The Cold War Era and the Creation of Israel

Question 1

Which BEST explains why Israel became a nation-state in Palestine after 1948?

Accepted Answer

The UN decided after the holocaust, a Jewish needed to be created

Question 2

What event is thought to have begun the arms race between the United States and the Soviet Union?

Accepted Answer

the dropping of the atomic bomb on Japan to end World War 2

Question 3

With the U.S. foreign policy of containment, the U.S. government tried to stop the spread of capitalism.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 4

Which event is often considered the height of the nuclear arms race between the US and the Soviet Union?

Accepted Answer

Cuban Missile Crisis

Question 5

The U.S. was successful with containing the spread of communism in Vietnam during the Vietnam War.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 6

The U.S. and Soviet Union signed an agreement known as SALT II, but the U.S. Senate to ratify the treaty. Why not?

Accepted Answer

The Soviets had invaded Afghanistan.

Question 7

Which territory was controlled by Britain after World War I and lost land when the nation of Israel was created in 1948?

Accepted Answer

Palestine

Question 8

The primary purpose of the Marshall Plan was to

Accepted Answer

aid the economic recovery of war-torn Europe.

Question 9

Which technology was a product of the arms race following World War II?

Accepted Answer

the hydrogen bomb

Question 10

Which group was created during the Cold War to unify all of the member countries against communist aggression?

Accepted Answer

NATO

Question 11

When Winston Churchill said "an iron curtain has descended across the Continent" of Europe in 1946, what did he mean?

Accepted Answer

Part of Europe was being isolated from democracy.

Question 12

What was the name of the political movement dedicated to establishing a Jewish homeland in Palestine?

Accepted Answer

Zionism

Question 13

Which U.S. general helped lead the post war recovery plan in Japan?

Accepted Answer

Douglas McArthur

Question 14

In order to break the Soviet blockade against West Berlin in 1948, the United States and Great Britain

Accepted Answer

began an airlift designed to keep West Berlin supplied with goods

Question 15

During which U.S. presidency did the nuclear arms race begin?

Accepted Answer

Harry S. Truman

Question 16

The original purpose of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) was to

Accepted Answer

provide for a defense pact against possible Soviet aggression.

Question 17

The phrase "The Iron Curtain" is associated with what era of history?

Accepted Answer

Cold War

Question 18

Since the creation of Israel in 1948

Accepted Answer

there have been ongoing conflicts between Israel and the Arab world

Question 19

In Korea, The United States backed non-communist Koreans in the south, and

Accepted Answer

the Soviet and Chinese helped Korean communists gain power in the north.

Question 20

The "Manhattan Project" was the code name for the

Accepted Answer

U.S. plans to make an atomic bomb.

Question 21

This plan was instrumental in the economic recovery of Europe after WW2 and in gaining Cold War allies for the U.S.

Accepted Answer

Marshall Plan

Question 22

During the Space Race in the late 1950's, the United States was the first country to send a person into space.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 23

In 1948, the state of Israel was formed to give which group of people a homeland?

Accepted Answer

Jewish

The Cold War Era and the Creation of Israel

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