Hot and Cold Wars

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

• 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

• The Soviet Union is located in a fairly cold area

• Most of the fighting took place in the cooler Northern Hemisphere

The Cold War was a period of competition between which two countries?

• The Soviet Union and Afghanistan

• the U.S. and Afghanistan

• the U.S. and Korea

• the U.S and the Soviet Union

The organization that the Soviet Union created in response to the defense alliance created by the United States consisting of communist allies to the USSR was

• the United Nations

• the Warsaw Pact

• NATO

• the League of Nations

The organization that was formed to combat communism and protect member nations from a communist attack was the

• the United Nations

• the Warsaw Pact

• NATO

• the League of Nations

True or False: After World War II Germany was divided into East Germany and West Germany.

• True

• False

When Germany was divided between the Allied Powers and the Soviet Union after World War II, Germany's capital city of _______________ was also divided.

• Berlin

• Prussia

• Munich

• Bismark

What is the definition of Nationalism

• a.    Strong pride in your nation

• a.    When colonies rebel against their mother country

Great Britain, France, Russia, and other nations who fought on their side are....

• Central powers

• Allies

World War 1 was also known as the...

• a.    The War between the states

• the Great War

   Whose death sparked World War I?

• Kaiser Wilhelm

• Archbishop Ussher

• Archduke Franz Ferdinand