The Cold War Era

In the Middle East, Jews and Arabs both claimed _________________, an area the British had controlled.

• the region of Palestine

• the Gaza Strip

George Kennan argued that the United States and the Soviet Union could not cooperate and that the United States must take forceful steps to stop Soviet expansion. His ideas led to ___________________.

• the Marshall plan

• the policy of containment

After the war, Berlin, Germany's capital, was divided right down the middle. This left _____________ under Soviet control.

• eastern Germany and East Berlin

• western Germany and West Berlin

Korea was a divided country. The divide was located at _____________, which the North crossed in June 1950, invading South Korea.

• the 48th parallel

• the 38th parallel

Winston Churchill believed that the division between East and West was permanent. In 1946, he declared in a speech in Fulton, Missouri, that an ___________ had descended on Europe.

• "great wall"

• "iron curtain"

Chiang Kai-shek retreated with his forces to ____________ off the southeastern coast of China.

• the island of Taiwan

• the Phillipines

Mao Zedong formed a new Communist state, __________________.

• the Democratic Peoples Republic of China

• the People’s Republic of China

Truman organized a massive airlift to save the city. _____________ cargo planes began flying food, fuel, and other supplies into West Berlin.

• American and British

• American and French

In April 1949, _______________________________ signed a pact establishing the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, or NATO.

• the United States, Canada, and 10 Western European nations

• the United States, Canada, and the Soviet Union

In the late 1940s, Asian countries such as India, Pakistan, and Burma broke away from the British Empire to form new nations.

• India, Pakistan, and Burma

• Taiwan, Cambodia and Loas