The Causes of the Cold War and the Berlin Airlift

The city of Berlin is in what country?

• Germany

• France

• United States

• Great Britain

preventing food or supplies from moving in or out of a place

• blockade

• containment

• perestroika

• satellites

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

During the Berlin Blockade, the U.S. flew supplies to Berlin. This was called the __________________________.

• Berlin Rescue Mission

• NATO

• Berlin Airlift

• United Nations

Alliances are when people or countries do not work together and help in a time of need.

• True

• False

The side of Berlin that was aided by the U.S. Democracy

• North Berlin
• West Berlin
• East Berlin
• South Berlin

In 1946, the British Prime Minister said in a speech that an "Iron Curtain" had fallen across the European continent.  This "Iron Curtain" was

• another name for the English Channel which separated Great Britain from attack.
• a wall built between two countries controlled by Nazi Germany and France.
• another name for the Alps which protected Eastern Europe from the Soviet Union.
• an imaginary line that separates Eastern Europe's communist countries from Western Europe's democratic countries.

The Allied victory in World War II led to the emergence of TWO global superpowers. What were those TWO superpowers?

• Japan & China

• United States & Japan

• Great Britain & Soviet Union

• United States & Soviet Union

Who was the dictator that controlled the Soviet Union?

• Joseph Stalin

• Winston Churchill

• Benito Mussolini

• Emperor Hirohito

A system where the government owns the factories and other natural resources AND controls the production of goods is known as _____________________.

• isolationism

• independence

• communism

• democracy