Cold War Beginnings

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What was the name of the organization that hoped to promote peace and global cooperation following WWII?

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United Nations

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This is a type of government where the government has complete control of the country.

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Communism

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What was the conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union that was a struggle between their ideologies of democracy and communism?

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The Cold War

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Why is the Cold War called a "cold" war?

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There was never direct fighting between the two superpowers

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At this conference Stalin broke a promise he made to his allies from World War II

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Potsdam

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The Iron Curtain divided what continent?

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Europe

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What is the principle behind the Domino Theory during the Cold War?

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If one country fell to communism others would follow.

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Germany was divided between which of the following countries: United States, France, Soviet Union and Italy, France, Great Britain, Italy and the Soviet Union, United States, Soviet Union, France and Great Britain, France, Italy, Great Britain and the United States?

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United States, Soviet Union, France and Great Britain

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Containment was the belief that the United States needed to prevent the spread of

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communism

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How did the United States respond to the Soviet Union’s Berlin blockade?

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airlifted supplies to the people of Berlin