Cold War

What did the Soviet Government do when their authority was challenged?

• Allowed people to protest as they wanted

• Quickly changed to a democratic government

• Worked peacefully with the United Nations

• Imposed prompt and severe punishment of those who challenged them

What did Churchill mean when he said "an iron curtain has descended across the continent. Behind that line lie all the capitals of ancient states of Central and Eastern Europe..."

• The USSR was expanding into southeast Asia

• The Soviet Union was improving the standard of living of Europeans

• The Soviet Union has expanded it's influence throughout Eastern Europe

• Democracy was expanding across the globe.

The Cold War started immediately after WWII and lasted until

• 1960's
• 1970's
• 1980's
• 1990's

America's relationship with the Soviet Union was called a "Cold War" because the...

• Soviets fought the United States by freezing prices
• the United States fought the Soviet Union during their harsh, cold winter
• Soviet Union and the United States were enemies, but no official war took place
• Soviet Union and United States were developing nuclear weapons using cold fusion

By applying the strategy of containment, the United States hoped to prevent the

• emergence of an economic crisis in Europe
• return of Nazi ideas to postwar Germany
• expansion of the Soviet Union's influence around the world
• spread of nationalism from China to the rest of Asia 

A Cold War Treaty organization was: 

• NAFTA      
• NATO
• Prussian Pact 
• Danzig Accords

NATO stands for: 

• New Alliance Trade Organization 
• North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• North American Trade Organization
• North American Treaty Organization

What is Containment?

• US policy that attempted to contain the spread of communism to eastern  Europe
• US policy that attempted to contain the spread of communism to Asia 
• Soviet policy that attempted to contain the spread of capitalism to North America 
• All of the above

Who "Fought" in the Cold War?

• U.S. & Japan
• Japan & Germany
• U.S. & Soviet Union
• Germany & U.S. 

Why is the Cold War considered a “cold” war, compared to WWII, a “hot” war?

• Most of the fighting took place in the cooler Northern Hemisphere
• The Soviet Union is located in a fairly cold area
• The Soviets and Americans never actually fought against one another with weapons
• The United States believed a nuclear war would end the seasons and it would be cold on Earth