Origins of the Cold War

Origins of the Cold War

10th Grade

21 Qs

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Origins of the Cold War

Origins of the Cold War

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10th Grade

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Michael Watson

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21 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

On August 6th and 9th, the United States dropped Atomic Bombs on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. How did the Soviet Union respond to this military action?

It accelerated the pace of its military invasion of Germany

It formed an alliance with the U.S. to share nuclear technology

It intensified development on and successfully tested its own nuclear weapons

It withdrew from international organizations in which the U.S. was a member

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The United States first tried to contain Communism in which two European countries?

Poland and China

Greece and Turkey

Canada and Great Britain

Japan and the Soviet Union

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What two countries emerged as the two nuclear superpowers during the Cold War? 

The United States and China

The Soviet Union and China

The Soviet Union and North Korea

The United States and Soviet Union

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why did the Soviet Union develop its own nuclear bomb following World War II?

It wanted to quickly end the war to avoid further military casualties

It wanted to retain political and military influence in the post war world

It wanted nuclear technology to be a cheap source of energy after the war

It wanted to pursue a policy of isolationism after the war

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How did the Marshall Plan aim to contain the spread of Communism?

It built up the Western European armed forces

It helped rebuild and strengthen European economies

It forced Americans to take loyalty oaths to avoid losing their jobs

It created a military alliance among Western European and North American nations

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

For four years after the end of World War II, the United States was the world's only superpower. 

Which action established the Soviet Union as the second superpower? 

It invaded and occupied Japan

It successfully tested its own atomic bomb

It launched a satellite into orbit around earth

It supported North Korea's invasion of South Korea

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The two newspaper headlines below reference important events that impacted the relationship between the United States and Soviet Union beginning in 1945.

"U.S. drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan"

"Soviet Union successfully test and explodes its own atomic bomb"

What two developments resulted from both of these events?

The end of World War Two and the end of internment camps in the U.S.

The threat of mass destruction and the superpower status of both the U.S. and Soviet Union

The implementation of the Bracero Program and the success of Victory Gardens

A reduced need for military intelligence and the invention of the League of Nations

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