Cold War Beginnings

What U. S. policy adopted in the late 1940’s was used to stop the spread of communism?

• Adoption
• Containment
• Suppression
• Annihilation

What was the name for the 1955 alliance of Soviet-dominated countries of Eastern Europe  that were the counterpart to the western alliance?

• NATO
• Warsaw Pact
• European Alliance
• Iron Curtain

Name the two countries that became bitter rivals in the era known as the Cold War?

• The USA and Great Britain
• The USA and France
• The USA and Korea
• The USA and Soviet Union

Western Europe and the United States formed this military alliance.

• U.N. (United Nations)

• Warsaw Pact

• NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)

• NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)

The Truman Doctrine's main goal was to:

• Contain communism
• Provide weapons to democratic countries
• Destroy communism
• Provide collective security

The main goal of NATO was which of the following?

• Prevent another world war
• Collective security
• Containment
• Unification of Germany

How did the United States respond to the Soviet Union’s Berlin blockade?

• airlifted supplies to the people of Berlin
• withdrew its troops from Germany
• sent troops into the Soviet zone of Germany
• built a wall between East Berlin and West Berlin

Which country was split in two by the Iron Curtain?

• Poland
• Germany
• Hungary
• Soviet Union

What program aided the rebuilding of Western Europe?

• Truman Doctrine
• NATO
• Warsaw Pact
• Marshall Plan

Why is the Cold War called a "cold" war?

• The areas affected were in the polar regions of the world
• The war was fought during winter months only
• Leaders of the superpowers were sick with coughs and fevers
• There was never direct fighting between the two superpowers