The Cold War Quiz

Which two superpowers emerged at the end of World War II?

• Germany and Italy

• China and Japan

• United States and Soviet Union

• United Kingdom and France

What was the economic system of the United States during the Cold War?

• Fascist

• Capitalist

• Socialist

• Communist

Which event marked the beginning of the Cold War?

• The formation of NATO

• The Korean War

• The Berlin Wall construction

• The Cuban Missile Crisis

Who declared that an 'Iron Curtain' had descended across Europe?

• Winston Churchill

• Joseph Stalin

• Harry Truman

• Nikita Khrushchev

Which country was expelled by the Soviets in 1948 but remained its own communist state?

• Poland

• Hungary

• Czechoslovakia

• Yugoslavia

What was the name of the alliance formed by the Eastern Bloc countries in response to NATO?

• Warsaw Pact

• Moscow Coalition

• Berlin Alliance

• Red Bloc

Which US President boycotted the 1980 Moscow Summer Olympics?

• George Bush

• Richard Nixon

• Ronald Reagan

• Jimmy Carter

Who famously called the Soviet Union an 'evil empire'?

• Margaret Thatcher

• Willy Brandt

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

• Ronald Reagan

Which event led to the establishment of a direct hotline between the US and the Soviet Union?

• The Berlin Wall construction

• The Cuban Missile Crisis

• The Vietnam War

• The Korean War

What marked the official end of the Cold War?

• The Korean War armistice

• The Cuban Missile Crisis

• The fall of the Berlin Wall

• The dissolution of the Soviet Union