WorksheetsUnit 6 Cold War, Decolonization, Genocide and Terrorism
Total questions: 32
Worksheet time: 17mins
After WWII, Stalin established ______ in Eastern Europe
communist states
democratic states
independent nations
city-states
Who was the leader of the USSR during WWII?
Hitler
Churchill
Roosevelt
Stalin
After WWII, the Cold War began. What was the Cold War?
peace and tranquilty between the USA and USSR
tension and competition between the USA and USSR
a war with the bombing of Eastern Europe
tension between the USA and Great Britain over who will control Germany
After WWII, the 2 superpowers in the world were
USSR (Soviet Union) and France
Germany and USA
USA and USSR (Soviet Union)
USSR (Soviet Union) and South Korea
One cause of the cold war was
differing political ideals
same political beliefs
Germany winning WWII
the fight over territory
The president who called the USSR an "evil empire" was
Joseph Stalin
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Harry S Truman
Ronald Reagan
After WWII and the invention of rockets, the USSR and USA competed to get to the moon first. This was called the
Arms Race
Space Race
Moon Race
War of the Worlds
The US was involved in the Korean War because
the US wanted to take over Korea
they wanted to contain communism
they wanted to spread communism
North Korea attacked Pearl Harbor
The Korean war ended as a stalemate and
Korea was divided at the 38th parallel like before
North Korea took over South Korea
Korea became one country
South Korea became communist
The Marshall Plan
provided weapons to Great Britain after WWII was over
bombed the USSR
divided Germany
provided aid (money) to Western Europe
The purpose of the USA's Marshall Plan was to
help Western Europe become stable so they would not become communist
make the USSR mad and increase tensions
bring communism and instability to Western Europe
give financial support to the countries of Asia and Africa
A period of great tension between President Kennedy and the USSR over putting missiles close to the USA was the
Space Race
Cuban Missile Crisis
Vietnam War
Berlin Airlift
What wall was built in Germany to separate a city into East and West in 1961 and taken down in 1989?
Berlin Wall
Wall of Gibraltor
Gateway Arch
Wall of Poland
How did the Vietnam War end?
The USA took over Vietnam and it is currenlty a US colony
It was a tie and Vietnam is divided into North and South
The communist North took over and Vietnam is a communist country
The South won and Vietnam is a democracy currently
The closest the USSR and US came to nucelar war was during the
Cuban Missile Crisis
Korean War
Berlin Airlift
Space Race
The US disliked the USSR because they had
different political beliefs
the same political beliefs
The killing of Armenians during WWI, the killing of Tutsi in Rwanda, and the killings in Bosnia are all examples of
wars of independence
genocides
cold wars
political disagreements
Arabs and Israelis continue to fight over
control of a river valley in Africa
being communist or capitalist
control of the land that is now Israel
who will be allies with the United States
Which of these is an example of a genocide?
Killing of the Viet Cong by Americans
Killing of the Tutsis by the Hutus in Rwanda
Killing of Nazis by the Americans in WWII
the tension between the USSR and US during the Cold War
When Israel became a state
the USSR invaded Israel and took some of its land
Israel became allies with Egypt and fought with the US
Arab nations did not recognize it as a state and fighting began
there was peace between Israel and its Arab neighbors
The leader of Communist China was
Mao Zedong
Ho Chi Minh
Joseph Stalin
Harry Truman
True or False: Communist China copied ideas from the Soviet Union
True
False
True or False: After World War II, more countries fought for self determination and independence from their imperialist countries.
True
False
After Independence, many countries experienced
civil wars
peace and harmony
domination by a different imperialist country
a prosperous economy and few problems
After WWII, _______led India's Indpendence Movement
Mao Zedong
Gandhi
Nelson Mandela
Martin Luther King Jr
Due to 9/11, the United States
Passed new laws like the Patriot Act
was more aware of securtiy
started the War on Terror which led to Operation Iraqi Freedom
All of these answers
Israel continues to gain land because
natural disasters make it impossible for Palestine to exist
Arabs no longer want land in Israel
Arabs offer the land to Jews to make peace
they continue to win wars
The ________ called for the creation of an independent Jewish state.
Balfour Declaration of 1917
Treaty of Paris
Indian Independence Act
Declaration of the Middle East
Israel is located in
Africa
the Middle East
the Americas
Western Europe
Many countries in ______ , like Kenya and Congo, got their independence after World War II.
the Americas
Africa
western Europe
east Asia
The US invasion of Iraq to destroy the weapons of mass destruction and to remove Saddam Hussein as leader was called
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Operation Sandstorm
The President Bush War
Iraq Freedom Fight
