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Cold War Review
By Joel Schindler
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Cold War Quiz, Containment, Red Scare, Korean War
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Question 1
1.
Which best describes communism?
A society where competition creates inovations
A government where freedom of choice is essnetial
A Classless society where the government controls all aspects of everyday life
An egalitarian society where everyone’s opinion matters and the minority is protected
Question 2
2.
What were the Rosenburg's suspected of doing?
Breaking into the White House
Passing on atomic secrets to the USSR
Creating communists propaganda
Spying on the USSR for the US
Question 3
3.
Which side was considered the winner of the Korean War?
United States
North Korea
South Korea
There was no winner
Question 4
4.
Who are the members of NATO?
The Soviet Union, Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Hungary
Germany, Italy, and Japan
The United States, Great Britain, France, and West Germany
The United States, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union
Question 5
5.
What was the Berlin Airlift?
U.S. led operation that supplied West Berlin with all their needs
An attempt to evacuate POWs from Berlin after WWII
The invasion of Soviet troops into East Berlin
Soviet led operation that supplied West Berlin with all their needs
Question 6
6.
What was the Marshall Plan?
A U.S. economic recovery program designed to stop the spread of communism in Western Europe.
A Soviet plan designed to convert more countries to Communism.
A Soviet blockade of West Berlin that was designed to pressure NATO countries from leaving Berlin.
The plan by the U.S. to break a Soviet blockade in West Berlin.
A plan to go shopping at Marshalls
Question 7
7.
What is containment?
The Soviet policy of containing capitalism and democratic ideals.
The U.S. policy of containing the spread of communism.
The U.S. policy of containing the post World War II diseases.
The Soviet policy of containing the people fleeing the Soviet Union.
Question 8
8.
What is The Iron Curtain?
The division between republicans and democrats
The separation of church and state
The difference between nuclear powers and non-nuclear powers
A metaphor used to describe the division of the world into two sides: Communist & Capitalist.
Question 9
9.
Which definition best describes capitalism?
An economy where the government controls everything and there is little to no competition
An economy where there are many competing businesses that leads to many different choices.
An economy that everyone has little choice and resources are distributed by the government
An economy where everyone does what the government says.
Question 10
10.
North Korea is ruled by what type of government?
Communist
Democracy
Monarchy
Republic
Question 11
11.
What major new Communist power emerged in 1949?
North Korea
North Vietnam
Cuba
China
Question 12
12.
Following World War II, what divided the Korean Penisula?
The Korean River
The International Date Line
38th Parallel
The Korean Mountains
Question 13
13.
What US Senator used gossip and hearsay to accuse people of being communists and against the government?
Daniel Webster
John McCain
Joseph McCarthy
Daniel Webster
Question 14
14.
What did the HUAC do?
Investigated suspected Communists in the position of influence.
Enforced food standards across the United States
Investigated possible governmental corruption.
Advocated for civil rights
Question 15
15.
Who were the Hollywood 10?
Famous Hollywood actors who created a list of communists
Members of the film industry who were suspected communists and convicted of perjury.
Hollywood actors who supported the Korean War.
Actors who protested the Korean war by refusing to work.
Question 16
16.
What was the "Lavander Scare"?
The fear of Communists taking control of the government.
The fear that South Americans are plotting to take over the government.
The fear that Neo-Fascists are taking over the government.
The fear of homosexual people in the United States government led by Joseph McCarthy.
Question 17
17.
Who are the members of the Warsaw Pact?
The Soviet Union, Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Hungary
Germany, Italy, and Japan
The United States, Great Britain, France, and West Germany
The United States, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union
Question 18
18.
What country entered the side of North Korea and changed the course of the Korean War?
The Soviet Union
China
Japan
Vietnam
Question 19
19.
What was the Truman Loyalty Program
Loyalty oaths for government employees who had a past connection to communism
A benefits program for all government employees
A rewards program for shopping at US-friendly stores
A reward for reporting communist sympathizers
Question 20
20.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
The Soviet plot to assassinate President Truman.
President Truman's policy to ease tensions with the Soviet Union.
President Truman's policy that the US should give support to countries or peoples threatened by Soviet forces.
President Truman's policy of denuclearizing.