WorksheetsChapter 13: The Cold War Practice Test
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 20mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
_______________ a competition between countries to achieve superiority in quantity and quality of military weapons and technology.
a)
blockade
b)
arms race
c)
devastate
d)
intervention
2.
How did the United States benefit from the space race? (Choose 2)
a)
A The United States developed the Marshall Plan.
b)
B The United States developed advances in communication and navigation.
c)
C The United States developed a new Iron Curtain.
d)
D The United States developed a response to the Cuban Missile Crisis.
e)
E The United States developed new products from related research.
3.
_______________________ a situation where enemy ships patrol a port to keep weapons, ammunition, food, or other supplies from moving in or out.
a)
blockade
b)
arms race
c)
Iron Curtain
d)
missile
4.
"History is on our side. We will bury you!"
-excerpt from 1956 speech to ambassadors from Western countries
What political leader made this statement?
a)
A Fidel Castro
b)
B Harry Truman
c)
C Nikita Khrushchev
d)
D Winston Churchill
5.
_______________ the act of interfering with a situation, typically taken to improve the outcome.
a)
intervention
b)
blockade
c)
Iron Curtain
d)
Missile
6.
Which phrase correctly describes the Cold War?
a)
A a period of partnership between the United States and the Soviet Union.
b)
B a period of tension and rivalry between the United States and Soviet Union.
c)
C a period of war that took place in cold regions of the Soviet Union.
d)
D a period of conflict involving missile defense systems in the arctic regions.
7.
_______________________ the political, military, and ideological barrier that separated Communist countries from non-Communist countries after WWII.
a)
Iron Curtain
b)
devastate
c)
intervention
d)
nuclear
8.
_____________________ related to the division and joining of atoms as a method to release energy.
a)
Satellite
b)
Missile
c)
Nuclear
d)
Superpower
9.
Why was the Berlin Wall built?
a)
A The United States wanted to build an iron curtain.
b)
B The Soviet Union wanted to be part of the Marshall Plan.
c)
C The United States did not want to have another Berlin airlift.
d)
D The Soviet Union did not want people leaving East Berlin for West Berlin.
10.
______________________ a device placed in orbit around Earth or the moon to collect information or aid in communication.
a)
Missile
b)
Superpower
c)
Nuclear
d)
Satellite
11.
___________________ an extremely powerful nation.
a)
Intervention
b)
Missile
c)
Nuclear
d)
Superpower
12.
How did the arms race affect the United States?
a)
A The United States started the space race because it lost the arms race.
b)
B The United States built the Marshall Plan to win the arms race.
c)
C The United States built missiles and developed more nuclear technology.
d)
D The United States started trading with Cuba instead of the Soviet Union.
13.
___________________ to greatly damage something.
a)
communism
b)
arms race
c)
devastate
d)
satellite
14.
What two positive actions were direct results of the Cuban Missile Crisis? (Choose 2)
a)
A A direct phone line was set up between Washington, D.C., and Moscow to discuss urgent problems.
b)
B The United States and the Soviet Union agreed to limit the testing of nuclear weapons.
c)
C Communism was eliminated from the Americas.
d)
D Trade and tourism between Cuba and the United States increased, benefiting both countries.
15.
_____________________ a competition between countries to develop superiority in technological advancements and achievements related to outer space.
a)
Superpower
b)
Space Race
c)
Arms Race
d)
Nuclear
16.
The Cuban Missile Crisis started when the United States found out that the Soviet Union had built __________ in Cuba.
a)
A missiles
b)
B satellites
c)
C missile launching pads
17.
_____________________ a projectile, especially a weapon, intended to hit something at a distance.
a)
Nuclear
b)
Missile
c)
Satellite
d)
Superpower
18.
During the Cuban Missile Crisis people were worried that __________ might start.
a)
A an arms race
b)
B a nuclear war
c)
C a space race
19.
Why was the fall of Berlin Wall symbolic?
a)
A It symbolized the end of the Berlin airlifts that stopped soon after.
b)
B It symbolized the collapse of the Soviet Union that occurred soon after.
c)
C It symbolized the destruction of the arms race that had led to too many missiles.
d)
D It symbolized the anger of the West Berlin citizens that they had live under communism.
20.
________________ a political and economic system where all goods and property are owned by a whole society rather than by individual people, and the government controls the production of goods.
a)
devastate
b)
missile
c)
communism
d)
democracy
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