WorksheetsChapter 12 The Cold War
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 25mins
Both the United States and the Soviet Union rushed to build more and more weapons.
arms race
hydrogen bomb
brinkmanship
baby boom
The struggle for global power between the United States and the Soviet Union
Cold War
United Nations
Word War II
World War I
The world's first artifical satellite
Sputnik
brinkmanship
Arm Race
propaganda
Winconsin senator who contributed to fears in the early 1950's by charging that Communtists were working inside the State Department.
Edward R. Murrow
Joseph McCarthy
Douglas MacArthur
Mao Zedong
The (a) was built in 1961 to keep East Berlin citizens from escaping to West Berlin. It was later torn down in (b) .
Berlin Wall
1989
Golden Gate Bridge
1991
1990
1961
Great Wall of C
The United States joined nine Western European countries, along with Iceland and Canada to form
NATO
Bill of Rights
Potsdam Conference
Truman Doctrine
Western Europe received more than $13 billion in U.S. loans and grants for European economic recovery between 1948 and 1952
containment
United Nation
Marshall Plan
Cold War
This policy of providing aid to help foreign countries fight communism became known as
Marshall Plan
United Nations
Truman Doctrine
Cold War
Dividing lines between North and South Korea
China
Soviet Union
38th parallel
Jackson
Preventing the Soviet Union from expanding its influence around the world
containment
Cold War
United Nations
Truman Doctrine
A willingness to go to the brink of war to oppose communism
arms race
brinkmanship
Sputnik
hydrogen bomb
What did the "Iron Curtain" symbolize?
The best areas for mining iron in Europe
The divide between democracy and communism
The border between North and South Korea
The Ho Chi Minh Trail
Which of the following choices best describes the U.S. foreign policy during the Cold War?
Containment of communism
Whoever smelt it dealt it
The enemy of my enemy is my friend
Whoever supplied it denied it
The War on Terror
What was the name given to the buildup of weapons during the Cold War?
Space Race
Bombageddon
Arms Race
Cuban Missile Crisis
Nuka-palooza
Which of these BEST describes the Cold War?
direct warfare between two superpowers
competition for global influence between two superpowers
indirect warfare between three superpowers
nuclear war between the U.S. and Soviet Union
mild disagreement between allies
Which event signaled the end of the Cold War?
Cuban Missile Crisis
end of the Vietnam War
collapse of the Soviet Union
fall of the Berlin Wall
What was the purpose of NATO when it was created?
To guard against the Spanish Inquisition
To regulate the price of oil on the world market
To protect its members from the Soviet Union and communism
To remove all trade barriers and increase trade between North American countries
To be the first to put a man on the moon
How did the Vietnam War end for the United States?
It was considered a loss because all of Vietnam became communist
It was a much-needed victory for the U.S. military
It ended in a stalemate, where neither side actually won
All of Vietnam became a democracy
Which leader came up with the term "Iron Curtain"?
Mikhail Gorbachev
Harry Truman
John F. Kennedy
Winston Churchill
Nixon Bunch
The Berlin Wall divided _______________ into two parts.
Europe
Berlin
Russia
Germany
the world
Which of these events led to the breakup of the Soviet Union?
The arms race & government overspending
An attempt to overthrow the government by pro-democratic forces
Democratic reforms brought on by Mikhail Gorbachev
All of these
What was the primary purpose of the Marshall Plan during the Cold War?
To provide military aid to NATO allies
To rebuild European economies after World War II
To establish the United Nations
To support the Soviet Union's economic growth
Which event marked the beginning of the Cold War?
The fall of the Berlin Wall
The Cuban Missile Crisis
The Iron Curtain speech by Winston Churchill
The signing of the Warsaw Pact
What was the significance of the Berlin Airlift during the Cold War?
It was a military operation to invade East Germany
It was a humanitarian effort to supply West Berlin
It was a diplomatic meeting to end the Cold War
It was a propaganda campaign against the Soviet Union
Who was the leader of the Soviet Union at the start of the Cold War?
Joseph Stalin
Nikita Khrushchev
Leonid Brezhnev
Mikhail Gorbachev
