Chapter 22 & 24: The Cold War

The international peace-keeping organization that was created in 1945 to prevent world war was called

• the League of Nations.

• NATO.

• the Warsaw Pact.

• the United Nations.

After World War II, Germany was initially divided into how many zones?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

After World War II, Germany's capital city of Berlin was initially divided into how many zones?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Select all of the locations where the "Cold War" was fought.

• militarily

• politically

• economically

• socially

The "iron curtain" was

• just that; a curtain made from sheets of iron.

• an invisible line between democracy and communism in Europe.

• a policy based on containing communism.

• anit-democractic governments everywhere.

Containment was

• A U.S. policy to stop the spread of communism to the United States.

• A U.S. policy to stop the spread of communism to anywhere that it wasn't currently existing.

• A Soviet policy to keep information about their true government operations from being leaked to the United States.

• A U.S. policy to keep Soviet spies hostage within the United States.

The Soviet Union created __________ out of their section of Germany.

• East Germany

• West Germany

• West Berlin

• Yugoslavia

The United States and their allies supported the creation of ___________ out of their sections of Germany.

• West Germany

• East Germany

• Albania

• Hungary

This was occurred as a result of the Soviet Union's attempt to keep goods and supplies from entering West Berlin.

• The Berlin Blockade

• The Berlin Airlift

• The Iron Curtain

• Containment

The was an alliance created in 1949 between mostly democratic nations.

• The United Nations

• NATO

• The Warsaw Pact

• The Cold War