Cold War Basics

Tension in the Cold War was between _____ countries:

• Communist & Fascist

• Democrat & Communist

• Republican & Democrat

• Fascist & Democrat

To oppose the NATO alliance, communist countries formed:

• Axis Powers

• Allied Powers

• OPEC

• Warsaw Pact

Which of the following was a US policy to stop the spread of Communism?

• Truman Doctrine

• Dollar Diplomacy

• Neutrality

• Good Neighbor Policy

The division between Western and Eastern Europe was described as the _______ by Churchill.

• Cold Split

• Iron Curtain

• Dark River

• Concrete Wall

The Berlin Airlift was Truman's response to

• The reunification of East and West Germany

• German development of atomic bomb

• Soviet blockade of West Berlin

• construction of the Berlin Wall

________ was the leader of the Communists in China.

• Mao Zedong

• Chiang Kai-Shek

• Kim II Sung

• Josef Stalin

After the Soviet's blockade of West Berlin, President Truman and the Allies enacted the....

• Berlin Airlift

• Marshall Plan

• Iron Curtain

• Berlin Wall

Growing tensions between Democratic and Communist countries became known as

• World War II

• The Great Depression

• The Cold War

• World War I

1. The United States and the Soviet Union were considered to be the world’s _____________ during the Cold War.

• Superpowers

• Superheroes

• Communist governments

• Saviors

1. Communism sounds good but does not work when put into practice because human beings can be greedy, corrupt, spiteful, and mean.

• True

• False