Cold War Test

Pick the best answer for the question. Place your answer on the scantron.

I. Multiple-Choice

1. The major rivals in the cold war were?

a. Britain and France
b. Germany and Italy
c. United States and the Soviet Union
d. China and Japan

2. The first countries to receive economic aid as a result of the Truman Doctrine were?
a. France and Britain
b. Greece and Turkey
c. Yugoslavia and Hungary
e. China and South Korea

3. The Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan supported the United States policy called
a. Containment
b. Reunification
c. Brinkmanship
d. Domino Theory

4. In the 1940s and 1950s, the area described as being behind the iron curtain was
composed of
a. The Soviet Union only
b. The Soviet Union and its satellite nations
c. The mostly democratic nations of Western Europe
d. The German Democratic nations of Eastern Germany

5. What was the name of the alliance established by Europeans Communist nations in
response to NATO?
a. Iron Curtain
b. Warsaw Pact
c. Second World
d. Eastern Europe Unite

6. The Cold War was a widening of relations between two former allies
a. USSR and Germany
b. USSR and Italy
c. USA and England
d. USA and USSR
7. The Berlin Airlift happened in Berlin. Berlin was located in
a. East Germany
b. West Germany
c. France
d. Hungary

8. The Korean War was fought on the Korean Peninsula. Which country (ies) supported
South Korea?
a. USSR
b. China
c. USA and the United Nations
d. USA

9. Who won the Korean War?

a. North
b. South
c. Neither Side
d. The are still technical at war today

10. In the Vietnam War, Ho Chi Minh was a communist from which part of Vietnam?
a. South
b. North
c. West
d. East

11. When we think of the Cultural Revolution, which country are we thinking of?
a. USSR
b. USA
c. China
d. Vietnam

12. In the Great Leap Forward, The idea of the Chinese was to
a. Increase farm and industrial output
b. Increase farm output only
c. Increase industrial output only
d. Neither is correct

13. Tensions between China and the United States relaxed somewhat with the visit of
what United States president?
a. Eisenhower
b. Kennedy
c. Truman
d. Nixon
 II. Vocabulary/ Daily History

14. This person led the Chinese Communist force to victory over the Nationalist forces
within China?
a. Ho Chi Minh
b. Mihail Gorbachev
c. Dwight Eisenhower
d. Mao Zedong

15. This term was used to express the belief that a communist take-over of South
Vietnam would cause non-communist governments across Southeast Asia to fall to
communism?
a. Stalemate
b. Brinkmanship
c. Domino theory
d. Containment

16. In 1961, the United States backed a plot by anti-Castro exiles to invade Cuba and
lead an uprising against Castro?
a. Tiananmen Square Massacre
b. Sputnik
c. Bay of Pigs
d. Arms Race

17. Mao urged young Chinese to start a revolution. In response teenagers formed bands
of Red Guards, attacked people in authority like teachers writes and government
officials.
a. The Great Leap Forward
b. The Cultural Revolution
c. Tiananmen Square Massacre
d. Communes

18. This organization was formed in 1948 to promote democracy, economic cooperation
and human rights in the Americans
a. Warsaw Pact
b. NATO
c. United Nations
d. Organization of American States
 III. Map Skills Look at the numbers on the map. Correlate that number
with the organization that they belonged to.

19. Locate numbers one on the map, what is the name of this country and which
organization does it belong to?
a. England and NATO
b. France and Warsaw Pact
c. England and Warsaw Pact
d. West Germany and NATO

20. Locate number two on the map, what is the name of this country and which
organization does it belong to?
a. East Germany and NATO
b. West Germany and NATO
c. East Germany and Warsaw Pact
d. West Germany and Warsaw Pact

21. Locate number three on the map, what is the name of this country and which
organization does it belong to?
a. West Germany and NATO
b. East Germany and NATO
c. West Germany and Warsaw Pact
d. East Germany and Warsaw Pact

22. Locate number four on the map, what is the name of this country and which
organization does it belong to?
a. Czechoslovakia and Warsaw Pact
b. Poland and NATO
c. Switzerland and NATO
d. England and NATO

23. Locate number five on the map, what is the name of this country and which
organization does it belong to?
a. Poland and NATO
b. France and NATO
c. Switzerland and no organization
d. Denmark and Warsaw Pact

24. Locate number six on the map, what is the name of this country and which
organization does it belong to?
a. Sweden and Warsaw Pact
b. Denmark and Warsaw Pact
c. Hungary and NATO
d. Poland and Warsaw Pact
 IV. Political Cartoon look at the Political cartoon. Pick the best answer for
the questions below.

25. Look at the political cartoon. What is the cartoon about?

a. NATO
b. Warsaw Pact
c. Marshall Plan
d. Berlin Airlift

26. The political cartoon is tying to show the difference between two plans. What kind of
plan is the cartoon illustrating?
a. Economic plan
b. Military plan
c. Military and Economic plan
d. None of these

27. What does the peoples expression tell you about the Marshall Stalin Plan (Molotov
Plan)?
a. They are happy about the plan
b. They are confused about the plan
c. They are saddening about the plan
d. They are angry about the plan
 V. Timeline - Pick the decade that best goes with the event. A= 1940s,
B=1950s,C=1960s,D=1970s and E=1980s

28. Yalta Conference

29. Truman Doctrine
30. Marshall Plan
31. NATO
32. Warsaw Pact
33. United Nations
34. Soviet Union drops the bomb
35. Berlin Blockade
36. Berlin Wall
37. Iron Curtain Speech
38. Berlin Airlift
39. Invasion of Hungary
40. Sputnik
41. Korean War
42. Bay of Pigs
43. Cuban Missile Crisis
44. Fall of the USSR
45. Desert Storm
46. Cultural Revolution
47. The Great Leap Forward

VI. Readings- Read the reading on the Cold War and then answer the questions.
Reading #1 Reading and map skills

48. What were the reasons for the Soviet Union placing nuclear missiles in Cuba?
a. United States Military aggression
b. The missiles would counter those placed in Turkey by the United States
c. The Soviet Union would gain a strategic advantage over the United States
d. All of these are correct

49. How did President Kennedy handle the situation?

a. Air Strike on Cuba
b. Invasion of Cuba
c. A Blockage of Cuba
d. A nuclear strike on Cuba

50. Which military bases of the United States were threatened by these Soviet missiles?
a. Key West and Miami
b. Guantanamo Bay and Homestead
c. Homestead and Miami
d. Guantanamo Bay and Key West