WorksheetsCold War
Total questions: 39
Worksheet time: 20mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Name- first and last
4 lines
2.
Period
a)
4
b)
6
3.
This is an alliance between the United States, Canada, and ten Western European nations.
a)
Truman Doctrine
b)
Marshall Plan
c)
NATO
d)
Warsaw Pact
4.
This term was used by Winston Churchill to represent the figurative division between Western European and a Communist Eastern Europe.
a)
Warsaw Pact
b)
NATO
c)
Marshall Plan
d)
Iron Curtain
5.
This is the alliance between the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe.
a)
Warsaw Pact
b)
Truman Doctrine
c)
NATO
d)
Marshall Plan
6.
Outlined a policy of containment
a)
Truman Doctrine
b)
NATO
c)
Iron Curtain
d)
Warsaw Pact
7.
This is the economic aid package given to European nations needed to rebuild after WWll.
a)
Iron Curtain
b)
Warsaw Pact
c)
NATO
d)
Marshall Plan
8.
Communist leader of Cuba.
a)
Truman
b)
MacArthur
c)
Ho Chi Minh
d)
Castro
9.
US President at the beginning of the Cold War who dropped two nuclear bombs on Japan. His ultimate plan was to fight communism and contain it.
a)
MacArthur
b)
Truman
c)
Castro
d)
Kim Il Sung
10.
Communist leader of North Vietnam
a)
Ho Chi Minh
b)
Kim Il Sung
c)
Truman
d)
Fidel Castro
11.
The Berlin Airlift was when the Allies began airlifting supplies to Eastern Berlin.
a)
True
b)
False
12.
Eastern Berlin was controlled by Communist Russia and the wall was covered in graffiti to show the hatred of those who oppressed them on the Eastern Side.
a)
true
b)
false
13.
Original commander of the United States forces in the Korean War.
a)
Truman
b)
Eisenhower
c)
MacArthur
d)
Kennedy
14.
This is one of Stalin's goals through Eastern Europe.
a)
To allow free elections
b)
to stop the spread of communism
c)
to spread communism through the area
d)
to allow the areas to commercialize
15.
All of the following are true about the Vietnam War except.
a)
Vietnamese had fought for independence from France.
b)
Communism was ultimately established.
c)
The Vietcong were Communist rebels
d)
The US won the war.
16.
During the Cultural Revolution in China, all the following were targeted except
a)
teachers
b)
peasants
c)
intellectual
d)
middle class
17.
During the Cold War the primary goal of American foreign policy was to
a)
Protect human rights everywhere
b)
encourage economic growth in communist countries
c)
stop the spread of communism and contain it.
18.
In the 1940s and 1950s, the area described as "behind the Iron Curtain" was composed of
a)
The Soviet Union only
b)
The Soviet Union and its satellite nations
c)
The United States
d)
The Democratic nations of Europe
19.
All of the following were decided at the Yalta Conference at the close of World War ll except
a)
Communism was to be established in Cuba
b)
Germany was to be divided into four zones
c)
Free elections were to occur in Eastern Europe
20.
The Bay of Pigs was a failed attempt to overthrow
a)
Anastasio Somoza
b)
Fulgencio Batista
c)
Fidel Castro
d)
Che Guevara
21.
The goal of the Soviet policy of Destalinization was to
a)
purge the country of Stalin's memory and change his policies
b)
deny that that Stalin had done what he had done
c)
try to change the world's impression of Stalin
22.
One reason for the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961 was to
a)
promote reunification of Eastern and Western Germany
b)
Keep East Germans from fleeing to the Western section of Berlin
c)
complete the post WWll building of Berlin
23.
The Cuban missile crisis pitted Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev against President
a)
Harry Truman
b)
John F. Kennedy
c)
Richard Nixon
d)
Dwight Eisenhower
24.
Name four Warsaw Pact countries that bordered NATO members.
a)
East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, Albania
b)
Turkey, Greece, Italy, Belgium
c)
Portugal, Spain, France, Switzerland
d)
Spain, Poland, Romania, Norway
25.
What was the northernmost NATO member shown on this map?
a)
Turkey
b)
Norway
c)
Albania
d)
Finland
26.
International Organization created after WWll to promote peace and diplomacy.
a)
Marshall Plan
b)
Iron Curtain
c)
United Nations
d)
Warsaw Pact
27.
Americas Cold War policy to stop the spread of communism
a)
Glasnost
b)
Berlin Airlift
c)
Iron Curtain
d)
Containment
28.
Fought in the early 1950s as the first armed struggle of the cold war
a)
Vietnam War
b)
Korean War
c)
Berlin Blockade
d)
Laotian Civil War
29.
The first Soviet satellite launched into space.
a)
Sputnik
b)
Vostok
c)
Laika
d)
Apollo
30.
"From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic an iron curtain has descended across the continent." Who said this quote?
a)
Winston Churchill
b)
Jospeh Stalin
c)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
d)
Truman
31.
What is this cartoon referring to
a)
The Vietnam War
b)
The Korean War
c)
The Bay of Pigs
d)
The Cuban Missile Crisis
32.
Which statements correctly describe the U.S.-aligned countries on this map? Select all that apply.
a)
They were primarily capitalist countries.
b)
They were only in Western Europe.
c)
Many would later become members of NATO.
d)
Most had freely-elected representative governments.
e)
They were under Allied control during World War II.
33.
Choose the term that correctly completes the sentence.
The Korean War was one example of the __, an attempt by each side in the Cold War to prevent the other side from expanding its __.
a)
policy of containment
b)
sphere of influence
c)
Marshall Plan
d)
arms race
e)
sphere of aggression
34.
How does this poster reflect Mao Zedong’s Cultural Revolution? Select all answers that apply.
a)
The poster shows how the land was ruined by drought.
b)
The worker, like all Chinese at the time, carries a copy of the Little Red Book.
c)
The tractor symbolizes China’s embrace of Western ideas and technologies.
d)
By giving a farmer a central place in propaganda it suggests that the Cultural Revolution considered farmers to be heroes.
35.
Using the same poster. The message at the bottom of this poster urges the Chinese people to give their energetic support to agriculture. How does this poster reflect Mao Zedong’s “Great Leap Forward”? Select all that apply.
a)
It illustrates Mao Zedong’s belief that the “Four Olds” ruined Chinese agriculture.
b)
It demonstrates how only men worked in the fields.
c)
It portrays a farmer as fully in support of Mao and his policies.
d)
It emphasizes the importance of agriculture and hard work, which were key features of the plan.
36.
Which of the following statements about the Cuban Missile Crisis are accurate? Select all that apply.
a)
The Soviet Union established a missile base in Cuba which was seen as a threat by the United States.
b)
Through negotiation, President Kennedy and Soviet leader Khrushchev avoided a nuclear war.
c)
The placement of missile in Cuba by the Soviet Union made a nuclear weapons a more feared possibility.
d)
The Cuban Missile Crisis led to the Bay of Pigs.
e)
Cuba asked for American help to get the missiles out of their country.
37.
West Berlin was
a)
a city entirely surrounded by East German territory.
b)
a city entirely surrounded by West German territory.
c)
divided into French, British, American, and Soviet sectors.
d)
divided into two sectors at the border of East and West Germany.
38.
The Warsaw Pact sought to
a)
provide economic assistance to Polish Jews after World War II.
b)
prevent Soviet expansion into Poland and Denmark.
c)
create a military alliance between the Soviet Union and various Eastern European nations.
d)
create a plan for the reduction of nuclear weapons in Europe.
39.
What conflict does the picture represent
a)
The Vietnam War
b)
The Cuban Missile Crisis
c)
The Korean War
d)
The Chinese Cultural Revolution
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