Quiz 4: Cold War Around The World

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1.

During what years was the Cold War "fought"?
- A.
  
  Between WWI and WWII
- B.
  
  1947-1991
- C.
  
  1957-1975
- D.
  
  1945-1951
2.

Select the 8 countries that formed part of the Warsaw Pact.
- A.
  
  Romania
- B.
  
  Belgium
- C.
  
  Czechoslovakia
- D.
  
  Poland
- E.
  
  France
- F.
  
  Soviet Union
- G.
  
  Denmark
- H.
  
  Hungary
- I.
  
  Iceland
- J.
  
  Albania
- K.
  
  Bulgaria
- L.
  
  East Germany
3.

Select 8 countries that were NATO members since the beginning.
- A.
  
  Canada
- B.
  
  Denmark
- C.
  
  United States
- D.
  
  East Germany
- E.
  
  France
- F.
  
  Iceland
- G.
  
  Austria
- H.
  
  Italy
- I.
  
  Netherlands
- J.
  
  Yugoslavia
- K.
  
  United Kingdom
- L.
  
  Albania
4.

Select the four characteristics that describe the ideology of America during the Cold War.
- A.
  
  Business/farms owned by private people
- B.
  
  Profit is a form of opression.
- C.
  
  Multi-party system
- D.
  
  Human rights respected in law.
- E.
  
  Strikes and unemployment
- F.
  
  Free health care/state-provided
5.

Select the four characteristics that describe the ideology of the Soviet Union during the Cold War.
- A.
  
  Poor standard of living
- B.
  
  Protests and demonstrations
- C.
  
  Competition keeps prices low
- D.
  
  The media are owned and run by the government
- E.
  
  No unemployment- everybody has a job
- F.
  
  Business/farms owned by the state and run by the government for the benefit of all people.
6.

It is a doctrine of military strategy and national security policy in which a full-scale use of nuclear weapons by two or more opposing sides would cause the complete annihilation of both the attacker and the defender.
- A.
  
  Mutually Assured Destruction
- B.
  
  Truman Doctrine
- C.
  
  Cuban Missile Crisis
- D.
  
  Nuclear Doctrine
7.

Designed to contain communism, the US president announced he will give economic aid to Greece and Turkey. Then it extended anywhere aid was given to support any anti-communist government.
- A.
  
  Yalta Conference
- B.
  
  Marshall Plan
- C.
  
  Truman Doctrine
- D.
  
  NATO
8.

Select three effects of the Cold War.
- A.
  
  Collapse of Communism
- B.
  
  Conflict of ideologies (capitalism/communism)
- C.
  
  Division of Germany and Berlin
- D.
  
  Space Race
- E.
  
  End of WWII
9.

The Iron Curtain was built in 1961 and divided East (Communist) and West (Democratic) Berlin.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
10.

This was the great symbolic ending of the Cold War.
- A.
  
  Fall of the Berlin Wall
- B.
  
  First space mission together
- C.
  
  End of Korea War
- D.
  
  Creation of NATO (brought peace to the world)
11.

He removed the constitutional role of the Communist Party in governing the state, and inadvertently led to the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
- A.
  
  Joseph Stalin
- B.
  
  Franklin Roosevelt
- C.
  
  Mikhail Gorbachev
- D.
  
  Konstantin Chernenko
12.

Gorbachev's policies of glasnost ("openness") and perestroika ("restructuring") and his reorientation of Soviet strategic aims contributed to the end of the Cold War.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
13.

Regional conflicts where the US and the USSR didn’t fight each other but supported certain sides in war.
- A.
  
  Proxy Wars
- B.
  
  Surrogate Wars
- C.
  
  Brinkmanship
- D.
  
  Arms Race
14.

Complete in order the blanks on the picture. MAKE SURE YOU USE CAPITAL LETTERS WHEN NECESSARY. [Blank] [Blank] [Blank]
15.

What was the strategy used by the Soviet Union to gain control over the other countries?
- A.
  
  Multinational Alliance
- B.
  
  Foreign Aid
- C.
  
  Brinkmanship
- D.
  
  Slicing Salami
16.

Yalta Conference was the Versailles of World War II.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
17.

The main Soviet forced labor camp systems during the Stalin era.
- A.
  
  Gulag
- B.
  
  KGB
- C.
  
  Glasnost
- D.
  
  Auschwitz
18.

Side of the Iron Curtain connected to or influenced by the Soviet Union.
- A.
  
  East
- B.
  
  West
- C.
  
  NATO
- D.
  
  "The Free Land"
19.

What does Mutually Assured Destruction mean?
- A.
  
  Declaring war to other countries was the main strategy
- B.
  
  Use of nuclear weapons could cause complete annihilation
- C.
  
  If you didn't declare war you would be destroyed for sure
- D.
  
  The winter may get rid of a big amount of soldiers
20.

Selecciona tres características de la ideología de la derecha política.
- A.
  
  Mantenimiento del orden social a través del tradicionalismo y conservadurismo.
- B.
  
  Tiene como asunto central la defensa de la igualdad social.
- C.
  
  Promueve el elitismo o el mantenimiento de ciertas diferencias entre los miembros de la sociedad.
- D.
  
  Busca el cambio político y social.
- E.
  
  Se refiere a un gobierno de carácter socialista.
- F.
  
  Se refiere a un gobierno de carácter capitalista.
21.

Selecciona tres características de la ideología de la izquierda política.
- A.
  
  Se refiere a un gobierno de carácter capitalista.
- B.
  
  Mantenimiento del orden social a través del tradicionalismo y conservadurismo.
- C.
  
  Tiene como asunto central la defensa de la igualdad social.
- D.
  
  Promueve el elitismo o el mantenimiento de ciertas diferencias entre los miembros de la sociedad.
- E.
  
  Busca el cambio político y social.
- F.
  
  Se refiere a un gobierno de carácter socialista.