Cold War Review

What was the "Eastern Bloc?"

• Democratic European countries during the Cold War

• Communist European countries during the Cold War

• Another name for the Allied Powers

• Another name for the Axis Powers

The United States and the Soviet Union (U.S.S.R.) had major conflicts over how to re-establish the government of Germany. The United States wanted it to be _________, while the Soviet Union wanted it to be ________.

• Democratic; Communist

• Communist; Democratic

• Nazi; Communist

• Nazi; Democratic

To solve the dispute over how to re-establish Germany's government, the United States and the Soviet Union (U.S.S.R.)

• Leave it alone and let the people work it out themselves

• Flip a coin to decide

• Go to war

• Split Germany and instituted both types of governments

What marked the end of the Cold War?

• The destruction of the Berlin Wall

• The rule of Gorbachev

• The creation of Russia

• The collapse of the Soviet Union

What were the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the Warsaw Pact?

• Go Green groups

• Replacements for the United Nations

• New alliances established after World War II

• New international football teams

Because so many people left East Berlin for West Berlin, the leaders in East Berlin did what?

• built the Berlin Wall to stop people from crossing over

• gave up and joined West Berlin

• went to war against West Berlin

• charged a high tax for crossing the border

Which term means "a state of public hostility between countries without an outright declaration of war?"

• Communism

• Superpowers

• Cold War

• Iron Curtain

The _________ was to the Soviet Union, as the _________ was to the United States.

• NATO; Warsaw Pact

• Warsaw Pact; NATO

• Treaty of Versailles; United Nations

• United Nations; Warsaw Pact

Who took over as dictator of Cuba in 1959 during the Cuban Revolution?

• Fulgencio Batista

• Fidel Castro

• Raul Castro

• Toussaint L'Ouverture

Which country helped Cuba after the U.S. refused to sell them products?

• Mexico

• Brazil

• Soviet Union

• Venezuela