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4th ESO Unit 4. COLD WAR AND DECOLONIZATION

Total questions: 62

Worksheet time: 31mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

After World War II, which two superpowers emerged?

a)

USA and China

b)

USA and USSR

c)

USSR and Japan

d)

USA and Germany

2.

What type of system regulated the new international order after World War II?

a)

Multipolar

b)

Bipolar

c)

Unipolar

d)

Tripolar

3.

The Western Bloc was led by:

a)

USSR

b)

USA

c)

China

d)

Japan

4.

Which of the following countries did NOT belong to the Western Bloc?

a)

Australia

b)

Canada

c)

Cuba

d)

New Zealand

5.

In what year was NATO established?

a)

1945

b)

1948

c)

1949

d)

1955

6.

The Marshall Plan aimed to:

a)

Rebuild Eastern Europe

b)

Rebuild the economies of Western Europe

c)

Spread communism

d)

Support China

7.

The Eastern Bloc was led by:

a)

USA

b)

USSR

c)

United Nations

d)

Japan

8.

What was the Eastern Bloc's response to NATO?

a)

COMECON

b)

Warsaw Pact

c)

Marshall Plan

d)

Truman Doctrine

9.

In what year was the Warsaw Pact signed?

a)

1949

b)

1955

c)

1961

d)

1975

10.

COMECON aimed to:

a)

Assist Western Europe

b)

Integrate the economies of the Eastern Bloc

c)

Prevent Soviet influence

d)

Spread capitalism

11.

What was the Iron Curtain?

a)

A literal wall between East and West Germany

b)

An imaginary border between capitalist and communist areas

c)

A Soviet nuclear weapon

d)

A U.S. missile defense system

12.

In what year was the Berlin Wall built?

a)

1955

b)

1961

c)

1965

d)

1975

13.

Why did the Cold War not lead to a direct conflict between the USA and the USSR?

a)

NATO prevented it

b)

The possession of atomic bombs

c)

Lack of military power

d)

Intervention of the UN

14.

What doctrine represented the USA's approach to defend its allies?

a)

Zhadanov Doctrine

b)

Truman Doctrine

c)

Marshall Plan

d)

COMECON

15.

The Berlin Blockade was resolved by:

a)

Building the Berlin Wall

b)

The Berlin Airlift

c)

The Marshall Plan

d)

NATO intervention

16.

The Korean War ended with the border at:

a)

17th parallel

b)

38th parallel

c)

45th parallel

d)

55th parallel

17.

Who led the Cuban Revolution?

a)

Ho Chi Minh

b)

Fidel Castro

c)

Nikita Khrushchev

d)

Sukarno

18.

The Hungarian Revolution of 1956 was crushed by:

a)

USA

b)

NATO

c)

USSR

d)

United Nations

19.

The Cuban Missile Crisis ended with the removal of missiles from:

a)

Cuba and Turkey

b)

Vietnam and Korea

c)

Germany and Poland

d)

China and Japan

20.

The Vietnam War ended in:

a)

1965

b)

1970

c)

1975

d)

1980

21.

The Prague Spring occurred in:

a)

Poland

b)

Hungary

c)

Czechoslovakia

d)

East Germany

22.

Who introduced Perestroika and Glasnost?

a)

Brezhnev

b)

Khrushchev

c)

Gorbachev

d)

Yeltsin

23.

The fall of the Berlin Wall occurred in:

a)

1987

b)

1988

c)

1989

d)

1991

24.

The Soviet-Afghan War lasted until:

a)

1985

b)

1987

c)

1989

d)

1991

25.

The British Raj was divided into:

a)

India and Bangladesh

b)

India and Pakistan

c)

India and Sri Lanka

d)

India and Nepal

26.

Indonesia obtained independence from:

a)

Great Britain

b)

France

c)

Netherlands

d)

USA

27.

The Bandung Conference was held in:

a)

India

b)

Indonesia

c)

Vietnam

d)

China

28.

The Non-Aligned Movement was formed in:

a)

1955

b)

1961

c)

1965

d)

1970

29.

The Algerian War of Independence was against:

a)

Great Britain

b)

Belgium

c)

France

d)

Portugal

30.

Mozambique gained independence in:

a)

1970

b)

1975

c)

1980

d)

1985

31.

Who founded the People's Republic of China?

a)

Deng Xiaoping

b)

Chiang Kai-shek

c)

Mao Zedong

d)

Sun Yat-sen

32.

The Great Leap Forward occurred between:

a)

1949-1952

b)

1958-1962

c)

1966-1970

d)

1978-1982

33.

The Cultural Revolution was launched in:

a)

1956

b)

1966

c)

1976

d)

1986

34.

Deng Xiaoping introduced:

a)

Cultural Revolution

b)

Great Leap Forward

c)

Reform and Opening

d)

One-Child Policy

35.

Which city became a Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in China?

a)

Beijing

b)

Shanghai

c)

Shenzhen

d)

Canton

36.

What movement inspired the dissidents of Eastern Europe?

a)

NATO

b)

Warsaw Pact

c)

Helsinki Accords

d)

COMECON

37.

La Cortina de Hierro simbolizaba la división entre:

a)

Corea del Norte y del Sur

b)

Europa capitalista y comunista

c)
38.

What inspired the dissidents of Eastern Europe?

a)

NATO

b)

Warsaw Pact

c)

Helsinki Accords

d)

COMECON

39.

The Iron Curtain symbolized the division between:

a)

North and South Korea

b)

Capitalist and Communist Europe

c)

East and West Germany

d)

China and Taiwan

40.

What parallel divided Vietnam?

a)

17º

b)

38º

c)

45º

d)

55º

41.

The Soviet Union dissolved in:

a)

1989

b)

1990

c)

1991

d)

1992

42.

The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) aimed to:

a)

Continue Soviet communism

b)

Maintain economic ties between the former Soviet republics

c)

Establish military alliances

d)

Promote capitalism

43.

Which country maintained strict communism after the collapse of the USSR?

a)

China

b)

Vietnam

c)

Cuba

d)

North Korea

44.

Who was Ho Chi Minh?

a)

Leader of South Vietnam

b)

Leader of North Vietnam

c)

Leader of Cambodia

d)

Prime Minister of Indonesia

45.

What was the main cause of the Sino-Soviet split?

a)

Nuclear arms race

b)

Ideological differences

c)

Border disputes

d)

Economic sanctions

46.

The Non-Aligned Movement opposed:

a)

Capitalism

b)

Communism

c)

Alignment with any major bloc

d)

Decolonization

47.

The first Asian country to gain independence after World War II:

a)

Indonesia

b)

India

c)

Vietnam

d)

China

48.

The Arab-Israeli conflict was triggered by:

a)

The Suez Crisis

b)

Partition of Palestine

c)

Six-Day War

d)

Yom Kippur War

49.

The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan aimed to support:

a)

Islamic fundamentalists

b)

Communist government

c)

Monarchy

d)

Mujahideen

50.

The Berlin Wall mainly divided:

a)

North and South Berlin

b)

East and West Berlin

c)

Germany and Poland

d)

France and Germany

51.

The Korean War involved which main organizations?

a)

NATO

b)

United Nations

c)

Warsaw Pact

d)

ASEAN

52.

Perestroika significa:

a)

Apertura

b)

Reestructuración

c)

Reforma

d)

Revolución

53.

¿Qué evento global reveló a las colonias su poder autónomo, fomentando la descolonización?

a)

Guerra Fría

b)

Primera Guerra Mundial

c)

Segunda Guerra Mundial

d)

Conferencia de Bandung

54.

¿Qué ideología defendieron principalmente los movimientos nacionalistas durante la descolonización?

a)

Comunismo

b)

Capitalismo

c)

Autodeterminación nacional

d)

Imperialismo

55.

¿Qué líder es conocido por usar la desobediencia civil no violenta durante el movimiento de independencia de India?

a)

Ho Chi Minh

b)

Sukarno

c)

Mahatma Gandhi

d)

Nelson Mandela

56.

Los EE. UU. y la URSS apoyaron la descolonización principalmente para:

a)

Terminar con el imperialismo

b)

Introducir a las colonias en sus esferas de influencia

c)

Promover la democracia

d)

Expandir mercados económicos

57.

¿Qué conferencia en 1955 promovió el apoyo a los movimientos de independencia y condenó el colonialismo y el racismo?

a)

Conferencia de Belgrado

b)

Conferencia de Bandung

c)

Conferencia de Yalta

d)

Conferencia de Potsdam

58.

El Movimiento de Países No Alineados se estableció en:

a)

1955 en Bandung

b)

1961 en Belgrado

c)

1949 en Berlín

d)

1975 en Mozambique

59.

¿Cuál fue el factor clave en la independencia de Indonesia de los Países Bajos en 1949?

a)

Negociaciones pacíficas

b)

Lucha militar liderada por Sukarno

c)

Apoyo de Gran Bretaña

d)

Intervención militar de la ONU

60.

¿Qué país africano obtuvo la independencia de Francia después de un prolongado conflicto militar en 1962?

a)

Kenia

b)

Nigeria

c)

Argelia

d)

Ghana

61.

¿Qué desafío económico enfrentaron los países recién independizados, llevando a una condición conocida como neocolonialismo?

a)

Sobreproducción de bienes manufacturados

b)

Dependencia de la exportación de materias primas e importación de productos manufacturados

c)

Falta de recursos naturales

d)

Fuertes infraestructuras internas

62.

¿Qué término describe al grupo de países recién descolonizados que experimentan inestabilidad política, dependencia económica y desafíos sociales durante la Guerra Fría?

a)

Primer Mundo

b)

Segundo Mundo

c)

Tercer Mundo

d)

Bloque No Alineado