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Cold War Review

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This major event happened between the Yalta and Potsdam Conferences

a)

Japan surrendered

b)

U.S. uses an atomic weapon

c)

Germany Surrendered 

d)

Russian invasion of Japan

2.

What was the American foreign policy designed to provide military and economic aid to free nations threatened by internal and external threats?

a)

Monroe Doctrine

b)

Detente

c)

Containment

d)

Truman Doctrine

3.

What was the name of the statesman and final President of South Vietnam?

a)

Ho Chi Minh

b)

Mao Zedong

c)

Ngo Dinh Diem

d)

George Bush

4.

What two countries were most involved in the Arms Race during the Cold War?

a)

France and Germany

b)

Cuba and the United Kingdom

c)

The United States and Soviet Union

d)

Japan and China

5.

 A war in which there is no direct conflict between two sides

a)

Stale War

b)

Truce War

c)

Cold War

d)

Closed War

6.

What was the name of the American foreign policy designed to give economic aid to help European countries rebuild after World War II?

a)

Treaty of Versailles

b)

Containment

c)

Marshall Plan

d)

Monroe Doctrine

7.

What was the name of the Communist guerillas who fought against South Vietnam?

a)

Red Army

b)

Vietcong

c)

White Army

d)

Taliban

8.

This was a plan to strengthen democratic governments by providing food and economic assistance to war-ravaged European countries to help them rebuild after the war

a)

The Marshall Plan

b)

The Truman Plan

c)

N.A.T.O Plan

d)

Warsaw Plan

9.
What is the best way to briefly describe the cold war?
a)
Democracy Vs. Comunism
b)
Monarchy vs. Capitalism
c)
Communism Vs. Monarchy
d)
Hunter Vs. Gather
10.

This is the first proxy war of the Cold War

a)

Soviet Afghan War

b)

Hungarian Revolution 

c)

Korean War

d)

Vietnam War 

11.

What was the name of the latitudinal border that once separated North and South Korea before the Korean War?

a)

22nd Parallel

b)

1st Parallel

c)

38th Parallel

d)

15th Parallel

12.

On June 24, 1948, the Soviet Union blockaded West Berlin from the rest of West Germany. How did the United States and the western Europeans respond?

a)

They drove unarmed truck convoys to the city.

b)

They fired missiles into the territory of the Soviet Union.

c)

They airlifted food and other supplies to the city.

d)

They left the city, allowing it to join East Germany.

13.

The longest running between 1954-1975,most expensive and deadly proxy war of the Cold War

a)

Cuban Revolution

b)

Korea War

c)

Vietnam War

d)

War on Terror

14.

 A country that is formally independent in the world, but under heavy political, economic and military influence or control from another country

a)

 Communist state

b)

Sphere of Influence

c)

Extraterritoriality

d)

Satellite state 

15.

What was the name of the American foreign policy designed to stop the spread of communism?

a)

Appeasement

b)

Deterrence

c)

Containment

d)

Detente

16.

What was the name of the defensive military alliance consisting of the United States and 10 other European countries?

a)

Warsaw Pact

b)

NATO

c)

League of Nations

d)

United Nations

17.

What was the name of the defensive alliance consisting of the Soviet Union and 7 other European countries?

a)

NATO

b)

United Nations

c)

African Union

d)

Warsaw Pact

18.

What was the name of the international organization formed after World War II?

a)

League of Nations

b)

United Nations

c)

Association of Nations

d)

The United States

19.

What event ushered in the nuclear arms race?

a)

U.S. successfully testing an atomic weapon

b)

U.S. use of atomic weapons to end WWII

c)

Soviet Union successfully tests an atomic weapon 

d)

Soviet Union testing the Tsar Bomb