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Cold War Review

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What terms or concepts do you associate with the Cold War?

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2.

Organize the countries according to their alignment during the Cold War

Categorize the following

France

West Germany

Switzerland

Spain

Soviet Union

Poland

Czechoslovakia

East Germany (GDR)

Italy

Members of NATO
Non-Aligned Countries
Warsaw Pact Members
3.

Sort these traits into the Western Sphere and Soviet (Eastern) Sphere

Categorize the following

Communist-leaning governments

Democratic governments

Capitalist (free-market) economy

Command economy

Multi-party politics

Single-party system

Promoted religion (Christianity)

Restricted religion

Western Sphere
Soviet Sphere
4.
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Match the event to the correct year

Cuban Missile Crisis

1922

Soviet Union is established

1962

First satellite "Sputnik" is launched

1957

The Soviet Union collapses

1989

The Berlin Wall comes down

1991

5.

The Socialist revolutionaries in Russia, that later became the Communist Party, were called the

a)

Trotskyists

b)

Bolsheviks

c)

White Army

d)

Moscow Crew

6.

Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during World War II?

a)

Vladimir Lenin

b)

Nikita Khrushchev

c)

Mikhail Gorbachev

d)

Joseph Stalin

7.

The US policy of providing funds to European countries, to help them recover from World War II, was known as the

a)

Marshall Plan

b)

Truman Doctrine

c)

Berlin Partition

d)

Containment Policy

8.

Why did Joseph Stalin and Soviet states refuse to participate in the Marshall Plan?

a)

The Soviet Union was already getting money from China

b)

It was designed to boost free-market economies

c)

The Soviet Union wasn't economically affected by World War II

d)

The Marshall Plan only gave aid to the United Kingdom and France

9.

What were the four original states of the Soviet Union?​ (a)   ​ (b)   ​ (c)   ​ (d)  

Choose from the below words
Russia
Ukraine
Belarus
Republic of Transcaucasia
Romania
Siberia
Hungary
Germany
10.

In the 1980s, the Soviet Union allowed a policy of more political openness/freedom. This was called

a)

Marxism

b)

Perestroika

c)

Glasnost

d)

Domino Effect

11.

After the Soviet Union dissolved, how many countries were formed?

a)

4

b)

7

c)

12

d)

15

12.

(Extra Credit) Who is this?

a)

Yuri Gagarin

b)

Mikhail Gorbachev

c)

Vladimir Putin

d)

Ivan IV ("The Terrible")