Cold War Basics
What was the Cold War?
A) A war between the US and Germany
B) A period of tension without direct war between the US and USSR
C) A war in Africa
D) A war between China and Japan
B) A period of tension without direct war between the US and USSR
Which city was divided by a wall in 1961?
A) Berlin
B) Moscow
C) Warsaw
D) Vienna
A) Berlin
Who was U.S. president during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
A) Harry Truman
B) John F. Kennedy
C) Ronald Reagan
D) Dwight D. Eisenhower
B) John F. Kennedy
What were the most feared weapons during the Cold War?
A) Chemical weapons
B) Biological bombs
C) Nuclear weapons
D) Submarines
C) Nuclear weapons
Which war involved U.S. efforts to stop communism in Southeast Asia?
A) Korean War
B) Vietnam War
C) Gulf War
D) Afghan War
B) Vietnam War
What type of economy did the Soviet Union promote?
A) Capitalism
B) Social Democracy
C) Communism
D) Mercantilism
C) Communism
What crisis nearly caused nuclear war in 1962?
A) Berlin Airlift
B) Cuban Missile Crisis
C) Korean War
D) Vietnam War
B) Cuban Missile Crisis
Who introduced glasnost and perestroika?
A) Lenin
B) Mikhail Gorbachev
C) Nikita Khrushchev
D) Boris Yeltsin
B) Mikhail Gorbachev
What does MAD stand for in Cold War context?
A) Military Action Deterrence
B) Mutual Assured Destruction
C) Missiles and Defense
D) Major Allied Deployment
B) Mutual Assured Destruction
Where did the Soviet Union invade in 1979?
A) Iraq
B) Vietnam
C) Afghanistan
D) Iran
C) Afghanistan
What does NATO stand for?
A) National Association of Trade Organizations
B) North Atlantic Treaty Organization
C) North Atlantic Treaty Organization
D) New Alliance for Territorial Occupation
C) North Atlantic Treaty Organization
What was the Bay of Pigs invasion?
A) A Soviet attack on Cuba
B) A U.S. invasion of North Korea
C) A failed U.S.-backed invasion of Cuba
D) A Cuban attack on Florida
C) A failed U.S.-backed invasion of Cuba
Who led the USSR at the start of the Cold War?
A) Vladimir Lenin
B) Nikita Khrushchev
C) Joseph Stalin
D) Leon Trotsky
C) Joseph Stalin
Which country created the first nuclear weapon?
A) Germany
B) United States
C) Soviet Union
D) Japan
B) United States
What group did the U.S. support in Nicaragua?
A) Sandinistas
B) Contras
C) FARC
D) Taliban
B) Contras
What was the U.S. policy to stop communism from spreading?
A) Globalism
B) Containment
C) Isolationism
D) Neutrality
B) Containment
Which war ended in a stalemate in 1953?
A) Vietnam War
B) Korean War
C) Gulf War
D) World War II
B) Korean War
Who said: “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall”?
A) Richard Nixon
B) Ronald Reagan
C) George H. W. Bush
D) Jimmy Carter
B) Ronald Reagan
What 1963 treaty banned nuclear tests in the atmosphere?
A) Geneva Convention
B) Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
C) SALT I
D) Non-Proliferation Pact
B) Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
What was the U.S. plan to rebuild Europe after WWII?
A) Truman Doctrine
B) Marshall Plan
C) Eisenhower Doctrine
D) Atlantic Pact
B) Marshall Plan
Which alliance was the Soviet response to NATO?
A) Eastern Bloc
B) Warsaw Pact
C) Iron Curtain Pact
D) Soviet Alliance Treaty
B) Warsaw Pact
When did the Berlin Wall fall?
A) 1985
B) 1991
C) 1989
D) 1979
C) 1989
Who was Cuba’s leader during the Cold War?
A) Che Guevara
B) Fidel Castro
C) Hugo Chávez
D) Raul Castro
B) Fidel Castro
What was the “Star Wars” defense program?
A) Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI)
B) NASA Mission
C) Nuclear Freeze Plan
D) Apollo Defense Project
A) Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI)
Which country’s labor movement helped end communism?
A) Hungary
B) Poland
C) East Germany
D) Romania
B) Poland