The Cold War (Foreign Policy) Test
study guide Exam Question & Answers
2025
Who was the cold war a conflict between? - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔The USA and USSR
Why did Winston Churchill say that an "Iron Curtain" had descended
across Europe after World War II? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The
Soviets established "satellite nations", which Churchill and other
western democracies saw as a threat to democracy throughout the
world
While the dates of the Cold War are usually given between 1945 and
1990, a number of historians will tell you that it actually started with
Stalin's distrust of the U.S. and Britain while allies in World War II -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔True
Which countries occupied Germany after WWII? - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔US, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union
Which two conflicts were a direct result of the US Containment policy?
- CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The Korean War and the Vietnam War
How much money did americans spend on the Marshall Plan to rebuild
Europe after World War II? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔13 Billion
, The Cold War (Foreign Policy) Test
study guide Exam Question & Answers
2025
What is NATO? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔North Atlantic Treaty
Organization
Only once or twice did we get close to nuclear war with one time being
the.... - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Cuban Missile Crisis
What was the Domino Effect? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The idea
that if one key nation in a region fell to control of communists, others
would follow like toppling dominoes. The theory was used by many
American leaders to justify American intervention in the Vietnam War.
In what South American country did the US support rebels to
overthrow the leftist governments (Governments that supported
Communism)? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Nicaragua
In what two countries did the Soviet Union crush uprising (rebellions) in
Europe? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Hungry and Czechoslovakia
What is the Warsaw Pact? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A defense
treaty signed in Warsaw, Poland between the Soviet Union and seven
Eastern Bloc satellite states of Central and Eastern Europe in May 1955,
during the Cold War.
study guide Exam Question & Answers
2025
Who was the cold war a conflict between? - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔The USA and USSR
Why did Winston Churchill say that an "Iron Curtain" had descended
across Europe after World War II? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The
Soviets established "satellite nations", which Churchill and other
western democracies saw as a threat to democracy throughout the
world
While the dates of the Cold War are usually given between 1945 and
1990, a number of historians will tell you that it actually started with
Stalin's distrust of the U.S. and Britain while allies in World War II -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔True
Which countries occupied Germany after WWII? - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔US, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union
Which two conflicts were a direct result of the US Containment policy?
- CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The Korean War and the Vietnam War
How much money did americans spend on the Marshall Plan to rebuild
Europe after World War II? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔13 Billion
, The Cold War (Foreign Policy) Test
study guide Exam Question & Answers
2025
What is NATO? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔North Atlantic Treaty
Organization
Only once or twice did we get close to nuclear war with one time being
the.... - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Cuban Missile Crisis
What was the Domino Effect? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The idea
that if one key nation in a region fell to control of communists, others
would follow like toppling dominoes. The theory was used by many
American leaders to justify American intervention in the Vietnam War.
In what South American country did the US support rebels to
overthrow the leftist governments (Governments that supported
Communism)? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Nicaragua
In what two countries did the Soviet Union crush uprising (rebellions) in
Europe? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Hungry and Czechoslovakia
What is the Warsaw Pact? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A defense
treaty signed in Warsaw, Poland between the Soviet Union and seven
Eastern Bloc satellite states of Central and Eastern Europe in May 1955,
during the Cold War.
