Chapter 18, Cold War Conflicts

Stalin set up Communist governments in Soviet-dominated countries called _________.

The United States tried to block Soviet influence worldwide in a policy called _____.

The USA, Canada, and 10 European nations founded _____ to defend each other against Soveit aggression.

In the 1950s, the Soviet Union and other communist nations formed a military alliance called the ____.

Fear of communist influence in the USA led to ______ a witch hunt in which many people were unfairly and unconstitutionally accused of being communists.

Americans accused of being communist were sometimes put on a _____, which meant they no longer could find work.

Which leader of communist forces won the civil war in China?

• Mao Zedong

• Chiang Kai-shek

• Kim il Sung

• Xi Jinping

Where did the nationalist government of China, under Chiang Kai-Shek, settle after losing the Chinese Civil War?

• North Korea

• South Korea

• Taiwan

• Hong Kong

This is an area where military forces are not allowed, like that which exists between North and South Korea.

• peace place

• demilitarized zone

• anti-war zone

• zone of peace

What was the term Winston Churchill used to describe the division of Europe between free and communist nations?

• iron maiden

• iron butterfly

• iron curtain

• iron eagle