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The Cold War

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What year did the Cold War start?

a)

1946

b)

1947

c)

1988

d)

1766

2.

After World ll which u.s-sponsored program

supplied much needed economic aid to western Europe?

a)

Daws Plan

b)

Marshall Plan

c)

Wilmot provise

d)

Dayton Accords

3.

What does Nato stand for?

a)

North America

Trenty Office

b)

Northern Alliance

of Territories and

Organization

c)

New Accord on the Term of

Accupation

d)

North Atlantic

Treaty Organization

4.

Who coined the term Cold War?

a)

Winston Churchill

b)

Harry S. Truman

c)

George Orwell

d)

Dean Acheson

5.

The Cold War turned hot in 1950 when Soviet-backed troops from this country invaded South Korea.

a)

Cambodia

b)

Vietnam

c)

North Korea

d)

Japan

6.

The death of this Soviet leader in 1953 brought a temporary relaxation of Cold War tensions.

a)

Joseph Stalin

b)

Fladimir Lenin

c)

Gorgy Zlovic

d)

Nikita Krusivic

7.

The stationing of nuclear-armed missiles in this country brought the U.S. and the Soviet Union to the brink of nuclear war in October 1962.

a)

Turkey

b)

West Germany

c)

Cuba

d)

South Korea

8.

The two superpowers involved in the Cold War were the United States and…

a)

North Korea

b)

Germany

c)

China

d)

The Soviet Union

9.

The unsuccessful Soviet blockade of this city marked an early victory for the U.S.

a)

Warsaw

b)

Tokyo

c)

Berlin

d)

Vienna

10.

This Soviet leader introduced a series of reforms that hastened the collapse of the Soviet Union, effectively ending the Cold War.

a)

Mikhail Gorbachev

b)

Anatoly Sobchak

c)

Boris Yetlsin

d)

Vlandin Putin