Cold War Study Guide

What was the main goal of the Soviet Union during Yalta and Potsdam (the WW2 peace talks)?

• To punish Germany

• To split Germany into 4 zones

• To create a "buffer zone" of communist countries

• To secure money to rebuild Russia

What policy committed the US to "containing" the spread of Communism?

• Baruch Plan

• Marshall Plan

• Truman Doctrine

• The Four Freedoms

Why did the Soviet Union oppose the Baruch Plan?

• Soviets wanted to keep their atomic bombs

• They did not want to lose power in the Security Council

• They wanted the US to destroy their weapons too.

• All of them.

What was the relationship between the US and the USSR like immediately after World War II?

• They became great trade partners

• They decided to be neutral towards eachother

• They headed a strong European alliance

• They were distrustful and suspicious of each other

What is the "working class / majority" population called in Communism?

• The bourgeoisie

• The proletariot

• The people

• the Oligarchs

What was the goal of USA's "Marshall Plan" after WW2?

• To punish Germany/Nazis

• To colonize smaller European countries

• To support a transition to European communism

• To help rebuild Europe and promote democracy

What did Winston Churchill (British President) mean when he said, "an Iron Curtain has descended across Europe?" after WW2?

• Soviet Union was taking over the West

• Hunger and disease were spreading

• The growing influence of communism across eastern Europe

• The bad economic conditions after WW2

How did the US respond to the Berlin Blockade?

• Surrendering Berlin to Russia

• Airlifting food and supplies to Berlin

• Bombing Berlin until USSR surrendered

• Placing troops at the border

When Mao took over and made China communist, where did people flee to?

• Thailand

• Taiwan

• South Korea

• Japan

After WW2 (1950s) basically every country in the Southern Hemisphere was classified as what?

• The Soviet Bloc

• First World Countries

• Warsaw pact nations

• Third World Countries