Cold War Quiz

Question 1 of 10

1

Josef Stalin, Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt met in Yalta, Ukraine to discuss what would happen after the war.

Select one of the following:

True
False

Explanation

Question 2 of 10

1

What does Cominform stand for?

Select one of the following:

Communist International Society
Communist Informat
Communist Information Bureau
Common International Bureau

Explanation

Question 3 of 10

1

Select from the dropdown lists to complete the text.

The US differed from the the USSR in terms of ideology; the US was ( capitalist, socialist ) and democratic, while the USSR was a dictatorship and ( communist, epistocratic ).

Explanation

Question 4 of 10

1

What was the alliance between the USSR and the main communist states in Eastern Europe in 1955 called?

Select one of the following:

Moscow Pact
Kellogg-Briand Pact
Krakow Pact
Warsaw Pact

Explanation

Question 5 of 10

1

The 'Domino effect' was the belief that if one country in an area fell to communism then the rest would fall too.

Select one of the following:

True
False

Explanation

Question 6 of 10

1

Select from the dropdown list to complete the text.

During the Cuban Missiile Crisis, Khrushchev agreed a ( $95, $100, $87, $125 ) million package of economic aid, military equipment and technical advisers to Castro.

Explanation

Question 7 of 10

1

Which US President launched Operation Rolling Thunder in 1965?

Select one of the following:

Dwight D. Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Richard Nixon

Explanation

Question 8 of 10

1

During the Vietnamese War, what percentage of African-Americans were drafted to fight?

Select one of the following:

30%
19%
29%
24%

Explanation

Question 9 of 10

1

In 1962, the US and USSR agreed the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT) to reduce the amount of nuclear weapons being produced.

Select one of the following:

True
False

Explanation

Question 10 of 10

1

Name the former Soviet Leader.

Select correct option below corresponding to the highlighted orange point

Jimmy Carter

Leonid Brezhnev

Mikhail Gorbachev

Boris Yeltsin

Nikita Khrushchev

	Created by Andrew Burke almost 7 years ago

Our last in the series of learning resources about the Cold War, this quiz tests your knowledge on the basic events and players of the cold war. Make sure to find all our other Cold War learning resources so that you'll have learnt all the details tested in this quiz.

Cold War Quiz

Question 1 of 10

Josef Stalin, Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt met in Yalta, Ukraine to discuss what would happen after the war.

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 2 of 10

What does Cominform stand for?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 3 of 10

Select from the dropdown lists to complete the text.

The US differed from the the USSR in terms of ideology; the US was capitalist socialist( capitalist, socialist ) and democratic, while the USSR was a dictatorship and communist epistocratic( communist, epistocratic ).

Explanation

Question 4 of 10

What was the alliance between the USSR and the main communist states in Eastern Europe in 1955 called?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 5 of 10

The 'Domino effect' was the belief that if one country in an area fell to communism then the rest would fall too.

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 6 of 10

Select from the dropdown list to complete the text.

During the Cuban Missiile Crisis, Khrushchev agreed a $95 $100 $87 $125( $95, $100, $87, $125 ) million package of economic aid, military equipment and technical advisers to Castro.

Explanation

Question 7 of 10

Which US President launched Operation Rolling Thunder in 1965?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 8 of 10

During the Vietnamese War, what percentage of African-Americans were drafted to fight?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 9 of 10

In 1962, the US and USSR agreed the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT) to reduce the amount of nuclear weapons being produced.

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 10 of 10

Name the former Soviet Leader.

Select correct option below corresponding to the highlighted orange point

Explanation

The US differed from the the USSR in terms of ideology; the US was ( capitalist, socialist ) and democratic, while the USSR was a dictatorship and ( communist, epistocratic ).

During the Cuban Missiile Crisis, Khrushchev agreed a ( $95, $100, $87, $125 ) million package of economic aid, military equipment and technical advisers to Castro.