This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 12 > Class 12 History Chapter 10 The Cold War Era – Quiz 40 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 12 History Chapter 10 The Cold War Era Quiz 40 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Choose the correct year.The year Gorbachev's reforms of glasnost and perestroika are in full effect in the USSR. A) 1917. B) 1988. C) 2010. D) 1944. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1988. 2. Who stopped the Cold War? A) France and Germany. B) United States and the Soviet Union. C) United Kingdom and Italy. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) United States and the Soviet Union. 3. The Western Alliance headed by US represented the ideology of ..... A) Capitalism. B) Liberal Democracy. C) Socialism and Communism. D) Both (a) and (b). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both (a) and (b). 4. What did the domino theory state? A) All states should bow down to US economic practices. B) If one state falls to communism, the others around it will fall to communism too. C) One country can control the future of all other countries around it. D) Outside forces are stronger than individual states. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) If one state falls to communism, the others around it will fall to communism too. 5. What was the fear regarding communism in post-WWII Europe? A) That communism would be completely eradicated. B) That communism would only affect wealthy nations. C) That communism could spread due to poor economic conditions. D) That communism would become a dominant economic system worldwide. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) That communism could spread due to poor economic conditions. 6. Why did the U.S turn to military action to stop communist aggression in Korea and Vietnam? A) Desire for territorial expansion. B) Economic interests. C) Policy of containment. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Policy of containment. 7. What did the Soviets have built around West Berlin to prevent defections and western culture from spreading?!?! A) The Berlin Wall. B) The Brandenburg Blockade. C) The Great barrier of 1961. D) The Eastern Front. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Berlin Wall. 8. Identify the leader who was not a founder member of NAM (Non-Aligned Movement). A) Jawaharlal Nehru. B) Sukarno. C) Gamal Abdel Nasser. D) Nikita Khrushchev. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nikita Khrushchev. 9. Write the main countries of Axis Powers A) Germany, France and Britain. B) Germany, Japan, and U.S. C) Germany, Japan and Italy. D) Non of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Germany, Japan and Italy. 10. Did the U.S. support capitalism or communism? A) Capitalism. B) Communism. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Capitalism. 11. Which of the following Asian nations were the FIRST to have a successful communist uprising in 1949? A) Japan. B) China. C) Vietnam. D) Laos. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) China. 12. What was Sputnik? A) The first living creature (a dog) in space. B) The first satellite launched into space. C) The nickname given to people from the Soviet Union. D) A secret code name for a group of American spies. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The first satellite launched into space. 13. Which plan was implemented to aid Western European countries in rebuilding their economies after World War II? A) Warsaw Pact. B) Marshall Plan. C) Iron Curtain. D) Space Race. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Marshall Plan. 14. Read the following sentence and decide which of the options (A-D) is correct. Even though peace talks had been in progress for nearly three years, President Thieu authorized bombing after North Vietnamese attacks. A) Change "Thieu" to "Nixon". B) Change "three" to "two". C) Change "North Vietnamese" to American. D) The statement is correct as is. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The statement is correct as is. 15. The ..... came to be known as the peak point of the Cold War. A) Cuban Missile Crisis. B) US-USSR Arms conflict. C) Hiroshima and Nagasaki Event. D) Both (a) and (b). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cuban Missile Crisis. 16. India is a ..... world country. A) First. B) Second. C) Third. D) Fourth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Third. 17. The division of the world into two camps and the emergence of two power blocs led by multiple allies has also been referred to as ..... in the political arena. A) Multipolarity. B) Bipolarity. C) Unipolarity. D) Both (a) and (b). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bipolarity. 18. Which event marked the official beginning of U.S. combat operations in Vietnam? A) The Gulf of Tonkin Incident. B) The Tet Offensive. C) The signing of the Geneva Accords. D) The Battle of Dien Bien Phu. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Gulf of Tonkin Incident. 19. The Tet offensive happened in what year A) 1965. B) 1966. C) 1967. D) 1968. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1968. 20. Which factor most directly increased military spending and strained the USSR's economy? A) Domino Theory in neighboring states. B) Gorbachev's leadership changes. C) Border independence movements. D) Cold War tensions with rival powers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cold War tensions with rival powers. 21. Compare the economic systems of the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War. A) Both had capitalist economies. B) The U.S. had a capitalist economy, while the Soviet Union had a communist economy. C) Both had communist economies. D) The U.S. had a feudal economy, while the Soviet Union had a capitalist economy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The U.S. had a capitalist economy, while the Soviet Union had a communist economy. 22. Otis Boykin's resistors were used in which of the following technologies? A) Smartphones. B) Guided missile systems. C) Solar panels. D) Electric cars. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Guided missile systems. 23. The purpose of "containment" was to ..... A) Stop the spread of democracy. B) Stop the spread of hate. C) Stop global warming. D) Stop the spread of communism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stop the spread of communism. 24. The baby boom of the 50's and 60's had its most significant impact on: A) The new construction of housing and schools. B) The rebirth of urban areas. C) The recruitment of young men into the armed forces. D) The decrease of child labor in factories. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The new construction of housing and schools. 25. Which problem made many Russians furious with the czar during World War I? A) Heavy battlefield losses and casualties. B) High harvests and rising food prices. C) New freedoms granted to all peasants. 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