The Cold War

What two nations were in competition with each other during the Cold War?

• Spain and Portugal
• England and France
• Germany and Italy
• United States and Soviet Union

Why was the United States involved in the Berlin Airlift?

• to airlift food to the people of West Berlin
• to bomb East Berlin
• to demolish the Berlin Wall
• to transport people out of East Berlin

How did the US respond to finding out that the Soviets had missiles in Cuba?

• They sent the Air Force to bomb Cuba
• They began placing missiles in the Soviet Union.
• They placed a naval blockade around Cuba.
• They invaded Cuba and the Soviet Union.

What was the name of the first satellite in space launched by the Soviet Union?

• Gagarin
• Apollo 11
• Sputnik
• Apollo 13

What was the mutual defense alliance of non communist nations?

• NATO
• Warsaw Pact
• Truman Doctrine
• Open Skies

In 1946, the British Prime Minister said in a speech that an "Iron Curtain" had fallen across the European continent. This "Iron Curtain" was ______________.

• a wall built between countries controlled by Nazi Germany and ones that weren't.
• another name for the Alps, which protected it from the USSR during the Cold War. 
• an imaginary line separating Europe's communist and non-communist countries.
• a divider between the good and the evil.

I was a senator in the 1950s.
I wanted to find Communists in the US.
My work was part of the Red Scare.
My ideas became unpopular.
Who am I?

• Henry Ford
• Charles Lindbergh
• Joseph McCarthy
• General Eisenhower

What organization was created by Congress to hunt for communist spies?

• Federal Civil Defense Administration (FCDA)
• Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
• North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
• House Un-American Activites Commitee (HUAC)

What major historical event is represented in this map?

• Attack on Pearl Harbor
• The Cuban Missile Crisis
• The Wright Brother's first flight
• The building of the Panama Canel

Why is the Cold War called a "cold" war?

• The areas affected were in the polar regions of the world
• The war was fought during winter months only
• Leaders of the superpowers were sick with coughs and fevers
• There was never direct fighting between the two superpowers