COLD WAR PART 1

#1 - Cold War "Containment" means....

• to surround a country with a Navy

• to attack any communist country

• to stop the spread of communism

• to place missiles in Cuba

A meeting between the WWII leaders to discussion the end of WWII

• Bataan Death March
• Lend-Lease Act
• United Nations
• Yalta Conference

At which post war conference did the Big 3 divide post war Germany into 4 different zones?

• Yalta Conference

• Potsdam Conference

• Versailles Conference

• American Conference

What did the French, British, and Americans do in response to the Soviets blocking access to West Berlin?

• They evacuated West Berlin and allowed West Germany to take full control of the city
• They went to war with the Soviet Union and its allies
• The airlifted supplies and materials into West Germany, negating the blockade
• They pleaded for an intervention by the UN and its military

Western alliance of nations committed to defend each other

• United Nations
• NATO

The countries to the east of the bold black line were all members of what group?

• the Warsaw Pact
• the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO
• the Axis Powers
• the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO

What is shown in the two marked areas on this map?

• the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the Warsaw Pact
• the World Trade Organization and the International Monetary Fund
• the Allied Powers and the Axis Powers
• the Protestants and the Catholics

What event prompted the Soviet Union to form the Warsaw Pact?

• the formation of NATO
• the Cuban Missile Crisis
• the Korean War
• the launch of Sputnik

How did the Soviet Union first attempt to force the removal of the US forces from West Berlin?

• By blocking road and rail access to the city

• By asking the UN to declare the city a military-free zone

• By supporting socialist candidates in the city’s elections

• By placing missile bases within striking distance of the city

What was the term 'iron curtain' used to describe the division of?

• North and South Vietnam

• East and West Asia

• North and South Korea

• East and West Europe