The Cold War Begins

Which country refused to recognize the communist government of Russia until 1933?

• France

• Britain

• USA

• Denmark

Identify two things agreed at Yalta in Feb. 1945

• The UN was to be established

• Germany would pay reparations

• Poland would be jointly ruled by the USSR & USA

• Czechoslovakia was split into four zones

Who sought a buffer zone between Western Europe & the USSR?

• Truman

• Churchill

• De Gaulle

• Stalin

The "Big Three" met at Potsdam in Aug. 1945 & redrew the borders of (a)  

Which country does not quite fit with the rest in this list?

• Poland

• Hungary

• Austria

• Bulgaria

• Czechoslovakia

Which statement did Churchill include as a warning in a speech at Fulton, Missouri in March 1946?

• "The British Empire has ceased to properly exist."

• A bamboo curtain has descended across East Asia & countries on the wrong side are dominated by China

• An Iron Curtain has descended across Europe & countries on the wrong side are dominated by the USSR

• An Iron Curtain has descended across the Atlantic cutting Europe off from America

Identify which country represented the first successful example of containment in action

• Yugoslavia

• Greece

• Poland

• West Germany

Check two countries which received Marshall Aid

• Britain

• Poland

• France

• Hungary

Identify the definition of the Truman Doctrine

• It would now be the USA's policy to find communists & jail them

• It would now be the USA's policy to roll back communism by military means to the USSR

• It would now be the USA's policy to use economic & military means to stop countries falling to communism

• It would now be the USA's policy to use atomic power to prevent communism from advancing further

Check two aims of the Marshall Plan

• To contain the spread of communism

• To overthrow Stalin

• To ensure the continuation of trade between Europe & the USA

• To support communist parties in Western Europe