1. When did the Cold War officially begin?
a. 1945
b. 1950
c. 1947
d. 1960
2. Which countries were the two main rivals during the Cold War?
a. United States and Soviet Union
b. Germany and France
c. China and Japan
d. United Kingdom and Italy
3. Which event marked the end of the Cold War?
a. Fall of the Berlin Wall
b. Cuban Missile Crisis
c. Korean War
d. Vietnam War
4. What was the policy of containment during the Cold War?
a. Preventing the spread of communism
b. Encouraging the spread of democracy
c. Promoting capitalism in foreign countries
d. Allowing Soviet expansion
5. Who coined the term "Iron Curtain" to describe the divide between Western Europe and Eastern Europe during the Cold War?
a. Winston Churchill
b. Franklin D. Roosevelt
c. Joseph Stalin
d. Nikita Khrushchev
6. Which US president implemented the policy of detente during the Cold War?
a. John F. Kennedy
b. Richard Nixon
c. Dwight D. Eisenhower
d. Ronald Reagan
7. What was the purpose of the Marshall Plan during the Cold War?
a. Rebuilding Europe after World War II
b. Containing the spread of communism
c. Developing nuclear weapons
d. Promoting free trade
8. What was the name of the military alliance formed by Western countries during the Cold War?
a. NATO
b. Warsaw Pact
c. SEATO
d. OAS
9. Which event sparked the Cuban Missile Crisis?
a. Bay of Pigs invasion
b. Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
c. US blockade of Cuba
d. Discovery of Soviet missiles in Cuba
10. Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
a. Joseph Stalin
b. Nikita Khrushchev
c. Leonid Brezhnev
d. Mikhail Gorbachev
Cold War quiz 8.47 grade
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