Monday Quiz 5/2/22 Origins of Cold War/ Division of Germany

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

Why is the Cold War called a "cold" war?

• The areas affected were in the polar regions of the world
• The war was fought during winter months only
• Leaders of the superpowers were sick with coughs and fevers
• There was never direct fighting between the two superpowers

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

In the years after World War II, the United States supported the ideas of

• economic dominance & military power
• capitalism & democracy
• communism & revolution
• independence & military power

The battle between the ideas of the US & the ideas of the Soviet Union in the years from 1945-1989 was called the

• Superpower Struggle
• Battle of Wits
• Cold War
• Korean War

When US & British planes dropped millions of tons of supplies into Berlin in 1948-1949 to stop the Soviet takeover of the city, it was called the

• Save Our City Campaign
• Defend Berlin Drop
• Berlin Airlift
• Germany First Campaign

The leader of the Soviet Union in the early years of the Cold War (1945-1953) was

• Vladimir Lenin
• Nikita Khrushchev
• Josef Stalin
• Leonid Brezhnev

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

What man created feature divided Germany into two parts and prevent people from traveling to either parts of Germany?

• Berlin Wall

• The Golden Gate

• The Communist Bridge

• The German Blockade

Why were Allied forces interested in rebuilding countries after WWII?

• To give homage to the lives that were lost during WWII

• They were trying to increase the world market and wanted to eventually trade with these countries

• They were forced to do so by the Treaty of Versailles

• They knew the Japanese would be upset at these actions