How Well Do You Know the Cold War?

The Cold War is widely believed to have begun shortly after the end of what major military conflict?

• World War I

• Korean War

• Vietnam War

• World War II

What did President Truman demand the USSR do on March 10th, 1946?

• Withdraw troops from Afghanistan

• Declare if it had nuclear weapons

• Withdraw troops from Iran

• Sign a nuclear disarmament treaty

The Korean War lasted from 1950–53. Which side did the Soviet Union support during the war?

• They did not participate

• South Korea

• The United Nations

• North Korea

In 1948, the USSR placed a blockade between Western Germany and Western Berlin, cutting the US and Britain off from supplies. What did the Soviet Union demand the two countries do in order for them to lift the blockade?

• Abandon a newly introduced currency in Germany

• Withdraw troops from Iran

• Sign a nuclear disarmament treaty

• Withdraw troops from Germany

Beginning in 1946, what side of the Chinese Civil War was American troops fighting for?

• Communist Party of China

• People's Liberation Army

• They did not participate

• Republic of China

The Vietnam War was fought between North Vietnam and South Vietnam. Which side was communist?

• North Vietnam

• Neither

• Both

• South Vietnam

During the 1940s and 1950s in the United States, if someone was said to be engaging in "McCarthyism", what was that person doing?

• Speaking poorly of capitalism

• Accusing people of being a communist

• Running an electoral campaign for Senator Joseph McCarthy

• Sending military secrets to the USSR

The organization "Comecon" or "Council for Mutual Economic Assistance" was established in 1949 and lasted until 1991. What was it?

• A trade pact between the USA and USSR

• An American run economic organization including Western countries and capitalist states

• An international student-debt relief program

• Soviet run economic organization including socialist and Eastern Bloc states

What were the members of the Hollywood Ten (a group of screenwriters and directors from Hollywood) sent to prison for in 1947?

• Sending film trade secrets to the USSR

• Vandalizing Joseph McCarthy's house with toilet paper

• Working for Soviet film productions

• Refusing to answer questions about their communist ties

What was the believed purpose of Project A119?

• Send a Soviet cosmonaut to the Moon

• Disarmament treaty between the USA and Soviet Union

• Detonate a nuclear bomb on the Moon

• Detonate a nuclear bomb in the USSR

The Bay of Pigs Invasion is another name for the attempted and aborted American invasion of what country in 1961?

• North Korea

• Cuba

• China

• Vietnam

Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1961?

• Mikhail Gorbachev

• Nikita Khrushchev

• Georgy Malenkov

• Leonid Brezhnev

What U.S. president famously said "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall" during his Berlin Wall Speech in 1987?

• Jimmy Carter

• Gerald Ford

• Ronald Reagan

• Richard Nixon

The Cold War ended with the fall of the Soviet Union, which occurred on December 26th of what year?

• 1992

• 1990

• 1991

• 1989

Which film in the Rocky series takes place during the Cold War era in the 1980s and is widely considered to be symbolic of the Cold War itself?

• Rocky III

• Rocky II

• Rocky V

• Rocky IV