WorksheetsCold War Quiz
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 16mins
What were the defining characteristics of the Cold War?
Prohibition, Flappers, Jazz
Arms Race, Space Race, Red Scare
Holocaust, Nazi Germany, Pearl Harbor
Poverty, Unemployment, Dust Bowl
Draw your own cartoon to explain the Cold War.
The Marshall Plan:
Attempted to end the spread of communism to the Middle East
Gained support from the UN for US intervention in the Korean War
Provided aid to all European nations in an effort to rebuild after WWII
Allowed for the US occupation of Japan following WWII
NATO was established to:
Open trade between the US, Canada, and Mexico
Act as a defensive alliance against the threat of the Soviet Union
Allow for free trade among those nations who had allied during WWII
Prevent East and West Germany from unifying following the Second World War
Korea was divided into two sections by what geographical marker?
The Yalu River
The Himalaya mountains
The Sea of Japan
38 degrees North Latitude
The “containment policy” refers to:
An effort to keep Germany from unifying and becoming a future threat to Europe
An effort to block the Soviets’ attempts to spread their influence by creating alliances and supporting weaker countries
An effort to stop the Japanese from exploiting their influence over the Southeast Asian countries of China and Korea
An effort to block the flow of capitalism to nations already involved with communism
A wall built by the communist East German government in 1961 to seal off the East of the city from the West.
Great Wall of China
Berlin Wall
Moscow Wall
Munich Wall
What portion of American society did television of the 1950s usually portray?
White middle class
Black urban
Wealthy white
A variety of cultures
This man was accused of spying on the US and ultimately sentenced to 5 years in jail.
Julius Rosenberg
Nicoli Sacco
Alger Hiss
Joseph McCarthy
Draw how Joe McCarthy probably saw the world.
The Berlin Airlift can be described as:
The shooting down of a US spy plane over East Germany
The attempted bombing of West Berlin by the Soviet Union
An attempt by the Soviet Union to gain atom secrets from the US
The delivery of supplies by airplane into East Berlin to prevent famine and disease
The policy of brinkmanship can be described as:
a willingness to go to the edge of war to back up US foreign policy
spending all available funds on the arms race bringing the US to the brink of bankruptcy
only giving military aid to those nations in imminent danger of falling to communism
guaranteeing all aid short of war to support nations defending themselves from outside influence or communist aggression
The Warsaw Pact was an organization meant to defend Eastern Europe from what Western alliance?
The United Nations
NATO
The Allies
The Tripartite Pact
What did many adults feel would be the result of listening to rock n’ roll?
Promiscuity and immorality
Increased social opportunities for kids
Access to diverse cultural opportunities
Increased acceptance by both peers and adults
The HUAC made headlines in 1947 by investigating what group within the US?
The music industry
The Central Intelligence Agency
The US army
The movie industry
What women’s role was most often portrayed by 1950s television programming?
A redefined woman who now felt as comfortable at work as in the home
A loving housewife and mother who was devoted to her family
An independent woman who could think for herself
An intelligent competitive being, capable of climbing the corporate ladder
Result of the Korean war:
No appreciable change in territory for either government, with no one ruling Korea as a whole
The South Korean Capitalists overtook the North capturing its capital
North Korea was forced to pay $2 billion in reparations to the South
South Korea’s capital was surrendered and moved to Pyonyang
How did the G.I. Bill contribute to the economic prosperity of the 1950s?
It decreased consumer spending.
It allowed Veterans to get an education and buy homes in suburbs.
It offered incentives under the Bracero Program to temporary laborers.
It created federal domestic programs as part of the Great Society.
What wars were fought during the Cold War as a result of containment and the Domino Theory?
Korean & Vietnam War
WWI & WWII
Civil War & Spanish American War
Persian Gulf & War on Terror
The world's first artificial satellite launched by the Soviet Union.
Spunkick
Sputnik
Skunkip
Endeavor I
