US History Cold War Test 1

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What is this test? for History practice (US/World/State), USA — K-12 to University (USA History) level, USA — Us History.
For all levels (Elementary to University) studying History in the USA
Section: History Cold War (Us History) · Education: K-12 to University · Part: History Cold War (Us History) · Country: USA · Region: USA — Us History

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Question 1

Which of the following best defines NATO?

A) Western military alliance

B) trade union

C) sports league

D) Asian pact

Question 2

When was the Korean War?

A) 1941-1945

B) 1950-1953

C) 1965-1973

D) 1990-1991

Question 3

Which doctrine was "massive retaliation"?

A) Kennedy

B) Nixon

C) Eisenhower

D) Truman

Question 4

What was McCarthyism?

A) space program

B) tax reform

C) art movement

D) anti-communist suspicion campaigns

Question 5

Which term means "US-Soviet competition in space"?

A) the Space Race

B) the Truman Doctrine (1947)

C) the Marshall Plan

D) the Bay of Pigs (1961)

Question 6

Which term means "1947 aid doctrine"?

A) the Truman Doctrine (1947)

B) Truman Doctrine

C) the Marshall Plan

D) the Bay of Pigs (1961)

Question 7

What best defines the Space Race?

A) Olympics

B) Trade race

C) US-Soviet competition in space

D) Arms race

Question 8

Name the Soviet leader who started reforms in the 1980s.

A) Stalin

B) Brezhnev

C) Khrushchev

D) Mikhail Gorbachev

Question 9

In which year did the USSR fall?

A) 1991

B) 2000

C) 1980

D) 1975

Question 10

What was the Truman Doctrine (1947)?

A) Nuclear ban

B) Support free peoples against communism

C) Free trade

D) Isolationism

Question 11

What was the space race prize?

A) space station

B) Mars landing

C) first Moon landing 1969

D) first satellite only

Question 12

What best defines Korean War?

A) WWII battle

B) Vietnam

C) Gulf war

D) 1950 to 1953 clash

Question 13

What was Cuban Missile Crisis?

A) 1962 standoff

B) Bay win

C) Missile gift

D) Trade deal

Question 14

Which of the following best defines containment?

A) Attacking Moscow

B) Blocking Soviet spread

C) Leaving NATO

D) Cutting defense

Question 15

Which alliance was the Western bloc?

A) SEATO

B) OAS

C) NATO

D) Warsaw Pact

Question 16

Provide the definition of NATO:

A) trade union

B) sports league

C) Asian pact

D) Western military alliance

Question 17

What best defines glasnost?

A) Openness policy

B) Crackdown

C) No change

D) War plan

Question 18

What best defines Gorbachev's role?

A) Hardliner

B) Reforms ending

C) No role

D) War starter

Question 19

Which term means "Failed CIA invasion of Cuba"?

A) the Truman Doctrine (1947)

B) the Marshall Plan

C) the Bay of Pigs (1961)

D) the Tet Offensive (1968)

Question 20

What was glasnost?

A) Crackdown

B) No change

C) War plan

D) Openness policy

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