Origins of the Cold War

What organizing body was established at the Yalta Conference?

• The League of Nations
• The Treaty of Versailles
• The United Nations
• The International Justice League

The July conference that exposed disagreements among the Big Three, leading to the Cold War

• Containment
• Warsaw Pact
• Potsdam Conference
• Gorbachev

Which of the following was not one of Stalin's goals in Eastern Europe at the start of the Cold War?

• Spread communism through the area
• Create a buffer zone between himself and Germany
• Allow the countries to hold free elections

The two superpowers that dominated the world after World War II were the

• USSR (Soviet Union) & Great Britain

• US & USSR (Soviet Union)

• USSR (Soviet Union) & China

• US & China

The United States and its allies had a policy called "containment."  This means that they wanted to ...

• stop the spread of Fascism.
• stop the spread of slavery.
• stop other countries from building up their military power.
• stop the spread of Communism.

The dividing line between the democracies in blue and the Communist in red was referred to as what?

• The line of demarkation
• The DeMilitarized Zone
• The Iron Curtain
• The 38th Parallel

Which statement describes the Marshall Plan?

• An alliance designed to combine the forces of all democratic nations in Western Europe
• An economic plan to spend 12.5 billion dollars on reconstructing Western Europe
• A failed military plan to cripple communist influence in Western Europe
• A peace treaty with the Soviet Union that was ultimately rejected

What was a major reason for Cold War?

• Ideological differences between USA and USSR
• The weather was too low
• Insufficient money for war reparations
• Inability of the UN to maintain peace

The Truman Doctrine's main goal was to:

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

How did USA use the Marshall Plan to promote democracy?   

• Containing Communism in areas affected after a war
• Providing resources to countries ravaged by war in order to prevent communism
• uncovering new sources of wealth to prevent an enemy from receiving resources
• Fighting wars by using other countries to stop Communism