WWII & Cold War Review

The "Cold War" refers to tensions between which two countries?

• USA and Great Britain
• Soviet Union and China
• USA and Soviet Union
• Germany and France

Who controls economic activity and businesses in a Capitalist system?

• Government
• Elected officials
• Dictator
• Private citizens

Which term refers to the alliance between the US and Western European countries?

• NATO
• Warsaw Pact
• United Nations
• Satellite Nations

All of the following were members of NATO except

• Poland
• France
• Canada
• USA

Winston Churchill's term used to describe the division in Europe after WWII was called

• Communist Curtain
• Solid Division
• Steel Wall
• Iron Curtain

The Marshall Plan was designed to...

• punish Germany
• ease the effects of the Berlin Blockade
• help European nations recover from WWII
• end the Cold War

The Warsaw Pact was a military alliance that included which countries?

• USA and Cuba
• US and Western Europe
• North and South Korea
• USSR and its satellite nations

How long did the Cold War last?

• over 40 years
• 3 months
• 2years
• 10 years

How did the United States apply its containment policy to both the Korean and Vietnam wars?

• The United States attempted to stop the spread of communism in both wars.

• The United States attempted to stop the spread of capitalism in both wars.

• The United States attempted to keep democratic nations from trading with communist nations.

• The United States attempted to prevent the Soviet Union from joining the United Nations.

What physical structure divided between communist East and democratic West Berlin from 1960s until 1989?

• the Red Square

• the Reichstag Building

• the Berlin Wall

• the Great Wall