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Cold War

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who coined the phrase "The Iron Curtain?"

a)

Mao Zedong

b)

Harry Truman

c)

Winston Churchill

d)

Joseph Stalin

2.

In response to the Berlin Blockade the American Government does what to help the German people?

a)

Berlin Airlift

b)

NATO

c)

Warsaw Pact

d)

Containment

3.

The leader of UN forces in Korea was who?

a)

Joseph Stalin

b)

Harry Truman

c)

Douglas MacArthur

d)

George Patton

4.

Who was the family that was sentenced to death for being communist spies in America?

a)

Rosendales

b)

Rosenbergs

c)

Rohenbergs

d)

The Adams Family

5.

The program that is best known for investigating communism in hollywood is what?

a)

House American Activities Committee

b)

House Associated Activities Committee

c)

Central Intelligence Agency

d)

House UnAmerican Activities Committee

6.

Why was the Warsaw Pact created?

a)

The US created the H Bomb

b)

Poland was invaded

c)

A response to the creation of the military alliance NATO

d)

Japan invaded the USSR

7.

In a capitalist system, who has the power in the economy?

a)

The People

b)

Nobody

c)

Military

d)

The Government

8.

When an armistice is signed at the end of the Korean war, how is Korea settled?

a)

One unified democratic Korea

b)

One unified communist Korea

c)

Communist South Korea and Democratic North Korea divided at the 38th parallel

d)

Communist North Korea and Democratic South Korea divided at the 38th parallel

9.

Which was not a cause of the Cold War?

a)

Delayed Allied invasion of Normandy

b)

Secretive Manhattan project held from the USSR

c)

Non-Aggression pact signed between Germany and USSR

d)

Germany expanded its borders into Poland

10.

Who was the Communist leader of China

a)

Chiang Kai Shek

b)

Mao Zedong

c)

Harry Truman

d)

Gary Francis Powers

11.

Who was the Nationalists leader in China

a)

Chiang Kai Shek

b)

Mao Zedong

c)

Harry Truman

d)

Nikita Khrushchev

12.

The Korean war's nickname is...

a)

The Forgotten One

b)

The Forgotten War

c)

The Forgotten Few

d)

The Lost War

13.

Another name of accusing someone of being a communist without support was...

a)

Lies

b)

Slander

c)

McCarthyism

d)

hear-say

14.

The Domino Theory

a)

was if everyone played dominoes together we would stop violence

b)

A game of dominos was to decide whether a country would be Communist or Democratic

c)

If one country fell to communism more countries would fall to communism

d)

Is the theory that dominoes is the best game