Cold War Quiz
One can't talk about the events of the 20th century without going into great detail about the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the United States of America. The Cold War is one of the most interesting conflicts in human history. While it was a cold war, don't let the name fool you though; this long lasting conflict resulted in the deaths of many people worldwide even though it never did lead to direct war between the two superpowers. Proximity wars were fought across the globe, nuclear weapons were stockpiled, and there was a race to develop the technology needed to bring about space travel.
Beginning with the end of World War II up until the fall of the Soviet Union, the tense conflict was the most important event happening in the world for half a century. To see how well you know your history, go ahead and take this Cold War quiz to see how well you would fare.
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Cold War Quiz Questions
The Cold War is widely believed to have begun shortly after the end of what major military conflict?
Vietnam War
World War I
Korean War
World War II
What did President Truman demand the USSR do on March 10th, 1946?
Withdraw troops from Afghanistan
Withdraw troops from Iran
Sign a nuclear disarmament treaty
Declare if it had nuclear weapons
The Korean War lasted from 1950–53. Which side did the Soviet Union support during the war?
The United Nations
They did not participate
North Korea
South 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?
Withdraw troops from Germany
Sign a nuclear disarmament treaty
Withdraw troops from Iran
Abandon a newly introduced currency in Germany
Beginning in 1946, what side of the Chinese Civil War was American troops fighting for?
Communist Party of China
Republic of China
They did not participate
People's Liberation Army
The Vietnam War was fought between North Vietnam and South Vietnam. Which side was communist?
Both
South Vietnam
Neither
North Vietnam
During the 1940s and 1950s in the United States, if someone was said to be engaging in "McCarthyism", what was that person doing?
Accusing people of being a communist
Speaking poorly of capitalism
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?
Soviet run economic organization including socialist and Eastern Bloc states
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
What were the members of the Hollywood Ten (a group of screenwriters and directors from Hollywood) sent to prison for in 1947?
Refusing to answer questions about their communist ties
Sending film trade secrets to the USSR
Vandalizing Joseph McCarthy's house with toilet paper
Working for Soviet film productions
What was the believed purpose of Project A119?
Detonate a nuclear bomb on the Moon
Detonate a nuclear bomb in the USSR
Disarmament treaty between the USA and Soviet Union
Send a Soviet cosmonaut to the Moon
The Bay of Pigs Invasion is another name for the attempted and aborted American invasion of what country in 1961?
Vietnam
Cuba
China
North Korea
Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1961?
Mikhail Gorbachev
Georgy Malenkov
Leonid Brezhnev
Nikita Khrushchev
What U.S. president famously said "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall" during his Berlin Wall Speech in 1987?
Gerald Ford
Richard Nixon
Jimmy Carter
Ronald Reagan
The Cold War ended with the fall of the Soviet Union, which occurred on December 26th of what year?
1991
1989
1990
1992
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
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