Unit Review: The Cold War

In the 1950s, what was the status of most countries in Eastern Europe?

• members of the Common Market

• participants in the Marshall Plan

• allies of the United States

• satellites of the Soviet Union

The use of the Marshall Plan in Western Europe after World War II strengthened the forces of

• democracy

• communism

• isolationism

• autocracy

The term used to describe the line that divided the Western European countries from the Eastern European countries after World War II was known as the

• prime meridian

• line of demarcation

• Iron Curtain

• Berlin Wall

The term iron curtain refers to the

• scars left on the land by the trenches of World War I

• no-fly zone in northern Iraq after the Persian Gulf War

• border established between India and Pakistan after World War II

• western boundary of Soviet domination in Europe during the Cold War

The political climate of the Cold War caused the world’s two superpowers to

• cooperate in halting the spread of communism

• colonize Africa and Asia

• compete economically and militarily

• protect human rights

After World War II, Soviet domination of Eastern Europe was most directly the result of the

• victory of Germany over the Allies

• growth of democratic movements

• peace agreements supported by the United Nations

• Soviet military occupation of the region

The purpose of both the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan was to

• support the construction of the Iron Curtain

• increase membership in the United Nations

• prevent the spread of communism

• attempt to solve world hunger

The Marshall Plan was designed to stop the spread of communism by providing

• government housing to refugees

• military assistance to Vietnam

• funds for economic recovery in war-torn European nations

• nuclear weapons to North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) members

After World War II, the United States provided financial aid to West Germany, Turkey, and Greece because these nations were

• beginning their industrial development

• facing possible Communist threats

• newly independent

• major military partners of the United States

The Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan were designed to

• promote economic and political stability in Europe

• end German demands for the Sudetenland

• restore democratic rule in Haiti

• prevent Iraq’s takeover of Kuwait