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Check for Understanding: Cold War Causes and Alliances
Objective 1: Ideologies and Causes of the Cold War
Directions: Please answer the questions below to help you assess how well you
understand this objective.
1. Why did the United States and the Soviet Union disagree after WWII?
a) The United States wanted Germany to pay for war reparations and the Soviet Union did
not.
b) The Soviet Union wanted to divide Germany while the United States did not.
c) The Soviet Union was in favor of a capitalist Europe and the U.S. disagreed.
d) The United States wanted the Soviets to invade France.
2. The United States and the USSR distrusted each other after World War II for all of the
following reasons except
a) The United States had hesitated to open a second front during the war to help save the Soviet
Union from a German invasion
b) The United States had granted postwar loans to Great Britain but not to the USSR
c) The United States and Great Britain had not shared nuclear research with the Soviet Union
during the war
d) The United States and Great Britain had wanted to assassinate Stalin during the war
3. Which of the following BEST describes the Cold War between the United States and the
Communist bloc countries?
a) a contest for military superiority through the use of conventional and nuclear weapons
b) an ideological contest of ideas—capitalism vs. communism
c) a technological contest between East and West to establish technological and national
superiority
d) All of the above
4. The Cold War was
a) The proxy war between the USA and China after the Gulf of Tonkin incident.
b) A conflict of intimidation and alliances in the years between WWII and the 1990s between
the USA and USSR.
c) A type of war when the sides use their allies instead of fighting directly.
d) A war fought in the frigid climates of the far north or far south
5. The policy of “containment” is best defined as:
a) A U.S. policy giving money and food aid to countries to ensure that they are loyal allies.
b) A U.S. policy of preventing the spread of Communism to new countries, while not
interfering in already-Communist countries.
c) A Soviet policy of building an “iron curtain” in Europe to prevent the spread of Western
ideas to Soviet satellite nations.
d) The surrounding of an enemy city with an army to cut off supplies and food.
6. During the Yalta conference:
a) all countries involved agreed with each other and it was easy to make decisions.
b) the Soviet Union threatened to invade England.
c) the treaty that ended WWII was signed.
d) the countries involved disagreed with each other which eventually led to conflict amongst
the countries.
7. The Iron Curtain was symbolic of:
a) the friendship between the communist West and capitalist East.
b) the hardships endured by protestors at Tiananmen Square.
c) the conflicts between Israel and Palestine.
d) the division between the communist East and capitalist West.
8. What was the impact of the Berlin Wall?
a) East Berliners were not able to migrate to West Berlin.
b) Germany started a civil war in 1963.
c) The FMLN invaded Berlin.
d) Stalin was overthrown because people disagreed with the wall.
Answer Key
2. Why did the United States and the Soviet Union disagree after WWII?
a) The United States wanted Germany to pay for war reparations and the Soviet Union did
not.
b) The Soviet Union wanted to divide Germany while the United States did not.
c) The Soviet Union was in favor of a capitalist Europe and the U.S. disagreed.
d) The United States wanted the Soviets to invade France.
2. The United States and the USSR distrusted each other after World War II for all of the
following reasons except
a) The United States had hesitated to open a second front during the war to help save the
Soviet Union from a German invasion
b) The United States had granted postwar loans to Great Britain but not to the USSR
c) The United States and Great Britain had not shared nuclear research with the Soviet
Union during the war
d) The United States and Great Britain had wanted to assassinate Stalin during the war
3. Which of the following BEST describes the Cold War between the United States and the
Communist bloc countries?
e) a contest for military superiority through the use of conventional and nuclear weapons
f) an ideological contest of ideas—capitalism vs. communism
g) a technological contest between East and West to establish technological and national
superiority
h) All of the above
4. The Cold War was
e) The proxy war between the USA and China after the Gulf of Tonkin incident.
f) A conflict of intimidation and alliances in the years between WWII and the 1990s
between the USA and USSR.
g) A type of war when the sides use their allies instead of fighting directly.
h) A war fought in the frigid climates of the far north or far south
5. The policy of “containment” is best defined as:
a. A U.S. policy giving money and food aid to countries to ensure that they are loyal
allies.
b. A U.S. policy of preventing the spread of Communism to new countries, while not
interfering in already-Communist countries.
c. A Soviet policy of building an “iron curtain” in Europe to prevent the spread of
Western ideas to Soviet satellite nations.
d. The surrounding of an enemy city with an army to cut off supplies and food.
6. During the Yalta conference:
a)
b)
c)
d)
all countries involved agreed with each other and it was easy to make decisions.
the Soviet Union threatened to invade England.
the treaty that ended WWII was signed.
the countries involved disagreed with each other which eventually led to conflict amongst
the countries.
7. The Iron Curtain was symbolic of:
a)
b)
c)
d)
the friendship between the communist West and capitalist East.
the hardships endured by protestors at Tiananmen Square.
the conflicts between Israel and Palestine.
the division between the communist East and capitalist West.
8. What was the impact of the Berlin Wall?
e)
f)
g)
h)
East Berliners were not able to migrate to West Berlin.
Germany started a civil war in 1963.
The FMLN invaded Berlin.
Stalin was overthrown because people disagreed with the wall.