The Cold War

The Iron Curtain cut off

• Eastern Europe to the rest of the world
• Western Europe to the rest of the world.
• The United States to the rest of the world.
• Russia to the rest of the world.

After World War 2 the Soviet Union set up

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

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 Truman Doctrine said the United States would support any country 

• that is fighting Communism.
• that is fighting Democracy.
• that is fighting evil monkeys.
• that is fighting the Soviet Union.

The Marshall Plan gave money to 

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

To prevent the further spread of ideas or physical advances of another nation is known as:

• expansionism

• militarism

• containment

• isolationism

Who were the two powers facing off in the Cold War?

• Great Britain and USA

• USA and USSR

• USA and Germany

• West Germany and East Germany

The leader of the Soviet Union at the start of the Cold War was:

• Mikhail Gorbachev

• Joseph Stalin

• Leon Trotsky

• Vladimir Lenin

According to many historians, the Cold War began when _____________________.

• the Soviet Union invaded the United States

• the United States dropped the atomic bombs on Japan

• the Soviet Union declared war on Japan in 1945

• World War II ended and there were disagreements about Europe's future

A country that is spreading their ideas and trying to influence the government and economy of another nation is practicing which foreign policy?

• expansionism

• militarism

• isolationism

• containment