The Cold War

The Allied victory in World War II led to the emergence of TWO global superpowers. What were those TWO superpowers?

• Japan & China

• United States & Japan

• Great Britain & Soviet Union

• United States & Soviet Union

One of the biggest changes to the United States after World War II was _______________________________.

• that we lost our freedoms.

• we ended isolationism.

• we became a communist country.

• we were owned by Great Britain.

Who was the dictator that controlled the Soviet Union after WWII?

• Joseph Stalin

• Winston Churchill

• Benito Mussolini

• Emperor Hirohito

True or False: After World War II Germany was divided into East Germany and West Germany.

• True

• False

True or False: The Iron curtain was a huge iron barrier wall that was built between East and West Germany.

• True

• False

When Germany was divided between the Allied Powers and the Soviet Union after World War II, Germany's capital city of _______________ was also divided.

• Wiesbaden

• Berlin

• Munich

• Frankfurt

• Bremen

In 1948, the Soviets blocked ALL supplies from getting into West Berlin. How did the U.S. and the other Allies manage to still get supplies into West Berlin?

• train

• boat

• plane

• bicycles

What was the Berlin Wall?

• An imaginary wall between East and West Berlin

• An imaginary wall between North and South Berlin

• A concrete wall that separated East and West Berlin

• A concrete wall that separated North and South Berlin

In 1949 the United States and European countries worked together to form an alliance for protection against Communist aggression called N.A.T.O. What does N.A.T.O stand for?

• National Alliance Traffic Organization

• North Atlantic Treaty Organization

• North American Traffic Organization

• National Airlift Traffic Organization

In response to NATO, the Soviet Union and its allies formed a defense known as the _______________ _____________.

• Warsaw Pact

• Soviet Treaty

• Warsaw Treaty

• Soviet Pact