The Cold War Begins

Was the Cold War an actual war?

• Yes
• No

In 1946, Winston Churchill used the term “Iron Curtain "when describing conditions in Europe. What did he mean by this term?

• European nations needed to build more factories

• Peace had finally spread throughout the countries of Europe.

• The militaries of Western Europe were becoming too powerful.

• There was a division between the communist Eastern Europe and Western Europe. 

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was a military alliance formed by the United States, Canada, and ten other countries. What "alliance" was formed in response by the Soviet Union?

• The Warsaw Pact

• Anti-NATO

• The Allied Powers

• Stalin's Squad

A conflict between the ________ and the ________ in which neither nation directly confronted the other on the battlefield.

• Warsaw Pact, United Nations

• North Atlantic Treaty Organization, United Kingdom

• United States, Soviet Union

What was the main purpose of the American policy of Containment?

• reducing the number of nuclear missiles in the Soviet Union

• establishing a military presence to respond to Soviet advances

• developing strict boundaries for newly formed European nations

• restricting the Soviet Union from expanding outside its borders

What war did the Cold War follow?

• World War 1

• World War 2

• Spanish-American War

• Civil War

The Soviet Union was a ______________country.

• communist

• capitalist

• democratic

• philosophical

In communism, land, property, and businesses are owned and operated by____________________.

• the people

• a certain group

• the government

• the emperor

True or False?

The Yalta Conference's purpose was to be a meeting between three allies of WWII to discuss Europe's post war reorganization.

• True

• False

Which of the following countries has NOT attempted to institute their own version of communism?

• USSR (Soviet Union)

• France

• Vietnam

• Cuba