Cold War

Post World War II tensions increased between these two nations?

• United States and United Kingdom
• Japan and the Soviet Union
• United States and the Soviet Union
• Germany and Japan

The Truman Doctrine's main goal was to:

• Contain communism
• Provide weapons to democratic countries
• Destroy communism
• Provide collective security

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

• airlifted supplies to the people of Berlin
• withdrew its troops from Germany
• sent troops into the Soviet zone of Germany
• built a wall between East Berlin and West Berlin

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

• The areas affected were in the polar regions of the world
• The war was fought during winter months only
• Leaders of the superpowers were sick with coughs and fevers
• There was never direct fighting between the two superpowers

What does NATO stand for?

• North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• North American Trade Organization
• Northern Alliance Trade Origins
• Native American Tribal Organization

What was the Iron Curtain?

• the boundary between Western Europe and communist Eastern Europe
• the boundary between the United States and Mexico
• the boundary between the United States and Mexico
• the wall dividing East and West Berlin

Sputnik 1 was launched by:

• US
• USSR

The Cold War was mainly focused on the U.S and their fight against ___.

• Socialism
• Fascism
• Communism
• Exorcisms

Name the structure separating East and West Berlin built by East Germany in 1961 to keep citizens from escaping to the West. 

• Berlin Wall
• The Deutche Wall
• Iron Curtain
• Communist Bloc

What happened to East and West Germany after the Fall of the Berlin Wall?

• They kept the same political system
• They unified into one democratic country
• They unified into one communist country
• They rebuilt the wall.