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

• World War II

• Korean War

• Vietnam War

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

• 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?

• 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?

• 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?

• 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?

• 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?

• 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?

• 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?

• 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?

• 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?

• China

• Cuba

• Vietnam

• North Korea

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

• 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?

• 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?

• 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?

• Rocky V

• Rocky III

• Rocky II

• Rocky IV