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Cold War test review

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which U.S. policy aimed to stop the spread of communism?

a)

Isolationism

b)

Containment

c)

Expansionism

d)

Social Darwinism

2.

Which city was divided into East and West during the Cold War?

a)

Paris

b)

Warsaw

c)

Berlin

d)

Rome

3.

Which of the following alliances was led by the United States?

a)

Warsaw Pact

b)

NATO

c)

COMECON

d)

Axis Powers

4.

The Korean War ended in:

a)

U.S. victory

b)

North Korea’s surrender

c)

A ceasefire and division at the 38th parallel

d)

Reunification

5.

Why was the Cuban Missile Crisis significant?

a)

It marked the first use of nuclear weapons

b)

It nearly led to nuclear war

c)

It ended U.S.-Cuban relations permanently

d)

It caused World War III

6.

Which U.S. president was involved in the Cuban Missile Crisis?

a)

Eisenhower

b)

Nixon

c)

Kennedy

d)

Reagan

7.

What was the purpose of the Berlin Wall?

a)

To keep West Germans out of East Berlin

b)

To prevent East Germans from fleeing to West Berlin

c)

To divide NATO and the Warsaw Pact

d)

To protect the Berlin Airlift

8.

The Vietnam War was a conflict between:

a)

North and South Korea

b)

Vietnam and China

c)

Communist North Vietnam and U.S.-backed South Vietnam

d)

France and Vietnam

9.

Which Soviet leader began reforms that helped end the Cold War?

a)

Khrushchev

b)

Brezhnev

c)

Gorbachev

d)

Stalin

10.

What was glasnost?

a)

A. A secret police unit

b)

B. A nuclear policy

c)

C. Openness in government and society

d)

D. Military reform

11.

What was perestroika?

a)

A. A space mission

b)

B. Economic restructuring in the USSR

c)

C. A type of communist training

d)

D. Military strategy

12.

What event symbolized the end of the Cold War?

a)

Launch of Sputnik

b)

U.S. withdrawal from Vietnam

c)

Fall of the Berlin Wall

d)

Cuban Missile Crisis

13.

Which country dissolved in 1991, officially ending the Cold War?

a)

China

b)

East Germany

c)

Soviet Union

d)

Poland

14.

Which of the following was NOT a Cold War event?

a)

The Korean War

b)

Cuban Missile Crisis

c)

Watergate Scandal

d)

Vietnam War

15.

Why was the Solidarity movement significant in the Cold War?

a)

It led to the collapse of the Berlin Wall

b)

It showed communist governments could be challenged from within

c)

It started the Korean and Vietnam Wars

d)

It created a new Soviet republic in Poland.

16.

Why did the U.S. get involved in Vietnam?

a)

To take over its resources

b)

To support democracy

c)

To stop the spread of communism

d)

To aid China