1) international organization formed after WWII to serve as a peacekeeper in world conflicts a) arms race b) United Nations c) Warsaw Pact d) Containment 2) US policy that gave military and economic aid to countries threatened by communism a) arms race b) NATO c) Marshall Plan (1948) d) Truman Doctrine 3) Program proposed by General George Marshall, to help European countries rebuild after WWII; the US offered economic aid to the war-torn countries a) Marshall Plan (1948) b) The Rosenbergs c) McCarthyism d) Truman Doctrine 4) North Atlantic Treaty Organization - a military alliance formed between the US, Canada and ten western European countries a) Berlin Airlift b) United Nations c) Truman Doctrine d) NATO 5) US operation that flew flood and supplies into West Berlin after the Soviet Union set up a blockade in 1948 a) arms race b) Sputnik (1957) c) Berlin Airlift d) Domino Theory 6) the foreign policy that the US should prevent communism from spreading to other nations a) The Rosenbergs b) Containment c) Joseph McCarthy d) Sputnik (1957) 7) After WWII, Korea was divided between North and South at the 38th parallel; N. Korea (communist) invaded S. Korea (democratic) in 1950 - the US sent troops to help out the S. Koreans; in 1953, the war ended in a stalemate but S. Kora remained a deomcracy a) The Rosenbergs b) Domino Theory c) Containment d) Korean War (1950-1953) 8) a competition between the US and USSR for superior weapons technology; began with atomic bomb a) Marshall Plan (1948) b) arms race c) "Iron Curtain" d) The Rosenbergs 9) USSR launched this satellite into outer space; began the space race - led to increased funding in math and science education a) The Rosenbergs b) Containment c) "Iron Curtain" d) Sputnik (1957) 10) created to find those who had Communist sympathies a) arms race b) House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) c) Truman Doctrine d) United Nations 11) an American couple accused of Communism and helping the Soviet Union obtain information about the atomic bomb; both found guilty and sentenced to death a) arms race b) "Iron Curtain" c) Sputnik (1957) d) The Rosenbergs 12) Senator from Wisconsin who became famous by accusing people of being Communists without evidence a) arms race b) Joseph McCarthy c) NATO d) House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) 13) witch-hunt of suspected Communists in the 1950's a) United Nations b) The Rosenbergs c) McCarthyism d) Berlin Airlift 14) the belief that if one country fell to communism, then others around it would too a) Domino Theory b) McCarthyism c) House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) d) NATO 15) said by Winston Churchill; and idea that Europe is divided with Western democratic nations on one side and the communist nations on the other side a) "Iron Curtain" b) NATO c) arms race d) Domino Theory 16) military alliance created for the purpose of 'collective security' for the USSR and its satellite nations during the Cold War a) McCarthyism b) Joseph McCarthy c) Warsaw Pact d) The Rosenbergs

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