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The cold war

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 14mins

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Class
Date
1.

The cold war emerged after which war?

a)

World war one

b)

world war two

c)

World war

d)

World war 3

2.

Post World War 2 Which two countries emerged as the world's superpowers?

a)

The Unted States of America (USA)

b)

Saudia Arabia (SA)

c)

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)

d)

United Emerates (UE)

3.

What was the two Ideological differences between the USA and USSR?

a)

Communism VS Capitalism

b)

Peace VS war

c)

love VS hate

d)

boredom VS excitement

4.

The USA and its Western allies shared a belief of Capitalist democracies. What does this mean?

a)

collective ownership of the means of production, and a planned economy.

b)

competition for dominance

c)

democracy, individual freedoms, and free-market capitalism

d)

Dictatorship

5.

What is meant by the iron curtain?

a)

It is a curtain made of iron

b)

The policy of the USA to stop the spread of communism

c)

is a doctrine that advocates a classless society in which private

ownership has been abolished and the means of production

belong to the community

d)

A symbolic border between the communist bloc and western

European countries during the Cold War

6.

The USSR and its Eastern Allies shared a belief of Communism. What does this mean?

a)

collective ownership of the means of production, and a planned economy.

b)

competition for dominance

c)

democracy, individual freedoms, and free-market capitalism

d)

republic

7.

The USSR and its Eastern Allies shared a belief of Communism. What does this mean?

a)

collective ownership of the means of production, and a planned economy.

b)

competition for dominance

c)

democracy, individual freedoms, and free-market capitalism

d)

republic

8.

The term Containment in the context of the cold war is

a)

central strategy of the United States during the Cold War, and it was developed to counter the spread of communism, particularly Soviet influence and expansion, around the world.

b)

The development and proliferation of nuclear weapons added a new dimension to the Cold War.

c)

A policy that was articulated by American diplomat George F. Kennan in his famous "Long Telegram" in 1946 and later elaborated in his article "The Sources of Soviet Conduct," published in 1947 under the pseudonym "X" in Foreign Affairs magazine

d)

A long-term and multifaceted strategy that sought to prevent direct military conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union while competing in a global ideological and geopolitical struggle

9.

Why was this specific war known as the cold war?

a)

It was cold in Europe.

b)

This was not a physical war involving the military, the countries engaged in proxy wars.

c)

The countries gave each other the cold shoulder during the war.

d)

The war took place on a snowy day between the USA and USSR.

10.

During World War II, the United States, the Soviet Union, and other Allied powers cooperated to defeat.....

a)

Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan.

b)

China

c)

Britain

d)

South Africa