Cold War Vocabulary (World History)

Fill in the blank: What is an international peacekeeping organization founded in 1945 to provide security to the nations of the world? Answer: (a)   Nations

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

What was "during the Cold War, the boundary separating the Communist nations of Eastern Europe from the mostly democratic nations of Western Europe"?

• Iron Curtain

• Steel Curtain

• Red Curtain

• Gold Curtain

• Berlin Wall

What was "a U.S. foreign policy adopted by President Harry Truman in the late 1940's in which the United States tried to stop the spread of communism by creating alliances and helping weak countries to resist Soviet advances"?

(a)  

What was "announced by President Harry Truman in 1947, a U.S. policy of giving economic and military aid to free nations threatened by internal or external opponents"?

• Truman Doctrine

• Marshall Plan

• Warsaw Pact

• NATO

• Containment

What was "a U.S. program of economic aid to European countries to help them rebuild after World War II"?

• Truman Doctrine

• Marshall Plan

• Warsaw Pact

• NATO

• Containment

What was "the state of diplomatic hostility between the United States and the Soviet Union in the decades following World War II"? Answer: _______ _________ (2 words)

(a)  

What was "a defensive military alliance formed in 1949 by ten Western European nations, the United States, and Canada"?

(a)  

What was "a military alliance formed in 1955 by the Soviet Union and seven Eastern European countries"?

• Warsaw Pact

• Pact of Steel

• Berlin Pact

• Yalta Agreement

• NATO

What was "a policy of threatening to go to war in response to any enemy aggression"?

• brinkmanship

• deterrance

• mutually assured destruction

• allied aggression

What was the "line of latitude that separated North and South Korea. When World War II ended, Korea was divided into two nations at this line. North of the parallel a communist government was installed; south of the parallel, a non-communist government"? Answer: (a)   th parallel.