The Cold War

The United States carried out the Berlin Airlift in 1948.  Which is not a reason the United States decided to conduct the Berlin Airlift?

• To get supplies into West Berlin so that the people would not starve
• To keep the Soviets out of West Berlin and to keep it democratic
• To drop bombs on the city of West Berlin
• To provide people from East Berlin with a way to escape to the west.

Which Cold War leader is being described?
- He became leader of the Soviet Union when Stalin died.
- He wanted to establish bases for nuclear missiles in Cuba.
-He withdrew missiles from Cuba after he reached an agreement with John F. Kennedy

• Joseph McCarthy
• Winston Churchill
• Lyndon B. Johnson
• Nikita Khrushchev

Senator Joseph McCarthy was involved in what Cold War event?

• The Bay of Pigs
• The Korean War
• The Red Scare
• The Berlin Airlift

What was the result of the Korean War?

• Neither side won the Korean War.
• North Korea won and joined with South Korea.
• South Korea won and joined with North Korea.
• Communist China won the Korean War.

The Allied victory in World War II led to the emergence of TWO global superpowers. What were those TWO superpowers?

• Japan & China

• United States & Japan

• Great Britain & Soviet Union

• United States & Soviet Union

A system where the government owns the factories and other natural resources AND controls the production of goods is known as _____________________.

• isolationism

• independence

• communism

• democracy

As the iron curtain (imaginary line between East and West Germany) fell the _______________ between the United States and the Soviet Union began.

• War of the States

• World War III

• Cold War

• Soviet War

When Germany was divided between the Allied Powers and the Soviet Union after World War II, Germany's capital city of _______________ was also divided.

• Prussia

• Berlin

• Austria

• Bismark

U.S. and Allied airplanes delivered supplies into West Berlin for 321 days! This was known as the _____________ ________________.

• Iron Airlift

• Great Planes

• Operation Airplane

• Berlin Airlift

What was the Berlin Wall?

• An imaginary wall between East and West Berlin

• An imaginary wall between North and South Berlin

• A concrete wall that separated East and West Berlin

• A concrete wall that separated North and South Berlin