Worksheets8th SS - Topic 16 (Cold War)
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
Billions of dollars in economic aid was provided to many foreign nations as part of the
Marshall Plan
Truman Doctrine
Berlin Airlift
Communists
The main goal of the _____________ was to stop the spread of communism.
Communists
Truman Doctrine
CIA
North Koreans
The Soviet Union set up the _____________ in response to efforts from the West to reunify Germany.
Berlin Airlift
Iron curtain
China
Berlin Blockade
The __________ involved the use of airplanes to bring food and supplies to the people of West Berlin.
Iron curtain
Berlin Airlift
HUAC
McCarthyism
Satellite nations of the Soviet Union joined the military alliance known as the
Warsaw Pact
NATO
HUAC
brinkmanship
The U.S. responded to fear of Soviet military action in the Middle East by issuing the
Truman Doctrine
NATO
Eisenhower Doctrine
Berlin Blockade
When the Soviets exploded an atomic bomb, the U.S. responded by intensifying to develop
dynamite
hydrogen bomb
airplanes
atom device
The policy of __________ threatened retaliation to the edge of all-out war against acts of aggression towards the U.S.
Warsaw Pact
communism
NATO
brinkmanship
The ________ is best known for investigating communism in the film industry
HUAC
Truman Doctrine
NATO
Eisenhower Doctrine
___________ was convicted of perjury after being accused of spying for the Soviets.
Joseph McCarthy
Ronald Reagan
Alger Hiss
Mao Zedong
The ___________ were defeated in the civil war in China despite 2 billion dollars in aid sent to them by the U.S.
South Koreans
Communists
Nationalists
Americans
___________ was the leader of the Communists in China.
Mao Zedong
Kim Il Sung
Chiang Kai-shek
Syngman Rhee
China’s Communist leader ___________ used strategic tactics to lure Chinese peasants to the Communist Red Army.
Kim Il Sung
Kim Jong Un
Mao Zedong
Chiang Kai-shek
The _____________ appeared to be winning the Korean War until China actively entered the conflict.
French
North Koreans
Soviet Union
South Koreans
General Douglas MacArthur commanded U.S. forces in
Korea
China
Vietnam
Japan
President Truman fired General MacArthur because of MacArthur’s insistence that the U.S. should blockade and bomb
Korea
Japan
China
Vietnam
To label someone’s activities as ______________ would be to suggest that the person is making unsupported accusations.
Communism
McCarthyism
Truman Doctrine
brinkmanship
In general, ___________ is the unfair tactic of accusing people of disloyalty without providing evidence.
brinkmanship
Communism
McCarthyism
Nationalism
