Cold War

Question 1

What is the organization dedicated to finding peaceful solutions to international conflicts...

Accepted Answer

United Nations

Question 2

Who coined the term, "Iron Curtain"?

Accepted Answer

Winston Churchill

Question 3

What year did the Cold War begin?

Accepted Answer

1945

Question 4

What is the term for falsely accusing someone of being a communist??

Accepted Answer

McCarthyism

Question 5

The concern of communism spreading throughout Asia was known as….

Accepted Answer

The Domino Theory

Question 6

The Soviet response to the Marshall Plan was called...

Accepted Answer

The Molotov Plan

Question 7

Communist countries throughout Eastern Europe created an alliance known as...

Accepted Answer

Warsaw Pact

Question 8

What was the Marshall Plan?

Accepted Answer

an economic plan to get Europe back on its feet after WWII

Question 9

How did the US plan to stop the spread of communism?

Accepted Answer

Containment

Question 10

What were Americans so afraid of during the Cold War?

Accepted Answer

Nuclear attack and Communists

Question 11

Why was NATO created?

Accepted Answer

to provide collective security against the Soviet Union

Question 12

Where Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin met to discuss postwar plans

Accepted Answer

Yalta Conference

Question 13

North Korea was democratic and backed by the USA:

Accepted Answer

False

Question 14

Who were the two major leaders early on in the Cold War?

Accepted Answer

Stalin & Truman

Question 15

The US response to the Berlin blockade was...

Accepted Answer

Airlift all necessary supplies into Berlin

Question 16

The Cold War was fought because of what?

Accepted Answer

Ideology

Question 17

Which of the following countries were greatly affected by the Cold War?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 18

When did Russia successfully test their first nuclear weapon?

Accepted Answer

1949

Question 19

What does MAD stand for?

Accepted Answer

Mutually Assured Destruction

Question 20

When Japanese control of Korea ended as a result of World War II, Korea was...

Accepted Answer

Divided at the 38th parallel with Soviet and U.S. occupation

Questions 20