Test Your Knowledge: The Cold War (1)

Question 1

1/11

Which event marked the beginning of the Cold War?

Yalta Conference

Answer

Berlin Wall construction

Answer

Hiroshima bombing

Answer

Russian Revolution

Question 2

2/11

When did the Cold War officially end?

1991

1989

1975

2001

Answer

John F. Kennedy

Answer

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Answer

Richard Nixon

Answer

Leonid Brezhnev

Answer

Vladimir Putin

Answer

Mikhail Gorbachev

Answer

Truman Doctrine

Answer

Bretton Woods Agreement

Answer

Soviet Union

Answer

Czechoslovakia

Answer

Fascism vs Socialism

Answer

Monarchy vs Democracy

Answer

Nationalism vs Imperialism

Answer

United Kingdom

Answer

Iron Curtain

Answer

Patriot Act

Answer

Operation Desert Storm

Question 3

3/11

Which US president is associated with the policy of containment during the Cold War?

Harry S. Truman

Question 4

4/11

What was the name of the first satellite launched into space during the Cold War?

Sputnik 1

Voyager 1

Apollo 11

Skylab

Question 5

5/11

Which country was divided into North and South during the Cold War?

Vietnam

Germany

Korea

Cambodia

Question 6

6/11

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

Nikita Khrushchev

Question 7

7/11

What was the name of the policy proposed by US President Truman to provide financial aid to rebuild war-torn Europe?

Marshall Plan

NATO Pact

Question 8

8/11

Which of the following was not a member of the Warsaw Pact?

Germany

Poland

Question 9

9/11

What was the primary ideological conflict between the US and USSR during the Cold War?

Capitalism vs Communism

Question 10

10/11

Which country emerged as a superpower after World War II, challenging the US in global dominance?

Japan

China

Soviet Union

Question 11

11/11

What was the name of the missile defense system proposed by the US during the Cold War?

Star Wars