Cold War - Beginnings

Which is true of the Cold War?

• It was World War 3

• It never ended

• indirect conflict between the US and the Soviet Union

• Most casualties in an American war

Policy of providing economic and military aid to any country threatened by communism, mainly helped Greece and Turkey.  (Know as) 

•  Truman Doctrine
• Marshall Plan 
• Eisenhower Big 5 
• Domino Theory

The policy of containment meant that

• The U.S.S.R. would not let democracy spread.
• The U.S. would not let Islam spread.
• The U.S.S.R. would not let Communism spread.
• The U.S. would not let Communism spread.

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The Marshall Plan gave money to 

• Eastern European countries.
• Asian countries.
• Latin American countries.
• Western European countries.

After World War 2 the Soviet Union set up

• Satellite countries in Eastern Europe
• Buffer countries in Western Europe
• Dinner with friends
• Trade agreement between themselves and the United States

Joint effort by the US and Britian to fly food and supplies into W Berlin after the Soviet blocked off all ground routes into the city

• East Berlin 
• Berlin Airlift 
• Iron Curtain 
• Berlin Wall 

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 country was the head of the Warsaw Pact?

• Germany
• Soviet Union 
• China
• North Korea

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