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The Cold War Begins

Total questions: 54

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The primary goal of the U.S. Containment policy after WW II was to?

a)

limit the use of atomic bomb and other nuclear weapons

b)

end colonialism in Africa and Asia

c)

stop the spread of Soviet Union influence in the world

d)

bring German and Japanese war criminals to Justice

2.

What was the term 'Iron Curtain' used to describe the division of?

a)

North and South Vietnam

b)

East and West Asia

c)

North and South Korea

d)

East and West Europe

3.

President Truman adopted a new foreign policy during the Cold War know as the Truman Doctrine. It was originally designed to?

a)

To expand trade with Europe

b)

To limit the build up of nuclear weapons

c)

To contain communism by giving aid to Greece and Turkey

d)

to rebuild by extending economic aid

4.

Why did the United States become involved in the Korean War?

a)

President Truman wanted to unify Korea into one nation

b)

General Mac Arthur had a plan to overthrow Communist Chine

c)

Americans felt Korea was beyond the boundaries of the U.S. Containment Policy

d)

American leaders felt it was important to resist Communist aggression

5.

The first satellite in space launched by the Soviet Union in 1957 sparked?

a)

The Cold War with the U.S.

b)

Soviet aggression in Eastern Europe

c)

American fears that the Soviets had achieve technological superiority

d)

Disarmament between the Superpowers that were members of the NATO

6.

What were the defining characteristics of the Cold War?

a)

Expansion of national borders by imperialistic European powers

b)

Growth of nuclear arsenals in the United States and Soviet Union

c)

Implementation of isolationist foreign policies in Britain & China

d)

Rapid industrialization of Southeast Asian countries

7.

What foreign policy guided American presidents during the Cold War to stop the spread of communism?

a)

Open Door Policy

b)

Dollar Diplomacy

c)

Big Stick Policy

d)

Containment

8.

As a result of the Berlin Airlift, the United States was able to

a)

transport Polish refugees to safety

b)

bypass a Soviet blockade without provoking a military conflict

c)

prevent the Nazi Party from reorganizing

d)

intimidate Soviet leaders by demonstrating superior military power

9.

What was the American effort to rebuild Europe following WWII through the donation $13 billion in money, materials, and food?

a)

The WWII Recovery Plan

b)

Rebuilding Europe Plan

c)

The Marshall Plan

d)

FDR's Plan

10.

Images like this one refer to what theory about the spread of Communism in Asia (China, Korea, Vietnam)?

a)

The Mar$hall Plan

b)

The Domino Theory

c)

Proxy Wars

d)

Flexible Response

11.

The U.S. got involved in Korea and Vietnam because of what foreign policy?

a)

containment

b)

Good Neighbor policy

c)

isolationism

d)

Roosevelt Corollary

12.

Which statement best summaries the primary goal of NATO?

a)

to bring greater equality to the economics in Europe

b)

to halt the spread of communist aggression in Asia

c)

to aid those trying to flee communist oppression in Europe

d)

to unite Western Europe in response to the thread of communist aggression

13.

Which statement explains how the Truman Doctrine guided U.S. foreign policy in Europe following World War II?

a)

The United States provided financial aid to noncommunist governments fighting communist rebels

b)

The United States divided countries and cities recovering from the war into zones occupied by international forces.

c)

The United States established satellite governments in countries that share borders with the Soviet Union.

d)

The United States boycotted international events held in countries allied with the Soviet Union.

14.

What were the Marshall Plan and Truman Doctrine intended to do?

a)

prevent a nuclear arms race

b)

halt the spread of communism

c)

help Asian countries recover from war

d)

support former European colonies

15.

What title best fits this timeline of events?

  1. 1946- Communist government established in Albania
  2. 1947- Truman Doctrine announced
  3. 1948- Berlin Airlift begins
  4. 1949- NATO formed
  5. 1950- Korean War begins
a)

Effects of the Marshall Plan

b)

Developments of the early Cold War

c)

Impacts of the Manhattan Project

d)

Causes of the Cuban Missile Crisis

16.

What was the purpose of the Bay of Pigs invasion?

a)

overthrow Cuba's communist governments

b)

Remove Soviet missiles that had been positioned in Cuba

c)

Enforce a trade embargo on imports of Cuban sugar

d)

Rescue Cubans who wanted to escape to the US

17.

How did the Bay of Pigs incident and the Cuban Missile Crisis impact the Kennedy Administration?

a)

The administration was praised for protecting the US against communism

b)

The administration was humiliated as neither of these events were successful in overthrowing Fidel Castro

c)

Kennedy was removed from office for spying of Cuba

d)

These events did not impact the Kennedy administration at all

18.

Which phrase best characterizes the central conflict of the Cold War?

a)

monarchy vs democracy

b)

intervention vs isolationism

c)

ancient cultures vs modern cultures

d)

free market economies vs command economies

19.
Which of the following best describes the results of the Korean War?
a)
North Korea defeated South Korea, and now all of Korea is under Communist rule.
b)
China defeated Korea, and now all of Korea is under Chinese rule.
c)
The Korean War ended in a stalemate.  Today, North Korea is still a Communist nation, and South Korea is a free nation.
d)
The United States defeated Korea, and today Korea is a territory of the U.S.
20.

How did WWII contribute to the development of the Cold War?

a)

The war left the USA and USSR as the world's superpowers

b)

The Soviet Union was the world’s first Communist nation

c)

Right after the fall of Germany, the Berlin Wall went up

d)

The US got involved in the Russian Civil War

21.

Which Cold War event came first?

a)

Soviet army placed local communists in power across Europe

b)

North Korea invaded South Korea starting the Korean War

c)

Construction of the Berlin Wall

d)

Cuban Missile Crisis

22.

What led the Soviets to blockade West Berlin?

a)

formation of NATO

b)

reunification of the three western zones of Germany

c)

Marshall Plan's aid to West Germany

d)

Crash of the U2 spy plane over the Soviet Union

23.

What event increased U.S. spending on education and technology?

a)

Cuban Missile Crisis

b)

Warsaw Pact

c)

Chinese-Soviet treaty of friendship

d)

Soviet launching of a space satellite

24.

Which leader won China’s civil war, and what name did he give to the country?

a)

Mao Zedong; People's Republic of China

b)

Jiang Jieshi; Republic of China

c)

The Dalai Lama; Tibet

d)

Zhou Enlai; New China

25.

What does the map represent?

a)

New states added to France after Napoleonic conquests

b)

Eastern Europe after the Congress of Vienna

c)

Soviet satellites during the Cold War

d)

Members of the European Union in 1990

26.

What was the main objective of the United States and its allies during the Korean War?

a)

to prevent the expansion of communism into South Korea

b)

to aid the North Koreans to prevent an economic catastrophe

c)

to use nuclear weapons against China for helping North Korea

d)

to cause split between communists in China and the Soviet Union

27.

Which sequence of events in the Cold War is in chronological order?

a)

2-3-4-1-5

b)

5-2-1-3-4

c)

5-2-3-4-1

d)

5-2-4-1-3

28.

The physical barrier separating Communist East Berlin and Democratic West Berlin--

a)

Berlin Blockade

b)

Berlin Base

c)

Berlin Wall

d)

Berlin Barrier

29.

Nations that were aligned with, but also under the influence and pressure of, the Soviet Union were called--

a)

European Nations

b)

NATO

c)

Warsaw Pact

d)

Satellite Nations

30.

The organization whose members agreed to mutually defend other Communist nations is called--

a)

Korean Pact

b)

Warsaw Pact

c)

NATO

d)

Satellite Nations

31.

Why did the Cuban Missile Crisis "scare" Americans

a)

Communist Cuba was taking over American businesses

b)

The Bay of Pigs invasion almost failed

c)

Soviets were financing Cuba

d)

Cuba was within nuclear missile shooting range of American cities

32.

Why weren't nuclear weapons used during the Cold War?

a)

The Domino Theory

b)

The Marshall Plan

c)

Mutually assured destruction

d)

Strategic defensive initiative

33.

The US and the Soviet Union were stockpiling weapons in an effort to have more weapons than the other side. This was called...

a)

the Korean War

b)

the Manhattan Project

c)

the arms race

d)

disarmament talks

34.

What happened to many eastern European countries after WWII?

a)

They were dependent on the Marshall Plan

b)

They developed democratic governments

c)

They became economic world powers

d)

They became Soviet satellite states

35.

Why is the Cuban Missile Crisis so important?

a)

It was the closest we have come to total nuclear war

b)

It was a signal to the world that Cuba was vulnerable

c)

It helped create NATO and the Warsaw Pact

d)

It created an alliance between the Cubans and the Americans

36.

Who won the space race?

a)

The Soviet Union

b)

The United States

37.

Churchill called the imaginary line between Soviet satellite states and western Europe.....

a)

NATO

b)

The Iron Curtain

c)

The Berlin Wall

d)

The Great Wall

38.

How do we know that the Korean War was a proxy war?

a)

North Korea was fighting South Korea.

b)

The people in Korea were fighting one another.

c)

Foreign countries were fighting in the war.

d)

The UN tried to establish peace in Korea.

39.
What does NATO stand for? 
a)
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
b)
North American Treaty Organization
c)
North American Truce Organization
d)
North Asian Trust Order
40.
What contributed to the end of Cuban Missile Crisis?
a)
America's secret promise to remove missiles from Turkey.
b)
The discovery that the missles had been removed from Cuba
c)
Castor's promise to restore democracy
d)
Castro's promise to break with the Soviet Union
41.
What was the main reason for the construction of the Berlin Wall?
a)
To embarrass America
b)
To stop East Germans from fleeing to West Germany
c)
To reduce cold war tensions
d)
To demonstrate the success of Communism
42.
Perestroika was...
a)
 Khrushchev's policy of aggression w/ U.S. 
b)
Gorbachev' policy of reform and restructuring in the USSR
c)
Russian term for admiration of a comrade 
d)
Capital of Sudetenland
43.
What was Gorbachev's 1980s policy of glasnost in the USSR?
a)
Strict laws against speaking
b)
Encouraged freedom in speech and governnment
c)
Anarchy and chaos
d)
American Rule over Russia
44.
What happened to East and West Germany after the Fall of the Berlin Wall?
a)
They kept the same political system
b)
They unified into one democratic country
c)
They unified into one communist country
d)
They rebuilt the wall.
45.
During the Cold War, which event happened last?
a)
Launching of SPUTNIK
b)
Cuban Missile Crisis
c)
Berlin Airlift
d)
Destruction of Berlin Wall
46.
What did the destruction of the Berlin Wall symbolize?
a)
the fall of communism
b)
the fall of capitalism
c)
the end of the Vietnam War
d)
the end of the Cuban Missile Crisis
47.
The Berlin Wall was constructed to stop movement of people between East & West Germany.  What was the main difference between the two countries?
a)
East Germany was communist and West Germany was democratic and capitalist
b)
East Germany was a free state and West Germany was occupied by Europe
c)
East Germany was democratic and West Germany was a dictatorship
d)
East Germany was Christian and West Germany was Muslim
48.
President Nixon started the U.S. policy of __________ toward the Soviet Union which led to S.A.L.T. This allowed for a nuclear arms agreement between the two countries.
a)
engagement 
b)
detente 
c)
isolationism 
d)
pacifism 
49.

Which Soviet leader wanted to squash the Ukraine culture, language, and culture?

a)

Vladimir Lenin

b)

Joseph Stalin

c)

Winston Churchill

d)

Adolph Hitler

50.

Why did the ethnic make-up on the Ukraine change so drastically under Stalin?

a)

He forced Ukrainians to move to Russia, Siberia, prison camps...and forced Russians to

     move to the Ukraine.

b)

He killed the Ukrainian people.

c)

Ukraine opened up their borders willingly to large numbers of Russian citizens.

d)

He wanted Ukraine to be weak, so that they would be easier to take over.

51.

What is the second largest country in Europe by area? (land size)

a)

Russia

b)

Ukraine

c)

France

d)

Crimea

52.

How long has Ukraine been a globally recognized independent nation?

a)

127 years

b)

30 years

c)

8 years

d)

13 years

53.

What is the literal meaning of "Ukraine"?

a)

border lands

b)

new country

c)

new Russia

d)

communism

54.

What is Russian President Vladimir Putin's view of Ukraine?

a)

It should be a free and independent country.

b)

It is a valuable trading partner for Russia.

c)

It is a traditional and historical part of Russia.

d)

It should have membership in NATO and the European Union.