Font size
WorksheetsAH Unit 7 Part 1-2 PRACTICE (The Early Cold War)
Total questions: 85
Worksheet time: 1hrs 20mins
The House of Un-American Activities (a) people about possible (b) sympathies
questioned
communist
capitalist
Who were executed for espionage for allegedly passing atomic secrets to the Soviets?
The Smiths
The Connors
The Rosenbergs
The Johnsons
(a) - 1947 - policy to support (b) and Turkey with military and (c) aid to “survive as a free nation.”
Truman Doctrine
Greece
economic
economic program to contain Communism
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
policy to support Greece and Turkey
Containment
Sputnik
(Space Race)
Stalemate left North and South Korea divided at the 38th parallel (Where is it located?)
British & US flew planes to supply Berlin
(Select 1)
The main reason that Western Europe recovered after WWII was due to economic aid called the
Extra Money
Berlin Airlift
Marshall Plan
Stimulus Package
Which program was primarily responsible for the reconstruction of European economies after World War II?
New Deal
Marshall Plan
Truman Doctrine
Bretton Woods Conference
The main reason the U.S. went to Korea was to
Stop North Korean Aggression
Stop North Vietnam from entering South Vietnam
Berlin Airlift
Stop Normandy Invasion
Where is North and South Korea? (Select 2)
The imaginary division between democratic western Europe and Communist eastern Europe was known as? (a)
The military alliance between the United States and other free democratic nations was known as (a) .
Warsaw Pact
NATO
Triple Entente
Triple Alliance
How many zones was Germany divided into after WW2?
The attempt to prevent the spread of communism is known as (a) .
contamination
detainment
containment
arraignment
Which two nations emerged as superpowers after WW2?
France
Germany
Soviet Union
United States
The financial plan to offer economic support to European countries in need was known as the (a) .
Warsaw Pact
Truman Doctrine
Marshall Plan
NATO
Why did the United States provide financial assistance to countries in Europe?
Because we wanted them as allies.
To prevent them from falling to communist control.
Because we owed them money after Japan bombed Pearl Harbor.
They were attempting to control votes in Europe.
Which country attempted to take over West Berlin by blocking all passage in and out of the region?
France
Soviet Union
United States
Great Britain
In response to the Berlin Blockade, how did allied forces get supplies to those in Western Berlin? (a)
What term best represents the allied forces mission to get supplies to West Berlin after the Soviets blocked all entrances to the region?
Berlin Blockade
Berlin Checkpoint
Berlin Airlift
Berlin Wall
Which nation wanted to contain communism?
United States
Soviet Union
Which nation competing in the Cold War was communist?
United States
Soviet Union
The military alliance between the Soviet Union and other communist nations was known as the?
NATO
Warsaw Pact
Marshall Plan
Truman Doctrine
Which Cold War leader wanted to contain communism by providing financial assistance to war-torn European nations?
Joseph Stalin
Dwight Eisenhower
Harry Truman
Fidel Castro
Place the following events in the correct order.
Atomic bombs end WW2.
Stalin creates a buffer zone in Europe.
Truman orders supplies airlifted to West Berlin.
NATO is formed.
The Soviet Union led the Space Race when they launched this artificial satellite into space.
Sputnik
Explorer 1
Gemini 1
Challenger
Being on the edge of war is known as?
mutually assured destruction
brinkmanship
Iron Curtain
containment
Select the area of Germany that was under Communist control after WW2.
Match the following Cold War terms and descriptions.
Brinkmanship
Being on the edge of conflict
Iron Curtain
Imaginary division between democratic and communist nations
Containment
U.S. policy of preventing the spread of communism
Truman Doctrine
Financial plan to provide money to Greece & Turkey after WW2
Marshall Plan
Financial plan to support war-torn nations in Europe
Correctly label the Cold War map using the options provided.
Churchill nicknamed the dividing line between the Soviet Union and Western Europe
The Iron Curtain
The Steel Divide
The Wall of Metal
The Locked Door
The winner of the Chinese Civil War
Mao Zedong
Kim Il Sung
Jiang Jieshi
The winner of the Chinese Civil War
Mao Zedong
Kim Il Sung
Jiang Jieshi
The leader of the Soviet Union after Stalin died is (a) .
Nikita Khrushchev
Mikhail Gorbachev
Boris Yeltsin
The Communist leader of Cuba
(a)
Reorder the following in chronological order
World War II
Creation of the UN
Korean War
Vietnam War
Soviet-Afghan War
The name of the group the Soviet Union formed to combat NATO
Moscow Mafia
Warsaw Pact
Berlin Organization
Vienna Group
US President when the Korean War began
Truman
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Nixon
The idea that if one country falls to communism, the rest will fall after is the (a) Theory.
Korea will be divided at the (a) making North and South Korea.
38th Parallel
19th Parallel
17th Parallel
8th Parallel
The US, Canada, and 12 Western European countries form to create
NATO
USSR
NAACP
MADD
“Whoever shoots first, still dies second” reflects the policy of (a)
Mutually Assured Destruction
Brinksmanship
Eye for an Eye
Nuclear Blood
First Country to space is
USSR
USA
First Country to land a man on the moon
USSR
USA
The Soviet Union supports (a) while the United States supports (b) .
Communism
Capitalism
Facism
Totalitarianism
Stalinism
What was the main goal of the Containment Policy during the early Cold War?
Prevent the spread of communism and Soviet influence
Encourage Soviet influence
Promote the spread of communism
Isolate the United States from global affairs
Who was the prominent figure associated with the term McCarthyism during the 1950s?
Governor Adlai Stevenson
General Douglas MacArthur
Senator Joseph McCarthy
President John F. Kennedy
What was the purpose of the Berlin Airlift in 1948-1949?
To provide essential supplies to West Berlin during the Soviet blockade.
To conduct scientific research in West Berlin
To negotiate a peace treaty with the Soviet Union
To establish a military base in West Berlin
What does NATO stand for and when was it formed during the early Cold War?
South Atlantic Treaty Organization; 1955
East Atlantic Treaty Organization; 1945
North Atlantic Treaty Organization; 1949
North American Treaty Organization; 1950
What term was used to describe the fear of communist influence in the United States during the early Cold War?
Green Scare
Blue Scare
Yellow Scare
Red Scare
Which two superpowers were involved in the Space Race during the 1950s and 1960s?
United Kingdom and France
Germany and Japan
United States and Soviet Union
United States and China
Which two factions were involved in the Chinese Civil War that took place during the early Cold War period?
Mao Zedong and Chiang Kai-shek
Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and Nationalist Party (Kuomintang)
People's Liberation Army (PLA) and Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC)
Communist Party of China (CPC) and Democratic Progressive Party (DPP)
What was the U-2 Incident and how did it impact US-Soviet relations?
The U-2 Incident strained US-Soviet relations and heightened Cold War tensions.
The U-2 Incident improved US-Soviet relations and reduced Cold War tensions.
The U-2 Incident led to a military alliance between the US and the Soviet Union.
The U-2 Incident had no impact on US-Soviet relations.
What term was coined by President Eisenhower to describe the relationship between the military and defense industry during the early Cold War?
Defense-Industrial Complex
Warfare-Industry Alliance
Military-Industrial Complex
Soldier-Manufacturer Partnership
What was the significance of the Marshall Plan in the context of the early Cold War?
The Marshall Plan was a military alliance formed to counter Soviet influence
The Marshall Plan aimed to establish a communist economic system in Western Europe
The Marshall Plan provided economic aid to rebuild Western European countries, preventing the spread of communism and strengthening the Western bloc.
The Marshall Plan was a cultural exchange program between the US and the USSR
How did the Korean War impact the division of Korea into North and South?
The Korean War had no impact on the division of Korea
The Korean War led to the creation of East and West Korea
The Korean War united North and South Korea
The Korean War solidified the division of Korea into North and South.
What role did the Warsaw Pact play in the geopolitical landscape of Europe during the early Cold War?
Primary initiator of the Marshall Plan
Advocate for the European Union
Leader of the Non-Aligned Movement
Counterbalance to NATO's influence in Europe
How did the Soviet Union's launch of Sputnik in 1957 impact the United States and the Space Race?
The launch of Sputnik in 1957 resulted in the United States abandoning its space exploration efforts.
Sputnik's launch in 1957 had no impact on the United States' space exploration programs.
The United States' response to Sputnik in 1957 was to decrease funding for space exploration.
The launch of Sputnik in 1957 led to increased funding for space exploration and the establishment of NASA, initiating the Space Race.
What was the primary goal of the Truman Doctrine during the early Cold War?
To provide military support to countries threatened by communism
To promote American culture and values in Eastern Europe
To provide economic and military aid to Greece and Turkey to prevent the spread of communism
To establish a trade agreement with the Soviet Union
Which of the following statements about the U-2 Incident are correct?
(3 CORRECT ANS)
The Soviet Union adopted a hard-line foreign policy against the United States afterwards.
The scheduled Paris Summit fell through. This impeded the progress of peace.
Eisenhower apologized to the Soviet Union for the incident, but refused to end the spying activities.
The incident ended the US-Soviet unfreezing relations.
Throughout the Cold War, most United States foreign policy was based on the belief that the United States had which of the following responsibilities?
preventing the spread of communism
providing economic aid to the nations of the Warsaw Pact
supporting worldwide government overthrows
avoiding all foreign entanglements
How was the Marshall Plan designed to discourage the spread of Communism in Europe?
by establishing freely elected governments in Poland and Czechoslovakia
by restoring economic stability to the nations of Western Europe
by joining European nations together into the European Union
by providing military assistance to France, Great Britain, and Italy
"I therefore ask the Congress to provide authority for assistance to Greece and Turkey in the amount of $400 million for the period ending June 30, 1948. . . . In addition to funds, I ask the Congress to authorize the detail of American civilian and military personnel to Greece and Turkey, at the request of those countries..."
The speech above provided the foundation for which of the following policies?
the Warsaw Pact
the Monroe Doctrine
the Truman Doctrine
the Roosevelt Corollary
What event began the conflict on the Korean peninsula?
U.N. forces fought off the invading army from the North.
The Chinese army invaded south of the 38th parallel.
The South Korean army invaded north of the 38th parallel.
The North Korean army invaded south of the 38th parallel.
“From Stetin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an Iron Curtain has descended across the continent. Behind that line lie all the capitals of the ancient states of Central and Eastern Europe..."
What is the main idea of this quotation?
The Soviet Union has expanded its influence throughout Western Europe
The Soviet Union has helped the nations of Eastern Europe improve their standard of living
The Soviet Union has expanded its influence throughout Eastern Europe
The Soviet Union will support communist revolutions in Southeast Asia
In 1946, the British Prime Minister said in a speech that an "Iron Curtain" had fallen across the European continent. This "Iron Curtain" was ______________.
a wall built between countries controlled by Nazi Germany and ones that weren't.
another name for the Alps, which protected it from the USSR during the Cold War.
an imaginary line separating Europe's communist and non-communist countries.
a divider between the good and the evil.
Ordinary people & businesses control the production of goods and services is called:
capitalism
free trade
marketing
communism
Why is the Cold War called a "cold" war?
The areas affected were in the polar regions of the world
The war was fought during winter months only
Leaders of the superpowers were sick with coughs and fevers
There was never direct fighting between the two superpowers
An alliance between the Soviet Union and other Eastern European nations.
League of Nations
Warsaw Pact
United Nations
NATO
A 1949 defense alliance initiated by the US, Canada, and 10 Western European nations
Warsaw Pact
NATO
UNIA
AFL
1947: US policy of providing economic and military aid to any country threatened by communism or totalitarian ideology, mainly helped Greece and Turkey
Marshall Plan
Truman Doctrine
Executive Order 9906
Executive Order 8802
Communist nations in Eastern Europe on friendly terms with the USSR and thought of as under the USSR's control
Satellite Nations
League of Nations
United Nations
What was Truman's response to Stalin's blockade of West Berlin?
leave Berlin and allow reunification of the city
airlift supplies in to West Berlin
break through the blockade with tans
do nothing and hope for the best
What organization was created of World War II to try to prevent future global wars? (This organization also authorized involvement in the Korean conflict.
League of Nations
Allied Powers
Axis Powers
United Nations
Which of the following is NOT a reason the US & USSR came into conflict in the 1940s?
The fought on opposing sides in WWII
The US had a capitalist system and the USSR was Comnmunist
Stalin broke promises of allowing free elections in Poland
There was tension in occupied Germany after WWII
The "Butter Battle Book" by Dr. Seuss most directly deals with the issue of...
Containment
Mutually Assured Destruction
Economic Dependency
Foreign Expansionism
What country turned Communist in 1949 under Chairman Mao?
China
Korea
Japan
Vietnam
How was the Korean War different from WWII?
aerial bombing was used more frequently in the Korean War
The Korean War did not affect Americans directly and was largely forgotten
Entry into the Korean War was more popular than entry into WWII
The US fought alone in Korea but with Allies in WWII
True or False: Within 5 years of the end of WWII, the USSR detonated its own nuclear bomb
TRUE
FALSE
