Quiz: Basic Facts Behind Cold War
9 Questions
| Total Attempts: 466
10 questions, true/false, review
Questions and Answers
- 1.The Cold War happened right after World War II.
- A.
True.
- B.
False
- 2.The two major superpowers in the Cold War were the United States of America and the United Kingdom.
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True
- B.
False
- 3.The allies of the Soviet Union were members of the Warsaw Pact.
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True
- B.
False
- 4.The armed border established by the Soviet Union between Western and Eastern Europe was called the Iron Curtain.
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True
- B.
False
- 5.The type of economy where the government owns all offices, farms and property is called a market economy.
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True
- B.
False
- 6.Two major events in the Cold War include building the Berlin Wall and the revolution against the Russian Czars.
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True
- B.
False
- 7.The Russian Czars and the rulers of the Soviet Union were authoritarian.
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True
- B.
False
- 8.Gross domestic product (GDP) is the total value of all goods and services produced in a country over 10 years.
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True
- B.
False
- 9.The best measure of Standard of Living is to use the GDP.
- A.
True
- B.
False
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