Cold War - The Iron Curtain/Race to the Top

The Cold War was a long period of __________ between the Soviet Union and the United States.

• trust

• distrust

• friendship

• celebration

Joseph Stalin was a ___________, exercising absolute power over the Soviet Union.

• president

• prime minister

• dictator

• 5th grade teacher

The Cold War was the bloodiest war in U.S. History.

• True

• False

The symbolic boundary that divided Europe into communist east and democratic west.

• The Iron Curtain

• The Soviet Union

• The Cold War

• The Great Wall of Berlin

The country that sought to spread communism worldwide during the Cold War was called

• The Iron Curtain

• The United States of America

• Germany

• The Soviet Union

The phrase for the U.S. and Soviet Union during the Cold War because they both had powerful political and military strength was

• Superpowers

• The Great Wall of Berlin

• The Influencer Competition

• The Space Race

Which two countries were involved in the Cold War?

• US and Cuba

• US and Germany

• US and Soviet Union

• US and Spain

Which organization was created after WWII to help end disputes to prevent war?

• United Nations

• EndGame

• League of Nations

• United Kingdom

The United States and its allies were in favor of this government type:

• theocracy

• communism

• socialist

• democratic

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What did the "Iron Curtain" symbolize?

• The best areas for mining iron in Europe

• The divide between democracy and communism

• The border between North and South Korea

• The Ho Chi Minh Trail

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