Welcome to your Grade 10 History chapter 5
After carefully reading the following 30 questions, choose the correct answer.
1.
What is the term for the fierce conflict between the USA and USSR where they never directly engaged in combat?
2.
What was the policy used by the United States to prevent the spread of communism?
3.
Which line of latitude divided North and South Korea after World War II?
4.
Who was the first president of the Republic of Korea (South Korea)?
5.
What was the name of the group of states created by the USSR across Eastern Europe from 1945 to 1953?
6.
In which year was the state of Israel established?
7.
What term is used in the Arab world to refer to the First Arab-Israeli War of 1948?
8.
Which international body decided the partition of Palestine into Jewish and Arab states?
9.
During the Cold War, the USA believed in which economic system?
10.
Where did the Cold War initially start before spreading to other regions?
11.
Which country was occupied by the Soviet Union in the north and the United States in the south after WWII?
12.
What was the capital of the Republic of Korea (South Korea)?
13.
Which leader set up puppet communist governments in Eastern Europe following 1945?
14.
Which of the following was NOT part of the coalition that attacked Israel in 1948?
15.
The conflict over which territory led to the Arab-Israeli War of 1948?
16.
What was the main reason the Cold War was called "cold"?
17.
By early 1949, which city did the Israelis manage to occupy half of?
18.
Which of the following was a principle of the Soviet Union during the Cold War?
19.
The 38th parallel of latitude served as a dividing line in which country?
20.
Which superpowers were involved in the partnership to defeat the Axis powers during WWII?
21.
The United Nations General Assembly's decision on Palestine included internationalizing which city?
22.
What kind of system was the Soviet Union founded on?
23.
Which two nations occupied zones in Korea after World War II?
24.
In the context of the Cold War, what does "hot war" mean?
25.
Which of these states was part of the Eastern Bloc created by the USSR?
26.
When was the proclamation of the state of Israel made?
27.
The policy of containment was initiated to prevent regimes of which type from gaining control?
28.
Who opposed the UN partition plan for Palestine?
29.
Which of the following describes the Eastern Bloc?
30.
What kind of governments did Stalin set up in Eastern Europe after 1945?
