WorksheetsCold War Final 10th
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 11mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What 2 countries had an intense non-violent struggle that began after WWII and ended in 1991?
a)
Germany and the U.S.
b)
The U.S. and the Soviet Union
c)
Turkey and Greece
d)
Great Britain and France
e)
2.
What is the imaginary border between non-communist Western Europe and Communist Eastern Europe called?
a)
17th Parallel
b)
38th Parallel
c)
The Berlin Wall
d)
The Iron Curtain
3.
In response to the formation of NATO, the Soviet Union formed…
a)
Berlin Conference
b)
Warsaw Pact
c)
Axis Alliance
d)
NAFTA
4.
What is Sputnik?
a)
First artificial satellite launched in space
b)
First space mission around the moon
c)
Mission for the first moon landing
d)
First dog in space
5.
What country successfully launched Sputnik, starting the space race?
a)
The U.S.
b)
Soviet Union
c)
Korea
d)
China
6.
This was built to stop Eastern Europeans from fleeing to go west.
a)
Great Wall of China
b)
Silk Road
c)
The Iron Curtain
d)
The Berlin Wall
7.
What event began when the Soviet Union had placed Nuclear Missiles in Cuba? The US wanted them removed
a)
Bay of Pigs Invasion
b)
The Cuban Missile Crisis
c)
Korean War
d)
Vietnam War
8.
How did the Cuban Missile Crisis end?
a)
U.S. established a naval quarantine/blockade around Cuba.
b)
Air patrol covered larger area.
c)
The Soviet Union removed missiles from Cuba
d)
All of the answers are correct
9.
Who was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party during the early Cold War?
a)
Diem
b)
Mao Zedong
c)
Ho Chi Minh
d)
Al Yanukovych
10.
What two wars are considered proxy wars of the Cold War?
a)
Vietnam and Korea
b)
Korea and China
c)
China and Cuban Missile Crisis
d)
Vietnam and Bay of Pigs Invasion
11.
Who helped South Korea fight against communism?
a)
The United Nations
b)
Cuba
c)
France
d)
Vietnam
12.
True or False: Korea is still divided at the 38th parallel. North still communists/south non-communist.
a)
True
b)
False
13.
The U.S. belief that if one country in Southeast Asia fell to communism others around it would fall as well...
a)
Truman Doctrine
b)
Marshall Plan
c)
The Domino Theory
d)
NATO
14.
The US tried to help this country maintain Vietnam as a colony after WWII?
a)
France
b)
Japan
c)
Great Britain
d)
Germany
15.
Who was the leader of the communist rebels fighting against the colonizers in Vietnam?
a)
Buddhist Monks
b)
Mao Zedong
c)
Diem
d)
Ho Chi Minh
16.
What Soviet Leader made changes in the Soviet Union because people of the Soviet Union wanted democracy. Both the people and the country needed change.
a)
Vladimir Lenin
b)
Mikhail Gorbachev
c)
Joseph Stalin
d)
Putin
17.
U.S. policy launched in 1947 that provided monetary & economic aid to rebuild European economies so that the people in these countries would reject communism
a)
Containment
b)
NATO
c)
Truman Doctrine
d)
Marshall Plan
18.
Why was it important to the United States to beat the Soviet union in the space race?
a)
Prove their technological superiority
b)
Proof they can own the moon
c)
Proof they can contain communism
d)
Prove the United State can get the first man to enter space
19.
As a result of the Berlin Airlift the United States was able to...
a)
End communism in East Berlin
b)
Establish a new market of trade in Germany
c)
Create new US aircraft's
d)
Bypass a Soviet Blockade without provoking a military conflict
20.
The 12 nation pact created a mutual defense alliance between the United States and Western European Countries
a)
NATO
b)
WARSAW Pact
c)
Treaty of Versailles
d)
United Nations
21.
Which Korea did America support in the late 1940s? Why?
a)
North Korea because they were communist
b)
South Korea because they were Anti Communist
c)
West Korea because of Kpop
d)
East Korea because they produce Korean Dramas
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