Intro to Cold War Learning Check

The two major military alliances that were formed after WW2 were

• NATO and the UN

• Warsaw Pact and NATO

• The UDHR and NAFTA

• USSR and the Warsaw Pact

All of the following describe "Third World" countries throughout the second half of the 20th century EXCEPT:

• recently independent

• not economically developed

• not a part of NATO or Warsaw Pact

• socialist

In which city was a wall built by the Soviets to prevent people fleeing from the east side to the west side?

• Berlin

• Moscow

• Paris

• Rome

What term do we use to describe why the US and Soviet Union didn't directly go to war with one another during the Cold War (and today)?

• arms race

• Sputnik

• mutually assured destruction

• containment

All countries were essentially pressured into siding with either the US or Soviet Union during the Cold War.

• True

• False