neil Armstrong
The Marshall Plan was
An economic plan to rebuild the Soviet Union
An economic plan to rebuild western Europe
A plan designed to repair America’s infrastructure
A plan designed to rebuild southeast Asia
Why was the Chinese Civil War seen as a failure of the policy of containment?
China was split in two, with a Communist North and a Democratic South
China became Communist, with only a small portion remaining free
China became Democratic but swore allegiance to the USSR
China became Communist but swore allegiance to the US
NATO and the Warsaw Pact both had the function of:
Creating an agreement between nations to support each other in supporting a certain type of government
Creating a massive nation under one government
Promoting Communism
Promoting Capitalism and Democracy
The U.S. and the USSR never engaged in direct combat with each other
True
False
What was the name of the international organization formed after World War II?
League of Nations
United Nations
Association of Nations
The United States
What was the name of the boundary separating Communist and Non-Communist countries in Europe?
Iron Curtain
Great Wall
Hadrian's Wall
The Great Border
What was the American foreign policy designed to provide military and economic aid to free nations threatened by internal and external threats, especially Greece and Turkey?
Monroe Doctrine
Detente
Containment
Truman Doctrine
What was the significance of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?
It was the only deployment of American ground troops into South Vietnam.
It was the only formal Congressional approval for American intervention in Vietnam.
It involved multiple countries throughout Southeast Asia.
It had the effect of promoting General Westmoreland.
The Pentagon Papers revealed that…
American prisoners of war were being tortured in North Vietnamese prisons.
American soldiers had massacred Vietnamese civilians at My Lai.
many more Americans had died in Vietnam than had been reported.
the government had not been honest with the public about Vietnam.
What relatively new source of information had the greatest impact in turning public opinion against the Vietnam War?
Television
Radio
Telegraph
the internet
Who was the leader of North Vietnam
Colin Powell
Kim Jong-un
Ho Chi Minh
Richard Nixon
What is the Domino Theory
If one nation in Southeast Africa falls to communism, then the rest fall too
If one nation in Southeast Europe falls to communism, then the rest fall too
If one nation in Southeast Asia falls to communism, then the rest fall too
If one nation in Southeast America falls to communism, then the rest fall too
The wars in Korea and Vietnam during the Cold War are examples of _______ wars.
Proxy
Unfinished and ongoing
Inconclusive
Decisive
Read the text and answer the question.
Neither the sure prevention of war, nor the continuous rise of world organization will be gained without what I have called the fraternal association of the English-speaking peoples. This means a special relationship between the British Commonwealth and Empire and the United States.
— Excerpt from speech by Winston Churchill, 1946
Which event BEST depicts the effects of the "special relationship" referenced above?
the 1958 US-UK Mutual Defence Agreement, which arranged for the United States to share nuclear
weapons technology with the United Kingdom
the 1939 Non-Aggression Pact between the USSR and Germany, which prevented the Soviet Union from
joining the war against Nazi Germany
the alliance between the United Kingdom and Israel against Egypt, which lead to the events of the Suez
Canal Crisis in 1956
the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's adoption of Article 5, which required all member nations to act if
one member was attacked
Use the table to answer the question.
Which economic philosophy is MOST associated with these policies, and how did they impact the nations’ populations?
The policies are most closely associated with communism, and both governments used harsh measures
to enforce these initiatives on their citizens.
The policies are most closely associated with democratic socialism, and the populations of both China
and the Soviet Union entirely rejected these initiatives.
The policies are most closely associated with communism, and the populations of both China and the
Soviet Union entirely rejected these initiatives.
The policies are most closely associated with democratic socialism, and both governments used harsh
measures to enforce these initiatives on their citizens.
Read the excerpt to answer the question that follows.
During the span of one generation, the international distribution of power has been fundamentally altered. ... [T]he Soviet Union ... is animated by a new fanatic faith [communism], antithetical to our own, and seeks to impose its absolute authority over the rest of the world. Conflict has, therefore, become endemic and is wage, on the part of the Soviet Union, by violent or non-violent methods in accordance with the dictates of expediency. With the development of increasingly terrifying weapons of mass destruction, every individual faces the ever-present possibility of annihilation should the conflict enter the phase of total war.
—National Security Council, April 7, 1950
How does this document suggest that the development of nuclear weapons shaped post–World War II international relations?
Proliferation led to increasingly destructive confrontations among nations with nuclear capability.
Rapid technological development fueled an arms race that rendered the nuclear weapons of World War II
obsolete.
The cost in lives and property of World War II compelled nations to form new international bodies and
alliances to keep the peace.
The risk of mutual destruction contributed to the onset of extreme tensions and indirect conflict between
nuclear powers.
Which characteristic do these countries have in common?
• North Korea
• China
• Cuba
• Vietnam
They privatized industry to maximize profits.
They adopted reforms to extend political freedoms
They have maintained communist governments
They have developed free market economies.
Which situation was President Eisenhower describing with this analogy?
You have a row of dominoes set up, you knock over the first one, and what will happen to the last one is the certainty that it will go over very quickly. So you could have a beginning of a disintegration that would have the most profound influences.
—President Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1954
possible communist takeover of Vietnam
rise of totalitarianism in Spain
increase of social revolutions in Latin America
establishment of the Jewish state of Israel
The Cold War began due to confrontations over post-WWII decisions made about which part of the world?
Africa
Middle East
Europe
North America
Use the diagram to answer the question.
Which event best completes the sequence?
Congress passes the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
U.S. spy plane photos show secret Soviet missile buildup
Soviet tanks entering Budapest end the Hungarian rebellion
The Sputnik satellite launch proves Soviet missile technology
How did the Cold War affect the economy of the United States?
Defense spending slowed growth in other sectors of the economy.
Government spending created jobs in scientific research and defense.
Concerns about the spread of Communism discouraged Americans from spending money.
Research efforts to create the first atomic bomb encouraged economic development in the western
United States.
Why was the Tet Offensive a major turning point in the Vietnam War?
It proved that the United States could win the war.
It forced the French government to increase troop levels.
It led to political negotiations with Ho Chi Minh’s government.
It changed the minds of many war supporters in the United States.
What was one of the successes of President Richard Nixon’s philosophy of détente?
the decision to take the United States off the gold standard
the bombing of Cambodia to cut off the supply lines of the North Vietnamese
the signing of the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty with the Soviet Union
the Rogers Plan to establish peace in the Middle East
You are glad that this is the last official test before finals
No
Yes
Whoo!
Forget it.
Which statement describes the motivation for Kennedy’s actions during this crisis?
Events of October 1962
• 14th: U.S. surveillance planes detect nuclear missiles in Cuba
• 22nd: President John F. Kennedy announces presence of missiles and begins a U.S.
blockade of Cuba
• 27th: President John F. Kennedy agrees to abandon plans to invade Cuba in exchange
for removal of missiles
• 28th: Premier Nikita Khrushchev announces to remove missiles from Cuba
He took a strong stance against communist expansion.
He sought common ground with communist leaders.
He deferred to the leadership of traditional allies.
He considered the impact of his actions on domestic politics
