Cold War Vocab Check

The ____________ cut off Eastern Europe from the West metaphorically speaking.

• The Marshall Plan

• The Berlin Airlift

• WWII

• The Iron Curtain

Why did East Germany build the Berlin Wall?  

• To keep people from escaping to West Germany  
• To keep people from West Germany coming into East Germany 
• As a fortification to keep enemies out of the city 
• All of the above

TRUE or FALSE

NATO was the first peacetime military alliance the United States entered into outside of the Western Hemisphere.

• True

• False

Which foreign policy promised to aid countries resisting Communist takeover?

• Marshall Plan

• Iron Curtain

• Truman Doctrine

• Massive Retaliation

The organization whose members agreed to mutually defend other Communist nations is called--

• Korean Pact

• Warsaw Pact

• NATO

• Satellite Nations

What was the alliance between the United States and nations of Western Europe that opposed the Soviet Union during the Cold War?

• Warsaw Pact
• NATO
• The Allies
• The Central Powers

What was the name of the organization that hoped to promote peace and global cooperation following WWII?

• League of Nations
• The U.S. Congress
• Treaty of Versailles
• United Nations

What caused McCarthyism?

• President Truman making atomic bombs.
• Japanese spies.
• Bombing China.
• Increased fear of communism.

Which nation launched the first satellite and astronaut into space?

• United States

• Soviet Union

• Great Britain

• Germany

• China

The name of the first satellite launched in to low earth orbit?

• NASA

• Apollo

• Sputnik

• Russian rocket