The Cold War Vocabulary

What was the Yalta Conference?

• A meeting between the leaders of the Allied powers that resulted in a plan for peace after World War II

• A meeting between the leaders of the Allied powers that resulted in a plan for peace after World War I

• A meeting between the leaders of the Axis powers that resulted in a plan for peace after World War II

• A meeting between the leaders of the Axis powers that resulted in a plan for peace after World War I

What are the United Nations?

• An alliance of nations formed after the Civil War that attempts to end disputes between countries peacefully.

• An alliance of nations formed after World War I that attempts to end disputes between countries peacefully.

• An alliance of nations formed after World War II that attempts to end disputes between countries peacefully.

• An alliance of nations formed after the Korean War that attempts to end disputes between countries peacefully.

What are Superpowers?

• Powerful militaries that influence events in their regions of the world

• Powerful people that influence events in their regions of the world

• Powerful heroes that influence events in their regions of the world

• Powerful countries that influence events in their regions of the world

What was the Cold War?

• a period of peace between Western powers and Communist powers

• a period of hostility between Western powers and Communist powers

• a period of peace between Eastern powers and Communist powers

• a period of hostility between Eastern powers and Communist powers

What was Containment?

• a foreign policy that attempts to stop the spread of communism without ending it in the countries in which it already exists

• a foreign policy that attempts to spread communism

• a foreign policy that attempts to stop the spread of communism while ending it in the countries in which it already exists

• a foreign policy that attempts to spread democracy

What was Truman Doctrine?

• a policy attempting to contain the spread of communism, beginning with military aid to the monarchies of Turkey and Greece

• a policy attempting to contain the spread of communism, beginning with military aid to the monarchies of Britain and France

• a policy attempting to contain the spread of communism, beginning with military aid to the monarchies of Italy and Germany

• a policy attempting to contain the spread of communism, beginning with military aid to the monarchies of Vietnam and Korea

What is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)?

• an alliance of Northern powers

• an alliance of Eastern powers

• an alliance of Western powers

• an alliance of Southern powers

What was the Marshall Plan?

• the idea that the US could help rebuild war torn Europe with loans and other economic aid

• the idea that the US could help rebuild war torn Europe with construction loans

• the idea that the US could help rebuild war torn Europe with business loans

• the idea that the US could help rebuild war torn Asia with loans and other economic aid

What was the Warsaw Pact?

• provided a unified system of military command between the Soviet Union and its Eastern Satellite counties for their mutual defense

• provided a unified economy between the Soviet Union and its Eastern Satellite counties

• provided a united government between the Soviet Union and its Eastern Satellite

• provided a unified system of military command between the Soviet Union and its Western Satellite counties for their mutual defense

What is the GI Bill of Rights?

• offered veterans advice for school as well as loans for houses, farms, and businesses

• offered veterans money for school only

• offered veterans money for school as well as loans for houses, farms, and businesses

• offered veterans money for houses, farms, and businesses only