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How Well Do You Know the Cold War?

Do you know anything about this long lasting conflict?
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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?

Cold War Quiz Cold War
  • World War I

  • World War II

  • Korean War

  • Vietnam War

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

Cold War Quiz Harry S. Truman
  • Sign a nuclear disarmament treaty

  • Withdraw troops from Iran

  • Withdraw troops from Afghanistan

  • Declare if it had nuclear weapons

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

Cold War Quiz americans in Korean War1
  • The United Nations

  • South Korea

  • North Korea

  • They did not participate

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?

Cold War Quiz berlin blockade
  • Withdraw troops from Germany

  • Withdraw troops from Iran

  • Abandon a newly introduced currency in Germany

  • Sign a nuclear disarmament treaty

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

Cold War Quiz Mao Zedong
  • They did not participate

  • Communist Party of China

  • Republic of China

  • People's Liberation Army

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

Cold War Quiz Soldiers Vietnam War
  • Neither

  • Both

  • North Vietnam

  • 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?

Cold War Quiz Joseph Mccarthy
  • Speaking poorly of capitalism

  • Sending military secrets to the USSR

  • Running an electoral campaign for Senator Joseph McCarthy

  • Accusing people of being a communist

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

Cold War Quiz Cold War Checkpoint Charlie Gettyimages 2636444 942a29c91c8f43819a28a3d453709bd7
  • A trade pact between the USA and USSR

  • Soviet run economic organization including socialist and Eastern Bloc states

  • 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?

Cold War Quiz Hollywood Ten
  • Sending film trade secrets to the USSR

  • Vandalizing Joseph McCarthy's house with toilet paper

  • Refusing to answer questions about their communist ties

  • Working for Soviet film productions

What was the believed purpose of Project A119?

Cold War Quiz Statue Of Liberty, New York City, USA, Moon, Moon
  • Disarmament treaty between the USA and Soviet Union

  • Detonate a nuclear bomb in the USSR

  • Send a Soviet cosmonaut to the Moon

  • Detonate a nuclear bomb on the Moon

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

Cold War Quiz bay of pigs
  • China

  • Cuba

  • Vietnam

  • North Korea

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

Cold War Quiz cuban missile crisis
  • Leonid Brezhnev

  • Georgy Malenkov

  • Mikhail Gorbachev

  • Nikita Khrushchev

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

Cold War Quiz West German Berlin Wall
  • Richard Nixon

  • Ronald Reagan

  • Gerald Ford

  • Jimmy Carter

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

Cold War Quiz Russia Soviet Union
  • 1989

  • 1991

  • 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?

Cold War Quiz Rocky IV
  • Rocky V

  • Rocky III

  • Rocky II

  • Rocky IV

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