Origins of Cold War

What was a major reason for Cold War?

• Ideological differences between USA and USSR
• The weather was too low
• Insufficient money for war reparations
• Inability of the UN to maintain peace

The dividing line between the democracies in blue and the Communist in red was referred to as what?

• The line of demarkation
• The DeMilitarized Zone
• The Iron Curtain
• The 38th Parallel

The United States and its allies had a policy called "containment."  This means that they wanted to ...

• stop the spread of Fascism.
• stop the spread of slavery.
• stop other countries from building up their military power.
• stop the spread of Communism.

The Truman Doctrine's main goal was to:

• Contain communism
• Provide weapons to communist countries
• Destroy communism
• Provide collective security

What was the meeting between the Allied leaders Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin in 1945, where theleaders planned the final stages of World War II and agreed on how to divide up parts of Europe after the war? 

• Oslo Agreement
• Berlin Conference
• Yalta Conference
• Geneva Conference

What happened to Germany after WWII? 

• It was divided up by Britain, France, Russia, and US after WW2
• It became communist after WWII
• It was split up between France and the Soviet Union
• It held democratic elections and became socialist

What was the economic plan that the US came up with to revive war-torn economies of Europe and offered $13 billion in aid to Western and Southern Europe? 

• The Warsaw Pact
• The Yalta Conference
• The Marshall Plan
• The Fourteen Points

What was the name of the Soviet Plan to provide economic aid to Warsaw Pact countries at the beginning of the Cold War called?

• Marshall Plan
• Dawes Plan
• Molotov Plan
• Overlord Plan

The two superpowers that dominated the world after World War II were the

• USSR & Great Britain
• US & USSR
• USSR & China
• US & China

Which country was split in two by the Iron Curtain?

• Poland
• Germany
• Hungary
• Soviet Union