WorksheetsCOLD WAR 1947-1991
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 11mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
1. The rivalry and differences between the US (capitalist) and the Soviet Union (communist0 did not end with the war. __________ formed, with the US and Soviet Union acting as captain of each team.
a)
Option 1
b)
Option 2
c)
Alliances
d)
Option 4
2.
2. In 1949, 5 years after the end of WW Two, a pact called the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) FORMED AS A MILITARY ALLIANCE THAT COUNTRIES JOINED FOR ____________
a)
Option 1
b)
Option 2
c)
Option 3
d)
Security
3.
3. The Soviets formed their own rival team called the __________ PACT WITH MUCH OF EASTERN EUROPE. They also joined for mutual security from their enemy the West.
a)
Option 1
b)
Warsaw
c)
Option 3
d)
Option 4
4.
4. President Truman and Great Britain believed that newly liberated nations in Eastern Europe should form their own governments and be Anti-Soviet. Both countries feared the spread of _____________
a)
Communism
b)
Option 2
c)
Option 3
d)
Option 4
5.
5. The TRUMAN DOCTRINE said that the US should always support free people resisting and providing ________ to countries feeling the pressure of communism.
a)
Option 1
b)
Option 2
c)
Option 3
d)
Aid
6.
6. That same year the US SECRETARY OF STATE CAME UP WITH THE ___________ PLAN. The US believed communism took hold in countries with economic problems so it gave impoverished countries money in hope that communism would fall.
a)
Option 1
b)
Option 2
c)
Marshall
d)
Option 4
7.
7. The plan provided $13 billion to rebuild Europe after the war. The Soviets refused to accept any funds. The Soviet Union and its __________ states (dependent on the Soviet Union) were subordinate to their authority.
a)
Option 1
b)
Satellite
c)
Option 3
d)
Option 4
8.
8. The League of Nations was ineffective, but it laid the groundwork for the _____________ (United Nations) which worked for peace and human dignity. Today it has 200 nations as members.
a)
UN
b)
Option 2
c)
Option 3
d)
Option 4
9.
9. After the HOLOCAUST, many Jews sought a homeland to call their own. In 1947 the UN recommended the partition of British controlled Palestine to form a Jewish _________. Israel was officially formed.
a)
Option 1
b)
Option 2
c)
Option 3
d)
State
10.
10. The region that was formerly called Palestine (or Judea) had a mainly Arab population and was not happy with a new __________ state taking control. Neighboring Arab countries attacked the newly formed Israel but they fought back hard and won additional lands. The Israeli - Palestinian conflict continues to this day.
a)
Option 1
b)
Option 2
c)
Jewish
d)
Option 4
11.
11. The surrounding ARAB countries did not want another state to take control of traditionally ARAB land and a large ARAB population. They attacked in 1948 and 1967. (6 day war). Israel routed the combined ARAB nations and gained territory in GAZA, WEST BANK, PARTS OF EGYPT AND SYRIA.
a)
Option 1
b)
Option 2
c)
Option 3
d)
Option 4
12.
12. After the devastation of the HOLOCAUST AND WW TWO, the state of _________- was formed so that Jews could have an OFFICIAL HOMELAND OF THEIR OWN.
a)
Israel
b)
Option 2
c)
Option 3
d)
Option 4
13.
13. The Cold War RIVALRY between the United States and the Soviet Union resulted in international incidents that led two superpowers to the brink of __________ disaster. It lasted from 1947-1991 with the collapse of the Soviet Union.
a)
Option 1
b)
Option 2
c)
Option 3
d)
Nuclear
14.
14. After the end of World War II TENSIONS BETWEEN THE FORMER ALLIES QUICKLY GREW., leading to a new kind of conflict—one heightened with the threat of ATOMIC WEAPONS. The global standoff for __________ between the United States and the Soviet Union affected all aspects of life in the postwar world.
a)
Option 1
b)
Dominance
c)
Option 3
d)
Option 4
15.
15. MILITARY AND POLITICAL RIVALRY between the US and the USSR gave way to the start of the Cold War. The subsequent RACE FOR MILITARY ___________. sparked an era of espionage, and a build-up of nuclear arms that threatened global ANNIHILATION (destruction)
a)
Option 1
b)
Option 2
c)
Superiority
d)
Option 4
16.
16. By 1947, the United States adopted a policy of ____________ to restrict (limit the spread) of Soviet global power. The Truman Doctrine was an open promise of US support to any country threatened by the Soviet Union.
a)
Option 1
b)
Option 2
c)
Option 3
d)
Containment
17.
17. The US “DOMINO THEORY,” which meant that one country falling to Communism meant the ___________ countries were likely to fall as well. This policy pushed the US to enter into wars in Korea, Vietnam, and other Cold War conflict like the Cuban Missile Crisis.
a)
Surrounding
b)
Option 2
c)
Option 3
d)
Option 4
18.
18. By 1946, an __________ CURTAIN FELL ACROSS EUROPE, BEHIND WHICH ALL TERRIITORY FELL UNDER SOVIET CONTROL. United States would provide military and diplomatic assistance to any democratic nation under threat from the expansion of Soviet authoritarianism.
a)
Option 1
b)
Iron
c)
Option 3
d)
Option 4
19.
19. In the _________ DOCTRINE the United States would provide military and diplomatic assistance to any democratic nation under threat from the expansion of Soviet authoritarianism.
a)
Truman
b)
Option 2
c)
Option 3
d)
Option 4
20.
20. The Truman Doctrine led to the formation in 1949 of a military alliance between the US, the UK,, and other Western European nations called _________. MEMBER NATIONS AGREEED TO COME TO THE DEFENSE OF ANY MEMBER STATE THAT WAS ATTACKED FROM ANY OTHER POWER.
a)
Option 1
b)
Option 2
c)
Nato
d)
Option 4
21.
21. The knowledge that each superpower held a STOCKPILE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS CREATED A MILILTARY DOCTRINE OF _________ in which an attack from one would cause the complete annihilation of one or both countries.
a)
Option 1
b)
Option 2
c)
Option 3
d)
MAD
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