What two nations were in competition with each other during the Cold War?

• Spain and Portugal

• England and France

• Germany and Italy

• United States and Soviet Union

President Truman adopted a new foreign policy during the Cold War know as the Truman Doctrine. What was the main goal of the Truman Doctrine?

• To expand trade with Europe
• To limit the build up of nuclear weapons
• To stop the spread of communism
• to send financial aid to Europe

Why was the United States involved in the Berlin Airlift?

• to airlift food to the people of West Berlin
• to bomb East Berlin
• to demolish the Berlin Wall
• to transport people out of East Berlin

This plan was designed to provide funds to war-torn countries and stop the spread of communism.

• Marshall Plan
• Monroe Doctrine
• Berlin Blockade
• Cuban Correction Fund

Define the "Domino Theory."

• If a country wants to become communist they have to pay the USSR

• When a war starts, everyone gangs up on one country

• If one nation falls to Communism, others around it will as well

• People started to play Dominoes and nobody ever fought a war again

What was the purpose of NATO?

• help spread communism

• punish the Axis Powers of World War II

• help stop communism

• help the American economy

Who was part of the Warsaw Pact?

• United States, Canada and Western European countries

• Soviet Union and Eastern European countries

• Canada and Eastern European countries

• United States and Soviet Union

Why did East Germany build the Berlin Wall?  

• To keep people from escaping to West Germany  
• To keep people from West Germany coming into East Germany 
• As a fortification to keep enemies out of the city 
• All of the above

a meeting between the leaders of the Allied powers that resulted in a plan for peace after World War II

• United Nations
• NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
• Yalta Conference
• Nuremburg Trials

a period of hostility between Western powers and Communist powers

• Marshall Plan
• Cold War
• Truman Doctrine
• Containment