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AP World History Cold War

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was "announced by President Harry Truman in 1947, a U.S. policy of giving economic and military aid to free nations threatened by internal or external opponents"?

a)

Truman Doctrine

b)

Marshall Plan

c)

Warsaw Pact

d)

NATO

e)

Containment

2.

What was "a U.S. program of economic aid to European countries to help them rebuild after World War II"?

a)

Truman Doctrine

b)

Marshall Plan

c)

Warsaw Pact

d)

NATO

e)

Containment

3.

What was "a military alliance formed in 1955 by the Soviet Union and seven Eastern European countries"?

a)

Warsaw Pact

b)

Pact of Steel

c)

Berlin Pact

d)

Yalta Agreement

e)

NATO

4.

What was "a policy of threatening to go to war in response to any enemy aggression"?

a)

brinkmanship

b)

deterrance

c)

mutually assured destruction

d)

allied aggression

5.

What was the "line of latitude that separated North and South Korea. When World War II ended, Korea was divided into two nations at this line. North of the parallel a communist government was installed; south of the parallel, a non-communist government"? Answer: (a)   th parallel.

6.

What was "the idea that if a nation falls under Communist control, nearby nations will also fall under Communist control"?

a)

domino theory

b)

containment

c)

avalanche theory

d)

chain reaction theory

e)

cascade conundrum

7.

Who were "a group of Communist guerrillas who, with the help of North Vietnam, fought against the South Vietnamese government in the Vietnam War"?

a)

Vietcong

b)

Vietminh

c)

Vietchis

d)

Vietkite

e)

Vietmite

8.

What was "a Soviet policy of openness to the free flow of ideas and information, introduced in 1985 by Mikhail Gorbachev"?

a)

Glasnost

b)

Perestroika

c)

Intelligensia

d)

Konvers

9.

What was "restructuring of the Soviet economy to permit more local decision making, begun by Mikhail Gorbachev in 1985"?

a)

Glasnost

b)

Perestroika

c)

Intelligensia

d)

Konvers

10.

What was the primary purpose of the Berlin Airlift during the Cold War?

a)

To supply West Berlin with food and fuel during a Soviet blockade

b)

To evacuate American citizens from East Berlin

c)

To transport military equipment to NATO forces

d)

To conduct espionage operations in East Germany

11.

Which event is considered the closest the world came to nuclear war during the Cold War?

a)

The Cuban Missile Crisis

b)

The Berlin Blockade

c)

The Korean War

d)

The Vietnam War

12.

What was the main goal of the Marshall Plan?

a)

To rebuild European economies after World War II

b)

To establish NATO

c)

To promote communism in Eastern Europe

d)

To create the United Nations

13.

Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

a)

Nikita Khrushchev

b)

Joseph Stalin

c)

Leonid Brezhnev

d)

Mikhail Gorbachev

14.

What was the significance of the Iron Curtain during the Cold War?

a)

It symbolized the division between Western democracies and Eastern communist countries

b)

It was a physical barrier separating East and West Germany

c)

It was a Soviet military strategy

d)

It was a NATO defense initiative

15.

Which doctrine stated that the U.S. would support countries resisting communism?

a)

Truman Doctrine

b)

Monroe Doctrine

c)

Eisenhower Doctrine

d)

Nixon Doctrine