Cold War Test Review

1. The Cold War divided the world into two camps, one siding with the United States and the other siding with the-

• South Korea
• Soviet Union
• Japanese
• Germans

2. What term did Winston Churchill coin for the line separating the nations of NATO and the Warsaw Pact?

• Berlin Wall
• Containment
• Iron Curtain
• Cold War

3. What areas did the Soviets control and dominate after World War II?

• Africa
• Eastern Europe
• Western Europe
• Middle East

4. Following World War II, East Germany remained under the domination of-

• the United States
• Poland
• France
• the Soviet Union

5. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) countries are shown in blue on the map below. The area shown in red represents-

• China Pact nations
• Russian nations
• Warsaw Pact nations
• United Nations members

6. America's policy to stop the spread of communism was called-

• containment
• equal opportunity
• Domino Theory
• recession

8. Which term means the competition between nations to build the most powerful weapons?

• Iron Curtain
• Arms Race
• Cold War
• Containment

9. The ultimate goal of the Marshal Plan was to-

• spread communism throughout Europe
• prevent the spread of communism throughout Europe
• prevent the spread of democracy throughout Europe
• spread Nazism throughout Europe

10. After the League of Nations failed, which international organization was formed in order to help keep peace in the world?

• NATO
• Warsaw Pact
• United Nations
• Marshall Plan

11. The conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union was referred to as the Cold War because-

• the two sides directly fought against each other
• it was fought in the freezing temperatures of the Soviet Union
• it was a state of tension without direct fighting
• because of the fierce competition of the Olympics