Cold War - First Half

Front

Who were the emerging superpowers following World War II? Options: Soviet Union & USA, Italy & Germany, Cuba & Vietnam, Great Britain & China

Back

Soviet Union & USA

Front

What did Churchill call the dividing line between the East & West?

Back

The Iron Curtain

Front

Which organization was formed to provide military support to Western nations?

Back

NATO

Front

The countries in RED represent which Cold War era organization?

Back

Warsaw Pact

Front

What does the ‘Iron Curtain’ symbolize? Options: The division between East Germany and West Germany, The division between East Berlin and West Berlin, The division between communist Europe and noncommunist Europe, The division between North Korea and South Korea

Back

The division between communist Europe and noncommunist Europe

Front

During the Cold War, the Soviet Union had which type of government/economic system? Options: democracy, monarchy, capitalism, communism

Back

communism

Front

What is domino theory?

Back

If one country in a region came under the influence of communism, then the surrounding countries would fall to communism too.

Front

Why did East Germany build the Berlin Wall?

Back

To keep people from escaping to West Germany

Front

Why didn't the US and the Soviet Union get involved in military conflicts during the Cold War? Options: pressure from nonaligned nations kept the peace, the United Nations wouldn't let them fight, the potential for global nuclear war, increased tensions in the Middle East

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the potential for global nuclear war

Front

What is communism?

Back

A political and economic system