Start of the Cold War

At the Potsdam Conference, Leaders from the United States, Soviet Union, and Britain

• Declared war on China

• Divided Germany into four sectors

• established a long-term trade agreement

• signed the Treaty of Versailles

What is the Iron Curtain?

• An imaginary line that separated Eastern Europe's communist countries from Western Europe's democratic countries

• Name for the English Channel protected Great Britain from attack

• The mountains which protected Eastern Europe from the Soviet Union

• Wall built between two countries controlled by Nazi Germany and France

What is the Cold War?

• A high casualty war between China and the Soviet Union during the winter of 1946

• A struggle between Britain and France to control Europe after World War II

• A struggle for power and influence between the United States and Soviet Union

• The German conquest of the Arctic

The Soviet Union responded to the combining of the Western allies German zones of occupation by

• By declaring war on Britain

• By invading West Germany

• By blocking all land, rail, and water routes into West Berlin

• By giving up its control over its zone of occupation

In response to rising tensions, the democratic countries of Western Europe and the United States formed the

• North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

• League of Nations

• Warsaw Pact

• European Union (EU)

In response to the creation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the Soviet Union and other communist nations of Eastern Europe formed the

• European Union (EU)

• League of Nations

• European Communist Organization

• Warsaw Pact

Which one of the following is a member of NATO?

• The Soviet Union

• Great Britain

• Poland

• Yugoslavia

Which one of the following is a member of the Warsaw Pact?

• Spain

• France

• The Soviet Union

• Yugoslavia

Which one of the following did NOT own a zone of occupation in postwar-Germany?

• The Soviet Union

• Japan

• The United States

• France

In what sector of Germany was Berlin located?

• The United States' sector

• France's sector

• Great Britain's sector

• The Soviet Union's sector