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8th SS - Topic 16 (Cold War)

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Billions of dollars in economic aid was provided to many foreign nations as part of the

a)

Marshall Plan

b)

Truman Doctrine

c)

Berlin Airlift

d)

Communists

2.

The main goal of the _____________ was to stop the spread of communism.

a)

Communists

b)

Truman Doctrine

c)

CIA

d)

North Koreans

3.

The Soviet Union set up the _____________ in response to efforts from the West to reunify Germany.

a)

Berlin Airlift

b)

Iron curtain

c)

China

d)

Berlin Blockade

4.

The __________ involved the use of airplanes to bring food and supplies to the people of West Berlin.

a)

Iron curtain

b)

Berlin Airlift

c)

HUAC

d)

McCarthyism

5.

Satellite nations of the Soviet Union joined the military alliance known as the

a)

Warsaw Pact

b)

NATO

c)

HUAC

d)

brinkmanship

6.

The U.S. responded to fear of Soviet military action in the Middle East by issuing the

a)

Truman Doctrine

b)

NATO

c)

Eisenhower Doctrine

d)

Berlin Blockade

7.

When the Soviets exploded an atomic bomb, the U.S. responded by intensifying to develop

a)

dynamite

b)

hydrogen bomb

c)

airplanes

d)

atom device

8.

The policy of __________ threatened retaliation to the edge of all-out war against acts of aggression towards the U.S.

a)

Warsaw Pact

b)

communism

c)

NATO

d)

brinkmanship

9.

The ________ is best known for investigating communism in the film industry

a)

HUAC

b)

Truman Doctrine

c)

NATO

d)

Eisenhower Doctrine

10.

___________ was convicted of perjury after being accused of spying for the Soviets.

a)

Joseph McCarthy

b)

Ronald Reagan

c)

Alger Hiss

d)

Mao Zedong

11.

The ___________ were defeated in the civil war in China despite 2 billion dollars in aid sent to them by the U.S.

a)

South Koreans

b)

Communists

c)

Nationalists

d)

Americans

12.

___________ was the leader of the Communists in China.

a)

Mao Zedong

b)

Kim Il Sung

c)

Chiang Kai-shek

d)

Syngman Rhee

13.

China’s Communist leader ___________ used strategic tactics to lure Chinese peasants to the Communist Red Army.

a)

Kim Il Sung

b)

Kim Jong Un

c)

Mao Zedong

d)

Chiang Kai-shek

14.

The _____________ appeared to be winning the Korean War until China actively entered the conflict.

a)

French

b)

North Koreans

c)

Soviet Union

d)

South Koreans

15.

General Douglas MacArthur commanded U.S. forces in

a)

Korea

b)

China

c)

Vietnam

d)

Japan

16.

President Truman fired General MacArthur because of MacArthur’s insistence that the U.S. should blockade and bomb

a)

Korea

b)

Japan

c)

China

d)

Vietnam

17.

To label someone’s activities as ______________ would be to suggest that the person is making unsupported accusations.

a)

Communism

b)

McCarthyism

c)

Truman Doctrine

d)

brinkmanship

18.

In general, ___________ is the unfair tactic of accusing people of disloyalty without providing evidence.

a)

brinkmanship

b)

Communism

c)

McCarthyism

d)

Nationalism