The Iron Curtain

The Iron Curtain

Open Ended

What do you know about the Cold War?

Communism is a system of government where the government owns factories, land and resources. They control everything.

Communism

Multiple Choice

An economic and social system in which property is owned equally and controlled by the government.

• Warsaw Pact

• capitalism

• arms race

• communism

Following the end of WWII, the Soviet Union wanted to spread communism across Europe. The U.S. and allies wanted to stop it.

A competition for power and territories began in Europe

-This created a sharp division between Eastern and Western Europe

-The Prime Minister of Great Britain Winston Churchill states than an “iron curtain” had fallen across Europe

-This imaginary border separated democracy and communism and cut of Eastern Europe for the rest of the world

The Iron Curtain

Multiple Choice

The Iron Curtain divided what continent? 

• Asia

• North America 

• Europe 

• Africa 

Multiple Select

Which statement is correct when regarding the Iron Curtain? (Choose TWO)

• Term used by Winston Churchill to describe Post War WWII

• Term used to separate East Europe, which was Communist; and West Europe, which was Capitalist

• Term used to separate East Europe, which was Capitalist; and West Europe, which Communist

• Term to describe an actual wall built by Stalin...he made Germany pay for it

Multiple Choice

The Iron Curtain is an __________boundary.

• Historical

• Imaginary

• Physical

• Metal, nonmetal or metalloid.

Multiple Choice

The Iron Curtain divided:

• Eastern and Western Europe

• World War I and World War II

• USSR and Russia

• Europe and Russia

Berlin Wall

-The division in Europe causes tensions between the two sides to rise all over the world and began what is known as the cold war

-The Cold War was sort of like a contest between the U.S. and Soviet Union to see who was more powerful. Who could have the most missiles? Who would get a man on the moon first? Who would have more allies?

The Start of the Cold War