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Cold War Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How did Stalin violate promises made at Yalta?

a)

He withdrew Soviet troops from Eastern Europe

b)

He allowed free elections in Poland

c)

He established communist governments in Eastern Europe

d)

He joined NATO

2.

Why did the UN fail to create an agency to monitor nuclear weapon development?

a)

The USS R vetoed

b)

The Soviet Union opposed the idea

c)

The UN lacked funding

d)

There were not enough nuclear weapons at the time

3.

True/False: The Marshall Plan gave money to free nations undergoing economic troubles.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

What two nations were targeted by the Truman Doctrine?

a)

Germany and Italy

b)

Greece and Turkey

c)

China and Japan

d)

France and Spain

5.

What is the name of the policy George Kennan prescribed?

a)

Containment

b)

Isolationism

c)

Expansionism

d)

Neutrality

6.

True/False: Truman ordered desegregation in all businesses.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

What two non-European nations were originally in NATO?

a)

Canada and the U.S.

b)

Mexico and Brazil

c)

China and India

d)

Argentina and Australia

8.

When Truman said, “We are going to stay, period,” where was he referring to?

a)

North Korea

b)

West Berlin

c)

Vietnam

d)

Japan

9.

What did HUAC supposedly investigate?

a)

Organized crime

b)

Government corruption

c)

Communisum in America

d)

Civil rights violations

10.

Who led Chinese communists to victory?

a)

Mao Zedong

b)

Chiang Kai-shek

c)

Sun Yat-sen

d)

Ho Chi Minh

11.

True/False: Dewey campaigned against Truman’s containment policies.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

What New Deal program did Truman expand in his second term?

a)

Social Security

b)

The Civilian Conservation Corps

c)

The Federal Reserve

d)

The Works Progress Administration

13.

What family has run North Korea since its establishment?

a)

The Mao family

b)

The Kim family

c)

The Stalin family

d)

The Park family

14.

True/False: South Korea launched an initial invasion of the north.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

Which country invaded from the north to push the UN southward?

a)

China

b)

Japan

c)

The Soviet Union

d)

Vietnam

16.

Why wouldn’t Truman invade China?

a)

He feared the USSR would become involved

b)

The U.S. did not have enough troops

c)

China was an ally

d)

The UN refused to support it

17.

The “Manifesto of the Communist Party” begins, “A __________ is haunting Europe—the __________ of communism. All the powers of old Europe have entered into a holy alliance to exorcise this _______________.

a)

War, spirit, evil

b)

Revolution, force, threat

c)

Specter, specter, specter

d)

Idea, ideology, danger

18.

Communism is a political and economic doctrine that aims to replace (a)   and a profit-based economy with public ownership and communal control of at least the major means of production.

19.

Karl Marx’s philosophy, known as Marxism, revolves around the concept of (a)   , the idea that economic forces, particularly the struggle between classes, drive historical change and that the capitalist system is inherently exploitative, ultimately destined to be overthrown by a communist revolution.

20.

Marx argued that capitalism’s inherent contradictions would lead to a (a)   where the proletariat, seizing the means of production, would usher in a socialist and then a communist society.