Cold War

During World War 2, the United States and the Soviet Union allied together to defeat ___________________.

• Mussolini

• Stalin

• Churchill

• Hitler

The most powerful nations after WW2 were ________________ and_______________________.

• The United States and China

• The United States and The Soviet Union

• The United States and Great Britain

• The United States and Australia

The United States has a democratic government which means ____________________________.

• Citizens choose representatives to make laws and a Constitution lists freedoms and rights.

• Citizens do not choose representatives to make laws and the country is run by a dictator.

The Soviet Union had a communist government which means ____________________________.

• Citizens choose representatives to make laws and a Constitution lists freedoms and rights.

• Citizens do not choose representatives to make laws and the country is run by a dictator.

The government owns all stores, factories, banks, and property. People can't choose their professions and where people live is assigned by the government. The price of products is also controlled by the government.

Which type of government is being described?

• Communism

• Democracy

The Soviet Union's aim was to

• expand democracy

• expand communism

When The Soviet Union took over a country, all leaders of that country answered to ________________, the capital of the Soviet Union.

• Moscow

• Los Angeles

• Great Britain

Winston Churchill used the term Iron Curtain to describe _________________________.

• the division of Eastern and Western Europe

• the division of Eastern and Western United States

• the division of Eastern and Western Poland

The Cold War Begins: Choose all of the following that are true about this war.

• fought with words

• fought with many weapons

• fought with money

• fought with the threat of weapons