Cold War Origins

What were the Soviet controlled border nations between U.S.S.R. and the West in Europe called?

• SALT nations

• NATO

• the wall

• satellite nations

The military alliance among the U.S., Canada, & nine Western European Countries.

• United Nations

• Warsaw Pact

• League of Nations

• NATO

The Truman Doctrine was a policy of limiting communism to the areas already under Soviet control also known as

• containment

• SALT

• detente

• brinkmanship

What is the practice of going to the verge of war in order to win an advantage over an enemy?

• detente

• brinkmanship

• Domino Theory

• endgame

What is the alliance among the Soviet Union and seven satellite states in Eastern Europe?

• Warsaw Pact

• Perestroika

• Glasnost

• NATO

The state of tension between nations w/o DIRECT armed conflict between the main rivals was known as

• the iron curtain

• the Cold War

• the Marshall Plan

• brinkmanship

The U.S. offered aid to strengthen democratic nations in Europe. This is also known as

• the Marshall Plan

• the arms race

• the Berlin Airlift

• the United Nations

Which of the following doctrines promised to aid nations in struggling against communist movement?

• Monroe Doctrine

• Truman Doctrine

• Eisenhower Doctrine

• Marshall Plan

Which country launched the first satellite into space? What was it called?

• Japan, Little Boy

• Soviet Union, Sputnik

• United States, Fat Man

• Germany, Blitzkrieg

The Soviet Union set up the ___________ in response to efforts from the West to reunite Germany.

• Berlin Airlift

• German Democratic Republic

• Berlin Blockade

• Iron Curtain