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COLD WAR - Vocab Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Soviet Union was under...

a)

Communism

b)

Dictatorship

c)

Capitalism

d)

Democratic system

2.

_________________________– agreements among competing groups of nations to help each other if war broke out

a)

Armistice

b)

Mobilization

c)

Alliances

d)

Reparations

3.

_____________________________– an alliance during WWI consisting of Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria.

a)

 Allied Powers

b)

 League of Nations

c)

Triple Entente

d)

Central Powers

4.

____________________________– an alliance during WWI consisting of Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy, and the United States.

a)

Allied Powers

b)

Triple Entente

c)

League of Nations

d)

Central Powers

5.

The Cold War was a rivalry that sparked between the United States and what other country?

a)

Germany

b)

Japan

c)

Soviet Union

d)

United Kingdom

6.

Bolsheviks

a)
A faction of the Marxist Russian Social Democratic Labour Party that led the October Revolution.
b)

Russian political group that advocated communism; seized control of Russia in October 1917; grew into the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

7.

Definition of COMMUNISM

a)
Communism encourages competition among social classes.
b)

A political and economic system in which government owns all property and makes all economic decisions.

c)
Communism is a system where the government owns all private businesses.
d)
Communism promotes individual wealth accumulation.
8.

Definition of EMERGED

a)

To come into view or become visible. To become known.

b)
To disappear from sight or become invisible.
c)
To remain hidden or unnoticed.
d)
To be irrelevant or unimportant.
9.

Definition of COLLECTIVIZATION

a)

A shift of control from an individual or company to a group called a collective.

b)

A term used for the economic policies of Western countries.

c)

A strategy to increase individual land ownership during the Cold War.

d)

The privatization of farms in the Soviet Union.

10.

Definition of GULAGS

a)

GULAGS were prison labor camps in the Soviet Union.

b)
GULAGS were military training camps in the Soviet Union.
c)
GULAGS were educational institutions for children.
d)
GULAGS were luxury resorts in the Soviet Union.
11.

Definition of ECONOMIC OLIGARCHY

a)
Economic oligarchy is characterized by widespread wealth distribution.
b)

A democratic government system

c)

A small group of people who control a country's economy and influence the government.

d)
Economic oligarchy involves equal economic opportunities for all citizens.
12.

Definition of CONDEMNED

a)

To express public disapproval

b)
Approved for use
c)
Certified as safe
d)
Recommended for maintenance
13.

Definition of SANCTIONS

a)

Action that attempts to force a country to follow international law.

b)
Sanctions are agreements to promote trade between nations.
c)
Sanctions are rewards given to countries for good behavior.
14.

Definition of GLASNOST

a)
A military strategy used by NATO during the Cold War.
b)
A policy of openness and transparency in the Soviet Union during the Cold War.
c)

A secretive policy of the Soviet Union to suppress disagreement.

d)
An economic reform aimed at increasing production in the USSR.
15.

Cease-Fire

a)

to stop fighting a war with another country

b)

fear that when one nation falls to communism then another one will, and so on, and so on

c)

the stockpiling (amassing) of nuclear weapons as a deterrent (to prevent) a war


d)

the U.S. policy to stop the spread of communism


16.

arms race

a)

to cut off or block a city or country from supplies


b)

neither side wins a clear or complete victory (no winner, no loser)


c)

the stockpiling (amassing) of nuclear weapons as a deterrent (to prevent) a war


d)

the U.S. policy to stop the spread of communism


17.

cold war

a)

the fear that when one nation falls to communism then another one will, and so on, and so on


b)

the state of tension without actual fighting between the united States and the Soviet Union from 1945-1991


c)

to stop fighting a war with another country


d)

neither side wins a clear or complete victory (no winner, no loser)


18.

domino theory

a)

to cut off or block a city or country from supplies

b)

the U.S. policy to stop the spread of communism

c)

neither side wins a clear or complete victory (no winner, no loser)

d)

the fear that when one nation falls to communism then another one will, and so on, and so on

19.

blockade

a)

neither side wins a clear or complete victory (no winner, no loser)

b)

the stockpiling (amassing) of nuclear weapons as a deterrent (to prevent) a war

c)

the fear that when one nation falls to communism then another one will, and so on, and so on

d)

to cut off or block a city or country from supplies

20.

containment

a)

the U.S. policy to stop the spread of communism

b)

the state of tension without actual fighting between the united States and the Soviet Union from 1945-1991

c)

to stop fighting a war with another country

d)

to cut off or block a city or country from supplies