The Cold War QUIZZIZ 1

What was the name of the WORLD'S first satellite launched into space?

• Explorer I

• Sputnik

• NASA

• Jerome

What was the GI Bill?

• provided federal aid to help veterans adjust to civilian life

• send goods for the people in Berlin

• stops communism

• rationing laws

After World War II, the west side of Berlin and Germany was controlled by the

• Allies

• Germany

• Axis

• Soviet Union

In 1961, how did the Soviets keep East Berliners from leaving to West Berlin?

• Built the Berlin Wall

• Blockaded East Berlin

• Offered free food

• They let whoever wanted to leave, leave

What year did the Soviets demand West Berlin to become part of West Germany?

• 1960

• 1955

• 1961

• 1962

What year did Sputnik launch?

• 1958

• 1950

• 1957

• 1944

What was the purpose of the Berlin blockade?

• didn't let any resources, such as food or medicine, into an area to force it to do something

• divide East and West

• set up "puppet" states in Eastern Europe

• increase in marriages and higher birth rates

What did the Berlin Airlift do?

• intervention to defend South Korea

• flew humanitarian supplies into Berlin

• blockaded West Berlin

• stood along the wall and shot at anyone who tried to cross the barrier

What did the Soviets build to keep people from leaving East to West?

• GI Bill program

• Condemned and executed people for treason

• encouraged people to have lots of babies

• Built the Berlin Wall

What country did the United States want to help and the Soviet Union wanted to suffer after World War II?

• Germany

• Russia

• Great Britain

• Japan