The Berlin Airlift

In 1948, the USSR sought to force the other Allied nations to surrender control of ____________ to Soviet forces.

• Berlin

• Europe

• Germany

The Russians closed all rail and highway routes into Berlin and threatened to ____________ the city into submission.

• bomb

• gas

• starve

To uphold the Truman Doctrine while also avoiding World War III, the Allies chose to use ____________ to supply Berlin with everything needed for survival.

• balloons

• catapults

• planes

American and British fliers made nearly _____________ flights to get supplies to the citizens of Berlin.

• 177,000

• 277,000

• 377,000

Many Germans called the supply planes Rosinenbombers because of the __________ they dropped to crowds of children on the ground.

• books

• candy

• Rosinen

The Berlin Airlift forced the Soviets to reopen all routes into the city providing a ______________ of sorts to the Allies.

• defeat

• stalemate

• victory

The Germans, who once viewed Americans with suspicion and hatred, now saw them as ____________ and ___________.

• enemies and villains

• friends and saviors

• sketchy and vile

In 1949, the United States and several western European nations formed a mutual defense alliance called the North ________________ Treaty Organization (NATO).

• Alliance

• American

• Atlantic

If any NATO member were to be attacked by a non-member nation, the others would respond as if they themselves had been ________________.

• attacked

• ignored

• invited

In response to NATO, the Soviet Union created a similar alliance with its satellite nations called the ____________ Pact.

• Communist

• Soviet

• Warsaw