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- 1. Multiple Choice
How do we know that the Cold War was going on? Select all the correct answers.
The USA was at war with the Axis Powers.
There were tensions and suspicions between the Western Powers and the USSR.
The USSR and the Western Powers threatened each other.
There was no actual fighting or war between the major powers.
- 2. Multiple Choice
What were some reasons for the Cold War in Europe? Select all the correct answers.
Ideological differences and conflicts between the USSR and Western Powers.
The Axis Powers won World War II.
Stalin kept suspecting the Western Powers were trying to harm the USSR.
The USSR and the Western Powers could not agree about what to do after World War II.
- 3. Fill in the Blank
What does USSR stand for?
- 4. Multiple Choice
What were some countries of the Western Powers?
The USA
East Germany
Britain
France
The USSR
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which of the following were satellite states of the USSR? Select all the right answers.
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Hungary
Russia
Austria
- 6. Fill in the Blank
The President of the USA at the end of WWII was...
- 7. Multiple Choice
Which of the following statements are true? Select all the right answers.
USSR followed communism.
The government of USSR was authoritarian and controlled everything.
In USSR, the people could not have private businesses.
In USA, the people had free elections and could vote.
In USSR, the people could not vote at all.
- 8. Multiple Choice
Why was Stalin unhappy with USA during WWII?
USA and the Allies did not send supplies to Stalin.
USA helped Germany against USSR.
USA and the Allies took too long to open up a Second Front in France.
USA was too weak.
- 9. Multiple Choice
What happened at the Yalta and Potsdam Conferences?
Stalin worked well with USA and the Allies to plan against Germany.
Stalin declared war on USA and the Allies.
Stalin surrendered to USA and the Allies.
Stalin disagreed with USA and the Allies over many things, such as how to deal with Poland.
- 10. Multiple Choice
Where did USA drop the atomic bombs? Select all the right answers.
Tokyo
Hiroshima
Moscow
Berlin
Nagasaki
- 11. Multiple Choice
Why was Stalin upset with USA over the atomic bombs?
USA only told Stalin about the bombs right before dropping them.
USA did not tell Stalin about the bombs.
USA tried to use the bombs on USSR.
USSR also had the bombs.
- 12. Fill in the Blank
What tactic did Stalin use to create the satellite states by weakening the non-communist parties?
- 13. Multiple Choice
Which of the following statements are true? Select all the right answers.
USA decided to adopt the containment policy after the Long Telegram by George Kennan.
USA decided to adopt the containment policy after the Iron Curtain speech by Winston Churchill..
The Marshall Plan was meant to offer financial help to countries which tried to resist communism.
USSR accepted help from the Marshall Plan.
The Truman Doctrine said that any country trying to fight communism would receive help.
- 14. Multiple Choice
What happened to Germany after WWII?
It was controlled by USA.
It was controlled by USSR.
The West controlled West Germany and West Berlin.
USSR controlled West Germany and West Berlin.
- 15. Fill in the Blank
Which year did Stalin die?
- 16. Multiple Choice
What happened during the Berlin Blockade? Select all the right answers.
Stalin blocked all roads going into West Berlin.
Stalin invaded West Berlin.
USA sent in the army to fight USSR and save Berlin.
The Allies used planes to fly in supplies for West Berlin.
Stalin won and took over Berlin.
- 17. Multiple Choice
What happened at the end of the Berlin Blockade? Select all the right answers.
Germany came under the control of the USSR.
Stalin gave up and lifted the Blockade.
Germany remained divided between the East and the West.
The USA united Germany again.
- 18. Fill in the Blank
What does NATO stand for?
- 19. Multiple Choice
Why was NATO formed?
To protect Western Europe against the USSR.
To create a military to invade other countries.
To help spread communism.
To defeat terrorism in Western Europe.
- 20. Multiple Choice
What did the USSR do after NATO was created?
Nothing.
USSR created the Warsaw Pact with its satellite states.
USSR invaded Western Europe.
USSR joined NATO.
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