Chapter 18 Review

What was the Iron Curtain?

• The new curtains Mrs. Truman put in the White House.

• An imaginary dividing line across the continent of Europe

• A real curtain of iron that divided the continent of Europe.

• The new curtains Mrs. Stalin put in the Kremlin.

What did the Iron Curtain separate?

• communist Western Europe and capitalist Eastern Europe

• communist Northern Europe and capitalist Southern Europe

• communist Eastern Europe and capitalist Western Europe

• communist Southern Europe and capitalist Northern Europe

Which country was divided in two by the Iron Curtain?

• Germany

• Poland

• France

• Soviet Union

What German city was divided by a wall?

• Hamburg

• Munich

• Frankfurt

• Berlin

How was Berlin divided?

• Allies controlled the northern half and Soviets controlled the southern half

• Soviets controlled the western side and Allies controlled the eastern side

• Soviets controlled the eastern half and the Allies controlled the western half

• Allies controlled the southern half and Soviets controlled the northern half

What did the Soviet Union do to force the Allies to surrender the western half of Berlin?

• They blocked supplies from coming into that part of the city.

• They allowed all supplies to get through without any trouble.

• The Soviets didn't really want control of Berlin.

• The Soviets made the citizens pay a fee to have supplies delivered.

What did the United States do to help the citizens in Berlin get their supplies?

• They did nothing to help.

• They paid Amazon to drive in deliveries for 321 days.

• They flew airplanes over West Berlin and dropped supplies in the city for 321 days.

• They sent hot air balloons over the city for 321 days to drop supplies they needed.

Allied airplanes landed in West Berlin with supplies to support the citizens after the Soviet Union blocked trains and other vehicles from entering that part of the city. This was called The _________________.

• Soviet Airlift

• American Airlift

• German Airlift

• Berlin Airlift

What does NATO stand for?

• North American Trading Organization

• North Atlantic Treaty Organization

• North Antarctica Trading Organization

• North Arctic Treaty Organization

What is the purpose of NATO?

• To protect against wars from happening in the future.

• To protect against Communist aggression.

• To protect animals around the world from war.

• To protect aliens from war in space.