WorksheetsCold War
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 23mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The Soviet Union set up the __________ in response to efforts from the West to reunify Germany.
a)
Berlin Airlift
b)
German Democratic Republic
c)
Berlin Blockade
d)
Iron Curtain
2.
Which country joined the Korean War after U.N. forces reached North Korea?
a)
China
b)
Vietnam
c)
Soviet Union
d)
Japan
3.
How did the U.S. respond to the Berlin Blockade?
a)
allied with NATO to fight the East Germans
b)
using airplanes to supply West Berlin for 327 days
c)
appeasing the East Germans by handing them West Berlin
d)
declaring war on East Germany
4.
Who was the leader of communist Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
a)
Kim Ill Sung
b)
Fidel Castro
c)
Fulgencio Batista
d)
Burt El Blocko
5.
Who was the first communist leader of North Korea?
a)
Kim Ill Sung
b)
Mao Zedong
c)
Kim Jong-un
d)
Nikita Khrushchev
6.
Who was the leader of USSR in the 1950’s-1960’s?
a)
Nikita Khrushchev
b)
Joseph Stalin
c)
Mikhail Gorbachev
d)
Leonid Brezhnev
7.
Who was the leader of Red China after the revolution until 1970s?
a)
Nikita Khrushchev
b)
Kim Ill Sung
c)
Mao Zedong
d)
Kim Jong-un
8.
Who was the soviet Leader who reformed the USSR in the 1980s?
a)
Nikita Khrushchev
b)
Mikhail Gorbachev
c)
Joseph Stalin
d)
Leonid Brezhnev
9.
Who was the first U.S. President to go to China?
a)
Richard Nixon
b)
Ronald Reagan
c)
John F. Kennedy
d)
Lyndon Johnson
10.
Who was the U.S. President during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
a)
Richard Nixon
b)
Ronald Reagan
c)
Lyndon Johnson
d)
John F. Kennedy
11.
Who was the General of the U.S. and U.N troops during the Korean Conflict?
a)
Fidel Castro
b)
Douglas MacArthur
c)
Dwight Eisenhower
d)
General Burt Block
12.
The Warsaw pact was Soviet reaction to what U.S. led action
a)
The Truman doctrine
b)
U.S. military action in North Korea
c)
The Marshall Plan
d)
The creation of NATO
13.
The term the “Iron Curtain” originated by Winston Churchill. Where was he referring to?
a)
China
b)
Indochina
c)
Middle East
d)
Eastern Europe
14.
Which of the following was one of the goals of the Marshall Plan (1947)?
a)
provide defensive weapons to Great Britain
b)
fund the construction of the iron curtain
c)
rebuild the economy of Western Europe
d)
bring Nazi war criminals to trial in Nuremberg
15.
Which event is most closely associated with the end of the Cold War?
a)
President Richard Nixon’s visit to China
b)
withdrawal of United States troops from Vietnam
c)
tearing down the Berlin Wall
d)
sending United States troops to Afghanistan
16.
The Bay of Pigs was a failed attempt to overthrow
a)
Fulgencio Batista
b)
Fidel Castro
c)
Anastasio Somozoa
d)
Burt El Blocko
17.
What was the purpose of the Truman Doctrine?
a)
to create a Communist party in the United States
b)
to support countries that rejected communism
c)
to raise funds for Communist activities in Europe
d)
to judge political parties that favored communism
18.
What economic system was used to reshape China's economy after the civil war?
a)
capitalism
b)
laissez faire
c)
social democracy
d)
communism
19.
Which best describes the underlying causes of the Cold War?
a)
bitter personal disputes between Stalin and Truman
b)
economic & political differences between the U.S. & U.S.S.R.
c)
the remaining anger of enemies former of World War II
d)
the destruction of Europe and Asia during WW 2
20.
What is the policy of limiting communism to the areas already under Soviet control called?
a)
SALT
b)
détente
c)
brinkmanship
d)
containment
21.
Mikhail Gorbachev's policy of unsuccessful economic reform in the Soviet Union
a)
Glasnost
b)
détente
c)
Perestroika
d)
brinkmanship
22.
What was the treaty that limited the number of ICBM missiles signed by the U.S. & U.S.S.R?
a)
SALT
b)
Perestroika
c)
S-Ban Treaty
d)
Glasnost
23.
What is the military alliance among the U.S., Canada, & nine Western European countries called?
a)
NATO
b)
Warsaw Pact
c)
SALT
d)
Perestroika
24.
What were the Soviet controlled border nations between U.S.S.R. and the West in Europe called?
a)
NATO
b)
the wall
c)
satellite nations
d)
SALT Nations
25.
What is the practice of going to the verge of war in order to win an advantage over an enemy?
a)
détente
b)
brinkmanship
c)
Domino Theory
d)
end game
26.
What were Gorbachev's social reforms that ended religious bans & censorship in the Soviet Union?
a)
glasnost
b)
perestroika
c)
Warsaw Pact
d)
détente
27.
What is the policy of lessening Cold War tensions between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. called?
a)
Perestroika
b)
brinkmanship
c)
Glasnost
d)
détente
28.
What is the alliance among the Soviet Union and seven satellite states in Eastern Europe?
a)
Warsaw Pact
b)
Perestroika
c)
Glasnost
d)
NATO
29.
The U.S., U.S.S.R.(Russia), Britain, France, &______are permanent members of the United Nations.
a)
Germany
b)
Japan
c)
China
d)
Canada
30.
The state of tension between nations without armed conflict between the main rivals was known as
a)
the iron curtain
b)
the Cold War
c)
the Marshall Plan
d)
the world war
31.
Which of the following was NOT one of the agreements made during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
a)
The U.S. would not invade Cuba
b)
The Soviets would withdraw their nuclear weapons from Cuba.
c)
The U.S. would remove missiles from Turkey.
d)
The U.S. and U.S.S.R. would stop building nuclear weapons.
32.
What was one of Stalin’s goals in Eastern Europe?
a)
to plant democracy in the area
b)
to stop the spread of communism
c)
to allow free elections
d)
to spread communism into the area
33.
What did the U.S. offer to strengthen democratic governments in Europe?
a)
the Marshall Plan
b)
the arms race
c)
the Berlin airlift
d)
the United Nations
34.
While democratic elections were allowed in West Germany, East Germany
a)
won its independence
b)
began war with the Soviets
c)
fell to communism
d)
joined the United Nations
35.
What is the dividing line between North and South Korea known as?
a)
38th Parallel
b)
The Korean Divide
c)
24th Parallel
d)
The Great Divide
36.
Which of the following doctrines promised to aid nations struggling against communist movement?
a)
Monroe Doctrine
b)
Truman Doctrine
c)
Eisenhower Doctrine
d)
Marshall Plan
37.
Who was the leader after China’s civil war had ended?
a)
Jiang Jieshi
b)
Faizal Eben
c)
Mao Zedong
d)
Naku Shun
38.
Which country launched the first satellite into space, Sputnik, on October 4, 1957?
a)
China
b)
The Soviet Union
c)
The United States
d)
Germany
39.
What was the main cause of the Korean War?
a)
South Korean invasion of North Korea
b)
North Korean invasion of South Korea
c)
The Japanese invasion of Manchuria
d)
The death of Sun Yat-sen
40.
What happened to Vietnam after the United States' military withdrawal in 1973?
a)
It became a democratic nation
b)
It remained divided between North and South
c)
It adopted a communist form of government
d)
It was quickly taken over by China
41.
What was the main goal of President Nixon's Vietnamization policy?
a)
To defeat communism in Vietnam to preserve other countries
b)
To open trade relations with a unified Vietnam
c)
To empower South Vietnamese forces to take over in combat
d)
To make Burt Block the Supreme Commander
42.
What was Mao's policy to re-start the revolution by starting peasant uprisings?
a)
The 5 year plan
b)
Cultural revolution
c)
Red guards
d)
Indochina Revolution
43.
Which of the following was NOT a conflict during the Cold War?
a)
Korea
b)
Berlin
c)
Vietnam
d)
London
44.
America’s goal during the Cold War was to:
a)
Colonize the Philippines
b)
Return to isolationism
c)
Stop the spread of communism
d)
Limit investments to other countries to rebuild economy
45.
What happened to Germany after WWII?
a)
Germany was divided in zones, then became East & W. Germany
b)
Germany took responsibility for the war and pay reparations
c)
Germany had to give up its colonies to France
d)
German Nationals refused to admit blame for the war
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