WorksheetsAP World History Cold War
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 15mins
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"?
Truman Doctrine
Marshall Plan
Warsaw Pact
NATO
Containment
What was "a U.S. program of economic aid to European countries to help them rebuild after World War II"?
Truman Doctrine
Marshall Plan
Warsaw Pact
NATO
Containment
What was "a military alliance formed in 1955 by the Soviet Union and seven Eastern European countries"?
Warsaw Pact
Pact of Steel
Berlin Pact
Yalta Agreement
NATO
What was "a policy of threatening to go to war in response to any enemy aggression"?
brinkmanship
deterrance
mutually assured destruction
allied aggression
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.
What was "the idea that if a nation falls under Communist control, nearby nations will also fall under Communist control"?
domino theory
containment
avalanche theory
chain reaction theory
cascade conundrum
Who were "a group of Communist guerrillas who, with the help of North Vietnam, fought against the South Vietnamese government in the Vietnam War"?
Vietcong
Vietminh
Vietchis
Vietkite
Vietmite
What was "a Soviet policy of openness to the free flow of ideas and information, introduced in 1985 by Mikhail Gorbachev"?
Glasnost
Perestroika
Intelligensia
Konvers
What was "restructuring of the Soviet economy to permit more local decision making, begun by Mikhail Gorbachev in 1985"?
Glasnost
Perestroika
Intelligensia
Konvers
What was the primary purpose of the Berlin Airlift during the Cold War?
To supply West Berlin with food and fuel during a Soviet blockade
To evacuate American citizens from East Berlin
To transport military equipment to NATO forces
To conduct espionage operations in East Germany
Which event is considered the closest the world came to nuclear war during the Cold War?
The Cuban Missile Crisis
The Berlin Blockade
The Korean War
The Vietnam War
What was the main goal of the Marshall Plan?
To rebuild European economies after World War II
To establish NATO
To promote communism in Eastern Europe
To create the United Nations
Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Nikita Khrushchev
Joseph Stalin
Leonid Brezhnev
Mikhail Gorbachev
What was the significance of the Iron Curtain during the Cold War?
It symbolized the division between Western democracies and Eastern communist countries
It was a physical barrier separating East and West Germany
It was a Soviet military strategy
It was a NATO defense initiative
Which doctrine stated that the U.S. would support countries resisting communism?
Truman Doctrine
Monroe Doctrine
Eisenhower Doctrine
Nixon Doctrine
