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Cold War Review

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 32mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the purpose of the Marshall Plan?

a)

To rebuild the Soviet Union after World War II

b)

To provide financial aid to European nations to prevent the spread of Communism

c)

To establish military bases in Eastern Europe

d)

To promote the spread of Communism in Western Europe

2.

Which countries occupied West Germany after World War II?

a)

Soviet Union, Great Britain, and France

b)

United States, Great Britain, and France

c)

United States, Soviet Union, and France

d)

United States, Soviet Union, and China

3.

What was the main goal of the Truman Doctrine?

a)

Containment of Communism

b)

Promotion of democracy in Europe

c)

Expansion of the Soviet Union

d)

Establishment of a socialist economy

4.

Which military alliance was formed by the United States and its Western European allies?

a)

SEATO

b)

NATO

c)

Warsaw Pact

d)

COMECON

5.

Which event led to the escalation of the nuclear arms race in the 1950s?

a)

The Berlin Wall

b)

The Vietnam War

c)

The Cuban Missile Crisis

d)

The Korean War

6.

Which countries became Communist, causing increasing fears in the United States?

a)

China

b)

North Korea

c)

Cuba

d)

South Korea

7.

Which country attempted to force Communism on South Vietnam?

a)

Cuba

b)

Soviet Union

c)

China

d)

North Vietnam

8.

What was the policy of 'Vietnamization' implemented by President Nixon?

a)

To invade North Vietnam

b)

To escalate the number of American troops in Vietnam

c)

To negotiate a peace treaty with North Vietnam

d)

To withdraw American troops and replace them with South Vietnamese troops

9.

What was the outcome of the Cuban Missile Crisis?

a)

The United States launched a nuclear attack

b)

The Soviet Union launched a nuclear attack

c)

The missiles were removed from Cuba

d)

The United States invaded Cuba

10.

What was Gorbachev's policy of political and economic restructuring called?

a)

Containment

b)

Perestroika

c)

Glasnost

d)

Vietnamization

11.

Who said, 'Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!'?

a)

Ronald Reagan

b)

Jimmy Carter

c)

John F. Kennedy

d)

Richard Nixon

12.
President Truman adopted a new foreign policy during the Cold War know as the Truman Doctrine. What was the main goal of the Truman Doctrine?
a)
To expand trade with Europe
b)
To limit the build up of nuclear weapons
c)
To stop the spread of communism
d)
to send financial aid to Europe
13.
Why did the United States become involved in the Korean War?
a)
to contain communism
b)
to colonize Korea
c)
to spread communism
d)
to Christianize Koreans
14.
What were the results of the Korean War?
a)
The two sections of Korea reunited
b)
North Korea & South Korea remained divided
c)
The Soviet Union took control of both sections of Korea
d)
China set up a communist government
15.

Mao Zedong was the communist leader of

a)

the Soviet Union

b)

North Korea

c)

Poland

d)

China

16.

The failed United States’ 1961 operation in Cuba was called

a)

The Bay of Pigs

b)

The Bay of Sheep

c)

The Bay of Cows

d)

The Bay of Havana

17.

Who was president during the invasion of Cuba attempt?

a)

Eisenhower

b)

Truman

c)

Kennedy

d)

Obama

18.

The idea that when one country falls to communism in a region others are likely to also fall to communism is known as ________________.

a)

The Slinky Effect

b)

The Monopoly Effect

c)

The Kennedy Doctrine

d)

The Domino Effect

19.
McCarthyism was what?
a)
a system of government that is centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state.
b)
an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state.
c)
a political theory derived from Karl Marx, advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs.
d)

Accusing someone of being communist &/or treason without proper regard for evidence.

20.

The fear of communism spreading:

a)

Red Scare

b)

Containment

c)

Nativism

d)

Democratic Whiplash

21.
What event sparked significant protests in the United States during the 1960's?
a)
WWII
b)
Vietnam War
c)
Cuban Missile Crisis
d)
WWI
22.

The Soviet Union was ​ ​ (a)   ​ (b)   ​

Choose from the below words
communist
totalitarian
capitalist
democracy
socialist
free market
23.

Eisenhower’s belief that the threat of nuclear weapons could deter the spread of communism was known as

a)

massive retaliation

b)

containment

c)

appeasement

d)

flexible response

24.

The assassination of John F. Kennedy

a)

Negatively effected the country's confidence

b)

No effect on the country's confidence

c)

Had a positive effect on the country's confidence

d)

Is a conspiracy theory

25.

Who was convicted and executed for passing atomic bomb secrets to the Soviets?

a)

Ethel and Julius Rosenberg

b)

The Hollywood Ten

c)

Joseph McCarthyism

d)

Alger Hiss

26.

Which event directly contributed to the end of the Cold War?

a)

Several communist-based governments collapsed across Eastern Europe

b)

The United States increased military aid to South Vietnam

c)

The Marshall Plan

d)

Senator McCathy's trials rooting out suspected communists

27.

This US president helped to bring a "thawing" to the end of the Cold War by developing a relationship with China

a)

Nixon

b)

Kennedy

c)

Johnson

d)

Reagan