Ultimate Cold War Review

Who were the two biggest world superpowers after WWII?

• The Soviet Union and Great Britain

• Great Britain and the Soviet Union

• Japan and Germany

• The Soviet Union and the United States

Which of the following was communist during the Cold War?

• Soviet Union

• United States

• France

• Japan

Which side of Europe was under the control of the Soviet Union?

• Northern Europe

• Southern Europe

• Eastern Europe

• Western Europe

What was the "iron curtain?"

• a concrete wall built to keep communists out of Germany after WWII

• a symbolic barrier between communist controlled European countries and democratic European countries

• a new weapons technology that terrified the United States

• the boundary that separates North Korea from South Korea

Where did the term "iron curtain" come from?

• Hirohito announced it in a public radio program.

• Harry Truman wrote it in a letter.

• Adolph Hitler sent it in a telegram.

• Winston Churchill used it in a speech.

Countries that were BEHIND the iron curtain...

• did not have political freedom.

• had the right to free speech.

• often criticized the government.

• were full of small businesses owners.

WEST Berlin had this type of economy:

• communist

• capitalist

• abolitionist

• segregationist

The Berlin Blockade was...

• meant to hurt West Berlin so they would surrender to communists.

• meant to hurt East Germany so they would become democratic.

• meant to destroy the Soviet Union.

• meant to directly attack the United States.

The purpose of the Berlin Airlift was...

• to help all citizens of Berlin by providing military training.

• to bomb the Soviet Union and end the Cold War.

• to provide West Berlin with food and other supplies so they would remain democratic.

• to provide East Berlin with food and other supplies so they would become democratic.

How did the Berlin Airlift stop the spread of communism?

• spread democracy to East Berlin

• increased democracy in the Soviet Union

• protected democracy in West Berlin

• protected democratic East Germany