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WorksheetsCold War / Communism in China
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 18mins
The US (and other allies) goal to keep the Soviet Union from expanding communism into more countries
Imperialism
Containment
Ideology Blockade
Uniformity
The first major conflict between the USSR and US, success for the US
Cuban Missile Crisis
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Berlin Blockade
Invasion of Poland
An alliance of Western, democratic nations in response to the Soviet Union
Warsaw Pact
European Union
NATO
OPEC
A proxy war of the Cold War that resulted in a stalemate
The Vietnam War
The Chinese Civil War
The Cuban Revolution
The Korean War
A military alliance between the USSR and its satellite states as a response to NATO
Communist Compact
Warsaw Pact
Soviet Alliance
ASEAN
A proxy war of the Cold War in which the northern communist half of the country came out victorious
Korean War
The Spanish War
The Vietnam War
The Ukrainian Revolution
Which country first successfully sent a satellite into orbit during the Space Race
USSR
US
Which country first successfully sent a man to the moon during the Space Race
USSR
US
A physical wall built through the capitol of Germany to split the city into a communist half and democratic half
Iron Curtain
Division of Democracy
The Western Wall
The Berlin Wall
The closest the Cold War came to actual warfare, Soviet missiles were found 100 miles from a US Coast
Cuban Missile Crisis
Bay of Pigs Invasion
The Turkish Invasion
The Taiwan Invasion
The final leader of the Soviet Union, introduced some reforms (ex. Perestroika and Glasnost)
Kim jung Un
Mao
Krushchev
Gorbachev
Which event is considered the symbolic end of the Cold War?
The fall of the Berlin Wall
The Cuban Missile Crisis
The Vietnam War
The Korean War
What was a significant consequence of the Berlin Wall's construction on the people of East and West Berlin?
Increased economic prosperity in East Berlin
Immediate unification of East and West Germany
Restricted movement between East and West Berlin
Enhanced cultural exchanges between the two sides
The black line represents the symbolic division of the East and West according to Winston Churchill
Berlin Wall
Communist Bloc
Iron Curtain
49th Parallel
Who was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party that led the Long March?
Chiang Kai-Shek
Sun Yat Sen
Xi Jinping
Mao Zedong
Which group was forced out of mainland China to Taiwan
The Chinese Communist Party
The Nationalists (Kuomintang)
Bolsheviks
The Qing Dynasty
What does the term "arms race" refer to in the context of the Cold War?
A competition in developing the best sports equipment
A competition between countries to achieve superior space exploration capabilities
A competition between countries to accumulate more conventional weapons
A competition between countries to develop and accumulate more nuclear weapons
What was the primary ideological conflict in the Cold War?
Monarchy vs. Democracy
Democracy vs. Communism
Nationalism vs. Globalism
Feudalism vs. Modernism
What was the "Iron Curtain" a metaphor for during the Cold War?
The division between North and South Korea
The economic divide between the rich and poor countries
The ideological and physical boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas
The defensive fortifications of the Great Wall of China
Which country did Mao model his Great Leap Forward economic plan after?
The United States
Japan
Soviet Union
Canada
What was the result of the Great Leap Forward?
China became an industrial superpower
China introduced some capitalist elements
30 million people died in China due to famine
The Soviet Union caused a famine in Ukraine
Which group did Mao use as an army during his Cultural Revolution?
Teachers
Farmers
Students
Government workers
Which group of people were targeted as a threat during the Cultural Revolution?
Students
Peasants
Parents
Intellectuals
Which Chinese leader introduced some capitalism to the economy?
Mao Zedong
Xi Denping
Deng Xiaoping
Chang Kai Shek
The Tiananmen Square Massacre in China was a reaction to
the Cultural Revolution
students demand for more individual rights
China's westernization
Great Britain's refusal to retturn Hong Kong to China
After the Qing Dynasty was overthrown, what two political parties emerged in China?
Republican and Democrats
Nationalist and Communists
Fascists and Socialists
The People for Republic of China and the Japanese Communist Party
What is the name of the army of young students that Mao used to enforce policies in the 1960s?
The Red Guard
Hitler Youth
The Youth for Communism
The Great Collective
Which program was designed to stop opposition to the Chinese Communist Party?
The Great Leap Forward
The Chinese Civil War
The Cultural Revolution
The Long March
All citizens of China during the Cultural Revolution were required to memorize and carry with them....
Mao's Communist Manifesto
Mao's Letter to the People
Mao's Instructions in Loyalty
Mao's Little Red Book
Increased openness and transparency in government institutions and activities in the Soviet Union (USSR) was due to
the fall of the Berlin Wall
Glasnost
Perestroika
Ronal Reagan's Policies
Who was the Communist leader of North Vietnam before the Vietnam War?
Mao Zedong
Ho Chi Min
Fidel Castro
Joseph Stalin
A time of decreased tension between the USSR and the US from 1969 to 1979.
Detente
Disarmament
The Lukewarm War
Refrainment
The Communist leader of Cuba during the 1960s
Fidel Castro
Joseph Stalin
Nikita Khrushchev
Joseph McCarthy
What country used the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan to send economic aid to countries like Turkey and Greece to fight Communism?
France
Soviet Union
Germany
USA
Countries that were under military and political influence of the USSR
Communist Counterpart
Satellite Country
USSR Orbit Nation
Communist Colony
