SS8 The Cold War

Which of the following events does not belong to the Cold War that happened in Asia?

• Korean War

• Chinese Civil War

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Vietnam War

The Berlin Wall symbolized the world that was divided between the United States and the Soviet Union

• True

• False

In 1946, Winston Churchill used the term “Iron Curtain "when describing conditions in Europe. What did he mean by this term?

• •European nations needed to build more factories
• •Peace had finally spread throughout the countries of Europe.
• •The militaries of Western Europe were becoming too powerful.
• •There was a division between the communist Eastern Europe and Western Europe. 

The Cold War was a time of tension between the United States and the former Soviet Union. In 1962, the United States was involved in
the Cuban Missile Crisis. Which was the importance of this event?

• •The United States wanted the former Soviet Union to provide aid to Cuba.
• •The United States attacked Cuba.
• •The United States wanted the former Soviet Union to remove missiles from Cuba.
• •The United Stated placed missiles in Cuba.

In 1950, the United States and other countries from the United Nations became involved in the Korean War. What was the cause of this war?

• •North Korea attacked South Korea to spread communism.
• •South Korea wanted to drive out troops from Vietnam.
• •North Korea attacked China to spread communism.
• •South Korea attacked North Korea to spread democracy.

This man was responsible for the Cuban Missile Crisis and was a leader of the Soviet Union. 

• JFK
• Joseph McCarthy
• Nikita Khrushchev
• Adolf Hitler

This was an ACTUAL wall that separated Berlin. It separated the communist side from the democracy side. Why did they put the wall up?

• Iron Curtain
• Berlin Wall
• Berlin Airlift
• Great Wall of China

How did we respond to the blockade on Western Berlin? This was when we could not get any supplies to this area. 

• Berlin Airlift
• Iron Curtain
• Air attack
• Berlin Wall

Was the Cold War an actual war?

• Yes
• No

What event ushered in the nuclear arms race?

• U.S. successfully testing an atomic weapon

• U.S. use of atomic weapons to end WWII

• Soviet Union successfully tests an atomic weapon 

• Soviet Union testing the Tsar Bomb