The Cold War: Key Concepts and Events

The Cold War: Key Concepts and Events

9th Grade

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The Cold War: Key Concepts and Events

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What two superpowers "fought" in the Cold War?

The United States and The Soviet Union

Germany and The United Kingdom

The United States and Germany

The Soviet Union and United Kingdom

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why was it called the Cold War?

The Soviet Union and the US did not directly fight one another

It took place in frigid Siberia

There was an icy relationship between the US and The Soviet Union

Chilly Willy

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What were sources of tension between the US and Soviet Union during the Cold War?

Nuclear Arms Race, Space Race, Ideological battle between communism and capitalism/democracy

Culinary Differences, Space Race, Nuclear Arms Race

Nuclear Arms Race, Space Race, Culinary Differences

Ideological battle between communism and capitalism/democracy, Culinary Differences, Space Race

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What form of government did Lenin introduce in Russia?

Communism

Tsarism

Democratic

Monarchy

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a puppet government?

A government run by its own people but controlled by an outside government

A government controlled by a king or queen

A government that gains power by military force

A power vacuum

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did Stalin promise at the Yalta Conference?

To hold free and fair elections in Eastern Europe

To never use nuclear weapons

To begin enriching uranium

To help Truman defeat Japan in the Pacific Theater

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Region occupied and controlled by The Soviet Union after WW2 to create a buffer zone between them and Germany?

Eastern Block

Western Europe

Scandinavia

North Africa

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