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cold war quiz

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

who were the western allies

a)

Japan, usa, germany, france

b)

france, russia, canada, spain

c)

britain, france, us, canada

d)

usa, méxico, france, britain

2.

what is the cold war

a)

war of battles

b)

war of ideologies

c)

war of revenge

d)

war of the nations

3.

which nation collapsed after 1991

a)

usa

b)

france

c)

britain

d)

russia/soviet union

4.

this time was known as the most (a)   time in recorded human history

5.

when did the cold war begin

a)

when nazi germany surrendered

b)

when stalin died

c)

when mussolini invaded germany

d)

when FDR died

6.

who made the speech on march 5th 1946 about the iron cross descending across the continent?

a)

woodrow wilson

b)

joseph stalin

c)

benito mussolini

d)

adolf hitler

7.

How often were flights landings and taking off from Berlin

a)

every minute

b)

every hour

c)

every 30 minutes

d)

every 30 seconds

8.

Which countries became allies due to the treaty of dunkirk

a)

USA and Japan

b)

France and Germany

c)

Austria and Germany

d)

France and Britain

9.

NATO

a)

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

b)

North African Tribe Organization

c)

North African Treaty Organization

d)

North Africa Take Over

10.

how many countries created NATO at first

a)

17

b)

10

c)

12

d)

15

11.

how many advanced planes did britain have?

a)

5

b)

3

c)

1

d)

7

12.

What delivered the bombs to Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945?

a)

B-21

b)

B-29

c)

D-18

d)

A-15

13.

which country supported north korea

a)

US

b)

britain

c)

soviet union/russia

d)

germany

14.

which country supported south korea?

a)

germany

b)

france

c)

china

d)

usa

15.

the US ended up following the North Koreans to this river

a)

yalu river

b)

mississippi river

c)

colorado river

d)

volga river

16.

china launched a massive (a)   to help North Korea

17.

when stalin died, who replaced him

a)

Nikita Kruchebv

b)

Donald Trump

c)

Georgy Malenkov

d)

Vladimir Lenin

18.

what family was discovered to be soviet spies

a)

williams

b)

parkers

c)

rosenbergs

d)

alvarez

19.

ICBM

a)

international car border mission

b)

intercontinental ballistic missile

c)

international ballistic missile

d)

intercontinental british mission

20.

who was the leader of the new communist Cuba

a)

Mussolini

b)

Stalin

c)

franco

d)

fidel castro

21.

MAD

a)

mutually assured destruction

b)

mutually african destruction

c)

mutually assured death

d)

maybe african destruction

22.

who won the space race

a)

USA

b)

Russia/Soviet Union

c)

Germany

d)

Italy

23.

what did the USSR send to Cuba

a)

a treaty

b)

nuclear weapons

c)

tanks

d)

souvenirs

24.

who was the president of the USA in 1981

a)

Ronald Raegan

b)

Santiago Alvarez

c)

FDR

d)

Woodrow Wilson

25.

what triggered the end of the cold war

a)

another atomic bomb attavk

b)

chernobyl

c)

mussolini death

d)

hitler death