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WorksheetsCold War 50s & 60s
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 2hrs 30mins
What one thing did the leaders of the United Sates and the Soviet Union agree on following WWII?
Communism was superior to capitalism
Both countries believed that world trade should be promoted.
Democracy and free enterprise were superior to communism.
Both countries believed their system of government should be encouraged in other nations.
Who were the emerging superpowers following World War II?
Soviet Union & USA
Italy & Germany
Cuba & Vietnam
Great Britain & China
What was this period of tension between these two Superpowers known as?
The Cold Front
The Blitzkrieg
The Cold War
What did Churchill call the dividing line between the East & West?
The Iron Curtain
The Steel Drape
The Aluminum Blind
What was an immediate result of the Great Leap Forward (1958)?
independence of Kenya from Great Britain
the breakup of the Soviet Union
the relocation of Bosnian refugees
increased famine in China
The United States followed a policy of containment during the Cold War in response to the spread of communism.
How did the Marshall Plan reflect containment policy?
It blocked Soviet missiles from from arriving in communist Cuba.
It provided economic aid to European countries in order to prevent the spread of communism.
It authorized the use of military force against communist forces in Vietnam.
It stopped communist efforts to control the Korean Peninsula.
What was the purpose of the Berlin Airlift, between the years 1948 and 1949?
To bring necessary supplies to assist the Communists after World War II.
It was designed to help citizens in France to resist Communism.
Moving Allied soldiers to help fight the Nazis during World War II.
To supply the citizens of West Berlin while the Soviet blockade continued.
The United States Foreign Policy after World War II was the policy of Containment, which was?
The U.S. would try to restrict the spread of Fascism in Europe.
The U.S. would help to rebuild the nations of Japan and Germany.
Due to the importance, the U.S. would increase spending into the Space Race.
The U.S. would try to prevent the spread of Communism anywhere in the world.
East is Red
The east is red, the sun is rising,
China has brought forth a Mao Zedong,
He amasses fortune for the people,
Hurrah, he is the people’s great savior.
Chairman Mao loves the people,
He is our guide,
To build a new China,
Hurrah, he leads us forward!
The Communist Party is like the sun,
Wherever it shines, it is bright,
Wherever there is a Communist Party,
Hurrah, there the people are liberated!
What is the main idea of this 1960s Chinese song?
The Sun will never set on Chinese communism.
Communist policies will liberate Mao Zedong.
The Chinese people will become wealthy under communism.
Mao Zedong will lead the Communist Party in building a new China.
East is RedThe east is red, the sun is rising,China has brought forth a Mao Zedong,He amasses fortune for the people,Hurrah, he is the people’s great savior.Chairman Mao loves the people, He is our guide, To build a new China, Hurrah, he leads us forward!The Communist Party is like the sun, Wherever it shines, it is bright, Wherever there is a Communist Party, Hurrah, there the people are liberated!
This 1960s Chinese song would most likely have been sung during the
return of Hong Kong
Cultural Revolution
Boxer Rebellion
Tiananmen Square incident
What was the true major concern of the opposing forces in the Space Race?
One country would land on the moon first
One country would claim the other planets before another could
One country would have military dominance using space weaponry
What is brinkmanship?
U.S. foreign policy of threatening to use all out military aggression against enemy
The purchasing of material goods
Designing of products to wear out or become outdated so consumers need to buy more
U.S. foreign policy of blocking spread of communism to other nations by the Soviets
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 launch of Sputnik I intensified Cold War tensions and caused the —
United States to increase spending on technology, education and weapons to compete with the Soviet Union
Soviet Union to move missiles and warships to Cuba in order to threaten the United States
United States to send troops and aid to East Berlin to free it from Soviet control
Soviet Union to threaten Europe with nuclear attack if Soviet airspace were violated
The Cold War was "cold" because the two superpowers never directly attacked each other in open warfare.
Which Cold War alliance was created by Western Europe and the United States?
NATO
Non-alignment Movement
Warsaw Pact
Potsdam Conference
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)
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
What is the "thing" in the box?
naval blockade
quarantine
nuclear war
the Cold War
Fidel Castro
In what country did the Soviet Union put nuclear missile sites that could hit any target within the United States
Guatemala
Mexico
Italy
Turkey
Cuba
In China, the terms Long March, Little Red Book, and Great Leap Forward are most closely associated with the
economic policies of the Kuomintang
expulsion of foreigners during the Boxer Rebellion
foreign policy under Deng Xiaoping
leadership of Mao Zedong
One way in which Joseph Stalin’s five-year plans and Mao Zedong’s Great Leap Forward are similar is that both plans were
efforts to reduce human rights violations
policies to improve relations with the West
methods used to control population growth
attempts to increase agricultural and industrial production
A major goal of the Cultural Revolution in China during the 1960s was to
restore China to the glory of the Han dynasty
reemphasize Confucian traditional values
weaken Communist ideas
eliminate opposition to Mao Zedong
An immediate result of the Cultural Revolution in China was that it
helped to establish democracy in urban centers in China
led to economic cooperation with Japan and South Korea
disrupted China’s economic and educational systems
strengthened political ties with the United States
What parallel line divides North and South Korea?
17th
48th
15th
38th
Which of the following best describes a proxy war?
Two superpowers directly fighting
Two countries fight without any assistance
Competing in sports instead of military force
Using another country’s soldiers to fight a war
In what way(s) did the superpowers support proxy wars?
Providing money
Providing weapons
Sending soldiers to fight
All of the above
What caused the Korean War?
The North and South Koreans wanted different resources.
The North Invaded the South
The USSR convinced the South to attack the North
The North wanted to be Communist, the south wanted a Democracy.
Who did the US support during the Korean and Vietnam Wars?
The USSR
The South side of the country
The North Side of the county
China
What was the Truman Doctrine?
A Soviet policy that wanted to contain Communism
A Soviet policy that wanted to contain Capitalism
An American policy that wanted to contain Communism
An American policy that wanted to contain Capitalism
How did the Korean War end?
With a decisive victory for the South
With a decisive victory for the North
With an armistice agreement
With a treaty signed in Geneva
What was the main reason the United States entered the Korean War?
To retaliate against North Korean aggression
To fight against international communism
To support Japanese imperialism
To gain territory
