This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 12 > Class 12 History Chapter 10 The Cold War Era – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 12 History Chapter 10 The Cold War Era Quiz 5 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. These were the opposing superpowers during the Cold War years A) China and Russia. B) Cuba and Russia. C) USA and Russia. D) Iran and Russia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) USA and Russia. 2. How did the Truman Doctrine affect US foreign policy? A) The US stopped helping other countries. B) The US began supporting countries threatened by communism. C) The US joined the Soviet Union. D) The US built the Berlin Wall. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The US began supporting countries threatened by communism. 3. This country was established in the Middle East in 1948 to allow Jewish refugees to make a home. The Arab nations will not recognize this nation. This country is: A) Palestine. B) Germany. C) Lithuania. D) Israel. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Israel. 4. Which term describes a country that is less economically developed and often dependent on more developed countries? A) Superpower. B) Satellite state. C) Third-World Country. D) Blockade. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Third-World Country. 5. Who was the United States Senator who went on a hunt in the U.S. for communist. A) Nikita Khrushchev. B) Joseph McCarthy. C) Joseph Stalin. D) JFK. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Joseph McCarthy. 6. What structure symbolizes the Cold War? A) The Iron Curtain. B) Sputnik I. C) The Berlin Wall. D) World Trade Center. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Berlin Wall. 7. The tensions that emerged after World War II led to a conflict that dominated US foreign policy for how long? A) Weeks. B) Decades. C) Months. D) A century. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Decades. 8. Based on the idea that financial prosperity usually leads to the adoption of democratic practices A) Long Telegram/"The Sources of Soviet Conduct" article. B) Iron Curtain speech. C) Truman Doctrine. D) Marshall Plan. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Marshall Plan. 9. What was the purpose of the United Nations? A) An agreement to help Soviet Union conquer more countries. B) To promote peace, prevent future wars, fight for justice, freedom, etc. C) A treaty to punish Germany for the Cold War. D) Provide shelter for future nuclear attacks. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To promote peace, prevent future wars, fight for justice, freedom, etc. 10. Who among the following leaders nationalized the Suez Canal? A) Sukarno. B) Kwame Nkrumah. C) Gamal Abdel Nasser. D) Josip Broz Tito. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gamal Abdel Nasser. 11. What was the U.S. response to the Soviet Union placing nuclear missiles in Cuba? A) Launching a military invasion. B) Issuing a public ultimatum. C) Negotiating a trade agreement. D) Ignoring the situation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Issuing a public ultimatum. 12. Which city was divided by Communist and Democratic forces during the Cold War? A) Berlin. B) Seoul. C) Moscow. D) Beijing. E) Havana. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Berlin. 13. Who was the Soviet leader during the Cuban Missile Crisis that John F. Kennedy stood against? A) Joseph Stalin. B) Robert F. Kennedy. C) Nikita Krushchev. D) Mikhail Gorbachev. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nikita Krushchev. 14. According to the table, what was the amount of aid (in $ millions) provided to Belgium and Luxembourg combined in 1949/50? A) 195. B) 222. C) 360. D) 777. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 222. 15. The Viet Cong used irregular troops to carry out ambush attacks and sabotage before blending into civilian population. This is a tactic known as ..... A) Guerilla Warfare. B) Ninjas. C) Strategic Threat. D) Linkage. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Guerilla Warfare. 16. What was the reason for Cold war? A) Emergence of the USA and the USSR as two super Power Rival to each other. B) Conflict between US and USSR. C) Alliance between France and the USSR. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Emergence of the USA and the USSR as two super Power Rival to each other. 17. ..... is a situation during a conflict when action stops because both sides are equally powerful and neither will give in. A) Demilitarized Zone. B) Stalemate. C) Airlift. D) Iron Curtain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stalemate. 18. Area separating North and South Korea where no military vehicles can pass through A) 38th parallel. B) DMZ. C) MAD. D) Tet Offensive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) DMZ. 19. Which two superpowers were primarily involved in the Cold War? A) United States and China. B) United States and Soviet Union. C) United Kingdom and France. D) Germany and Japan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) United States and Soviet Union. 20. Nikita Khrushchev A) Leader of the Soviet Union during part of the Cold War. B) First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964. C) President of the United States during the Cold War. D) Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during World War II. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Leader of the Soviet Union during part of the Cold War. 21. What was the Prague Spring? A) A cultural festival held in Prague in 1968. B) A military invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968. C) A political movement in Hungary during the same year. D) A period of political liberalization in Czechoslovakia in 1968. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A period of political liberalization in Czechoslovakia in 1968. 22. The soviets launched the first man-made satellite, marked the beginning of what becomes known as the space race A) Sputnik. B) Sputnik 2. C) Molniya. D) Almaz. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sputnik. 23. Soviet leader from 1920s-1953. Hardline, totalitarian Communist leader. A) Joseph Stalin. B) Nikita Khruschev. C) Boris Yeltsin. D) Joseph McCarthy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Joseph Stalin. 24. What was the primary purpose of the Truman Doctrine? A) To promote free trade across the globe. B) To provide military and economic aid to countries resisting communism. C) To establish a global peacekeeping force. D) To create a new world order based on democratic principles. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To provide military and economic aid to countries resisting communism. 25. What was the process used by Nixon of gradually withdrawing U.S. troops while South Vietnam took over the fighting in Vietnam? A) Vietnamization. B) Detente. C) Brinkmanship. D) Massive Retaliation. 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