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WorksheetsCold War
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
The Cold War refers to the period of tension between the United States and the Soviet Union from
the end of World War II to the fall of the Soviet Union.
the end of World War I to the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
the Cuban Missile Crisis to the fall of the Berlin Wall.
the Bolshevik Revolution to the end of World War I.
Which two superpowers were in conflict during the Cold War?
Great Britain and Germany
USA and Germany
Soviet Union and Japan
Soviet Union and USA
Which of the following was NOT a Communist country?
Czechoslovakia
Austria
Hungary
Poland
Who was the Soviet Union's leader at the beginning of the Cold War?
Lenin
Stalin
Khruschev
Gorbachev
Which theory was the USA trying to prevent materialising when it got involved in the Korean and Vietnam wars?
Monopoly Theory
Backgammon Theory
Chess Theory
Domino Theory
Who was US President during the Cuban missile crisis in 1962?
George Washington
John F. Kennedy
Ronald Reagan
George W. Bush
The fall of which structure was a symbol of the beginning of the end of the Cold War?
London Eye
The Charles Bridge in Prague
Supreme Soviet Building in Moscow
Berlin Wall
Which Soviet leader was largely responsible for the end of the Cold War?
Constantin Chernenko
Boris Yeltsin
Leonid Brezhnev
Mikail Gorbachev
During the Space Race, the first man made item in space was called...?
Apollo 10
Sputnik
Soyuz 5
Explorer 1
In 1979, the USSR invaded which country that led to them getting stuck in a 10 year war?
Pakistan
Afghanistan
Mongolia
Angola
