WorksheetsCold War world history
Total questions: 36
Worksheet time: 22mins
Which two cities were hit by the atomic bomb during World War II?
Berlin and Munich
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Tokyo and Kyoto
Osaka and Sapporo
What does NATO stand for?
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
National Association of Treaty Operations
North American Trade Organization
Naval Armed Tactical Operations
What was the primary objective of the Marshall Plan?
To provide military support to allied nations
To rebuild European economies after the end of World War II
To establish a new currency system in Europe
To create a European political alliance against the USSR
What was the purpose of the Truman Doctrine?
To support countries that rejected communism
To promote trade agreements between the US and Europe
To establish a peace treaty with the USSR
To provide financial aid to the USSR
Which country first used the atomic bomb in combat?
The Soviet Union
Germany
The United States
Japan
What was the Berlin Wall a symbol of?
The division between North and South Korea
The division between NATO and the Warsaw Pact
The division between East and West Berlin
The division between the European Union and non-member states
Describe the US original purpose in dropping the Atomic bombs.
To demonstrate power to the Soviet Union
To end the war quickly and save lives
To test the effects of nuclear weapons
To begin a new era of nuclear warfare
Describe how Stalin felt after the bombs had been dropped.
He was indifferent to the bombings
He was pleased with the US actions
He felt threatened and accelerated the Soviet nuclear program
He congratulated the US for their technological advancement
Identify which middle eastern country was courted by the US and USSR.
Afghanistan
Iraq
Egypt
Israel
Explain what a proxy war is.
A war where the main powers use nuclear weapons
A war fought by smaller countries with no involvement from larger powers
A war where two powers use third parties as substitutes for fighting each other directly
A war that is fought for economic reasons only
Identify what event caused China to split from their alliance with the USSR.
The Korean War
The Death of Stalin
The Cultural Revolution
The Great Leap Forward
Identify what Egypt wanted back from Foreign control.
The Suez Canal
The Nile River
The Sinai Peninsula
The Giza Pyramids
In what year did the Berlin Wall fall?
1987
1989
1991
1994
Which year marks the dissolution of the USSR?
1989
1990
1991
1992
What unusual event is believed to have contributed to the end of the USSR and the beginning of the Russian Federation?
The election of a new Russian president
The signing of a peace treaty with the US
A grocery store visit
The launch of the first Russian space station
Who was the leader of the Vietnamese nationalists?
Who did the French and US put into power in Vietnam?
What name was given to the communist resistance fighters in Vietnam?
What is Vietnamization?
The name for communist rebels who set up a government in Cambodia.
Who was the first communist leader in China?
What international organization was created to protect its members against foreign aggression?
The term for Europe's division between democratic and communist
The USSR reaction to NATO.
Term for not wanting to get involved in international problems
How was the United States involved in the Vietnam War?
The United States dropped an atomic bomb on South Vietnam.
The United States was allied with North Vietnam.
The United States provided economic and limited military aid to prevent the spread of communism.
The United States did not want to get involved in other countries' conflicts.
What was the name of the conflict involving nuclear weapons that almost erupted in October 1962 between the United States and the Soviet Union?
American Missile Crisis
Panama Canal Conflict
Soviet Union Missile Crisis
Cuban Missile Crisis
Which senator proposed that citizens turn in their neighbor if they suspected the neighbor was a communist?
Dwight Eisenhower
Joseph McCarthy
Harry S. Truman
Richard Nixon
Read the passage.
“After World War II, the U.S. and its allies formed an organization to assist each other. The countries supported the other members in diplomatic negotiations and military action. Their purpose was to ensure the security of member countries from outside threats.”
What is the name of this organization?
Allied Powers (AP)
United Nations (UN)
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
Study the picture.
Front row left to right: Richard Nixon, President Eisenhower, Nikita Khrushchev
What is the significance of the event in the picture?
Nikita Khrushchev was building up his military and wanted to observe the military in the United States.
In 1959, Nikita Khrushchev became the first Soviet Union leader to visit the United States.
Nikita Khrushchev was building nuclear weapons and wanted to team up with the United States.
This was a meeting of members of Congress to discuss the Cuban Missile Crisis.
How was the Cold War different from previous wars involving the United States?
Previous wars were fought between the United States and European countries, and the Cold War was fought between the United States and the Soviet Union.
The Cold War refers to the political and economic tension between the United States and the Soviet Union-not an actual war.
The Cold War was fought in the cold climate region of the Soviet Union, whereas previous wars were fought in warmer climate regions.
The Cold War battles were fought with more modern weaponry since it took place in the 1960s.
Who was the leader of Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Nikita Khrushchev
Felipe Gonzales
Fidel Castro
Pancho Villa
The failed US attempt to overthrow the communist Cuban government in 1961 was called the:
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Cuban Missile Crisis
Project to Eliminate Cuban Communism (PECC)
Inchon Invasion
Anti-Totalitarian Takeover (ATT)
How did the US discover that nuclear missile sites were being constructed in Cuba?
from American CIA spies in Cuba posing as farmers
from US spy satellites
from listening in on secret Soviet-Cuban radio transmissions
the British intercepted the telegram which outlined the nuclear missile project in Cuba
from photographs taken from an American U-2 spy plane
Out of the options presented to President Kennedy during the Cuban Missile Crisis, he elected to go with which one?
"quarantine" or blockade Cuba
airstrike on key bases
launch a full invasion and overthrow Castro
use diplomacy to appeal to Castro
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