Cold War Section 12.1

After the formation of the NATO alliance the Soviets formed a rival military alliance called what?

• The Marshall Plan
• The Iron Curtain
• The Truman Doctrine
• The Warsaw Pact

The two superpowers that dominated the world after World War II were the

• USSR & Great Britain
• US & USSR
• USSR & China
• US & China

The United States and its allies had a policy called "containment."  This means that they wanted to ...

• stop the spread of Fascism.
• stop the spread of slavery.
• stop other countries from building up their military power.
• stop the spread of Communism.

The dividing line between the democracies in blue and the Communist in red was referred to as what?

• The line of demarkation
• The DeMilitarized Zone
• The Iron Curtain
• The 38th Parallel

Which country was split in two by the Iron Curtain?

• Poland
• Germany
• Hungary
• Soviet Union

What was the main idea of The Truman Doctrine?

• The Truman Doctrine was the American policy in 1947 of providing economic and military aid to Greece and Turkey
• To show how everyone in the U.S. care about other countries in the world.
• He tried to get the government to leave.
• I didnt even listen to you

Which statement describes the Marshall Plan?

• An alliance designed to combine the forces of all democratic nations in Western Europe
• An economic plan to spend 12.5 billion dollars on reconstructing Western Europe
• A failed military plan to cripple communist influence in Western Europe
• A peace treaty with the Soviet Union that was ultimately rejected

Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin met at the Yalta Conference to ....

• discuss their strategy to win WWII
• discuss their goals for a post-WWII Europe
• discuss how to spread communism all over the globe
• discuss their goals for spreading democracy and capitalism all over the globe

What prompted the Berlin Airlift?

• West Berlin was attacked
• Soviets wanted supplies
• West Berlin was becoming polluted
• The Soviets cut off access to Berlin

What was the main goal of the Truman Doctrine? 

• prevent Communism in free nations
• Provide weapons to communist countries
• Help North Korea
• Provide collective security